Taylorhardy1

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Anyone interested in this? 

While I save up for my apex setup, I've decided itd be a good idea to get a ph controller on my calcium reactor so I can keep things a little more consistent and stable. Anyone got anything? Have a 48" aquatic life hybrid fixture I can trade, or just pay cash

I would get 1-2 cases!

Here's my update. So far so good! Color is great, super pink, super fuzzy! So far its encrusted a tad, maybe 1/16" upward growth from the largest branch, if any at all. Could be measurement error! Did a few upgrades since the first check in. I upgraded lighting to a 36" 8 bulb ati powermodule hybrid. I cranked it up and get 370 par where the frags currently sitting. Also got a aquamaxx carx online. Alks been fluctuating a bit between 8.7-9dkh but target is 9! Also pardon the dinos. Despite those things I'm getting good color and growth from most all of my sps!

Reset my scape today to get a little more even light distribution throughout with the new light. This powermodule really is an awesome light.

1 hour ago, spectra said:

Ok forgot I did run a ATI powermodule for a few.............yes they are nice but hated the programming in them..........

They're supposedly super easy and user friendly to program with a cable through the ati light studio these days. I'm still waiting on my cable, but it definitely was a PAIN programming from the controller with the buttons. Still easier than maxspect led lights lol.

29 minutes ago, Lazyreefer said:

That makes sense to me I will be going for the non dimmable one most people seem to agree it makes sense. You mean just a digital timer that the plug for the light goes into then it plugs into your power strip right? Thanks again for your help👍🏻

Exactly!

6 hours ago, Lazyreefer said:

I am somehow just thinking of this 🤦🏻‍♂️ How would I tell the light to turn on and off I guess just an outlet timer would be the best bet if I don’t get the dimmable or the Powermodule which looks amazing 

The powermodule is hands down the best light I've used. 1 cable for everything, and it looks so sleek and clean. I ran my aquarium life fixture on a multi channel digital timer. I would suggest just running t5s at 100% as they burn better at their recommend power, then using the leds as what would technically be supplemental lighting. Only run the LEDs for visual pretty much. 

T5/ led is the way to go. I've had an 8b custom fixture with a radion xr30 I built, an aquatic life hybrid, and now I have an 8b ati powermodule. The powermodule puts out the nicest lighting I have EVER seen. The aquatic life hybrid fixture looks okay, very cost effective, but it has multiple wires, and no programmability capabilities. DIY can yield good results.

I'm a big fan of led+t5! 

Hmm. This would look really nice in my 120g and save me some scape headaches when I move.... I want.... still have it?

I've got my 48" hybrid I dont need anymore. Upgraded to a powermodule and figured I'd let this go to someone that'll use it! Includes 5 month old bulbs+ 2 or 3 bulbs I'm unsure of age on. Asking $180obo

Upgraded to my all time dream light fixture, an 8 bulb ati powermodule. This+ the calcium reactor this week should help my sps start really taking off. Thanks again Jeff @CuttleFishandCoral! Still battling dinos/cyano. I've found if I vacuum the sand really well It goes away for about 4 days, but were 6 days out from the last water change. Working on another tonight!

Recently traded some work with Jeff@CuttleFishandCoral for this sweet aquamaxx reactor setup. Got it up yesterday, gonna start tuning it in today! Have had some issues purging the air from the reactor body and dont wanna risk inconsistency until my pump stops screaming with every air bubble it sucks up. Now to get a peristaltic pump, and apex to run my ph monitor.  But even without those things, will be nice to stop blowing money on kalkwasser @2tbsp/gal in the ato+ manually dosing 2 part because kalk just doesn't keep up with 40+ quickly growing sps frags.Waiting on some new xr30 g4 pros to arrive then lighting will soon be upgraded. Still been battling some sort of nuisance algae/bacteria. Not entirely sure if its dinos, did a water change and siphoned out as much as possible and it hasn't returned in the past 2 days. Added some more sweet sps, and some cool wrasses since my last update. 

I also decided to get a diamond goby to help maintain my sandbed.

10 hours ago, CuttleFishandCoral said:

Taylor hardy gave my boat a tune up and replaced my starter. I would highly recommend him for any car repair and now boat repair. Couldn’t be happier. Hit him up. 

Thanks for the shout out Jeff! Hope everything stays solid on the boat! 

10 hours ago, Micah said:

Heck yeah! We should have a barter forum for trading skills.

I think this would be a SWEEET addition to the forum, especially right now with everyone's work and life in general being so all over the place!

8 hours ago, albertareef said:

Second that - helps me keep my B5 S4 Avant in the road and purring. 

Thanks man! Love wrenching on your b5!

Man if I had the space for a chiller I would snag this so quick.

What brand is it? What kinda gph does it need fed?

Can I get added to the waitlist? I'm picking up some radion g4 pros this weekend and dont trust my Seneye anymore.

Extremely slim. I would dip everything immediately, and get some wrasses.

I recommend contacting Jason Gregory of Clear Fabrications in seattle. I'm gonna have him build me my shop display tank, stand, and sump because his quotes were so competitive and reasonable that I instantly decided not to build my own. Not only that, he does the best acrylic work I've personally seen with my own 2 eyes. Plus there's nothing better than supporting local! PM me and I can shoot his number over.

This thing is fuzzy. Super excited for it to grow!

Here's my entry- picked up my frag on friday, but been too busy to type everything out.

My tank is a standard 4' 120g, 40 breeder sump.  Rock is about 18 months old, but the tank has only been up since January. Generally keep everything stupid simple. Just a protein skimmer and a fuge for nutrient export, no heater due to room being a consistent temp. For lighting I have 2 AI sol blues in an aquatic life hybrid fixture. Got em cranked as high as I can for a decent spectrum, hit about 450 par during peak where the frag is sitting. Manually dosing 2 part+ kalkwasser while I get a calcium reactor online. About 30 other acro frags in the system.

Parameters are as follows

Alk: 9-9.2dkh

Cal- 460ppm

Mag- 1360ppm

N03- 5-10

P04- .05-.1

I got a pretty nice chunky frag, largest branch is about 1" smallest just under 1/2" middles about 3/4". I swapped the plug to a hex disk 

I believe I have one or 2 in a box in the garage. I'll check and let you know.

When you're ready to go fast, bring it to me and I can build it for you. 

If you guys find another I'd like to get in on this!