Danik Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 nice:eek: that's it i am coming over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Wow that's insanely cool! (drooler)Thanks for the pictures. You could get your daily workout in just walking around that to clean it!(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Thanks and i'm waiting Dan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 So when is the 'open house'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Top Notch every step!!!!(clap) It looks Great.(drooler) What are those fixtures? Ultra slim, with what looks like great light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 ATI sunpower T5 lighting. 2 of the 6x80 watt five foot fixtures. Open house will need to wait until I get everything finished. The rock and corals were just threw in from the sump, I still need to aquascape and organize all of the wiring. Also, I have some more plumbing to do as I am swapping out my reeflo orca 250 for a new octopus xp-5000 cone skimmer. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerv503 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I saw this tank in person today, tears came down AWESOME!! The best tank i have ever seen!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 Thanks everyone.... Finally got around to aquascaping the tank, what do you think? Full tank shot view from long side right island middle island left island I just received some royal blue and cool white cree LEDs so I am going to be experimenting with flanking the sunpowers with dimable LEDs to tweak color and get some shimmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I like the new aquascape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 i was wondering what kind of fish those r? are they angles by chance they r sweet! nice size fish for your tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I love it. I wasn't sure when I seen the first pic from the side. When I seen the second pic from the corner looking down it really gives the feel about how long it is. I love the Islands and really love the looks of the big rock at the end. Nice work Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 i was wondering what kind of fish those r? are they angles by chance they r sweet! nice size fish for your tank. Are you talking about the yellow and white? If so they are pyramid butterflys, relatively reef safe for the butterfly family. There is a pair of bellus angels in the tank also. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerv503 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Nice work on rearranging the rocks Blue! AWESOME tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsonmfg Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Mike, I seem to have lost your number, shoot me a pm with it. I gotta make a trip up and come see this beast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Looking good, now you have to stock up on coral. Lol will have to make some trades finally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 I got the first LED strip finished this week to go along side my ATI sunpower fixtures for shimmer actinic control. I used an aluminum U channel I bought at home depot and affixed the stars with thermal tape. I used a meanwell dimmable driver and have it connected to a POT that can dim the entire set. Soon my apex will arrive and I am going to put them on a sunrise/sunset ramp up/down before the actinics on the ATIs fire, it will give me more hours of viewing without stressing out the corals too much. This is a pic of just the LEDs, no ATI. The fixtures are only about 6-8 inches above the water surface, so splashing was definitely going to be a problem. I found a square acrylic tube from Tap plastics that fits on the U channel perfectly once I sliced off one side on my table saw. You can see the acrylic splash guard here. I have already ordered the items to replicate the fixture and will be putting the white/blue on separate meanwells so they can be dimmed separately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerv503 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Nice work on the moonlights Blue, looks gooooodd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 That looks awesome Mike, how does it look with the ATI's on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 How is the shimmer? I can't tell from the still shot but looks like you have some kinda colored light flickering across the sand. Are you going to need a setup like that on each side of the ATI fixture or just one more on the other side of the ATI next to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 The shimmer is ok with the full ati on... I am going to experiment with optics on the other side and see how they do. The shimmer without the ATI on in pretty cool! I don't think i'll need one on the back side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 I think Im going to add optics to my set up. But can decide how tight I want them to be yet. Tanks looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 so Mike is it definetly worth doing this LED build? can you see the difference with T5 on at the same time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 i'm going to start with 80 degree optics and go from there. I cant go too tight as my leds are spaced over 3 inches apart from each other, tight optics would be like spotlights. Dan, Im not quite sure its a big difference with the T5s on. My wife says she notices a big difference but I am more skeptical. I can see some shimmer, but nothing like a metal halide. I can see if you had more of these in a dense formation the shimmer produced would be just like MH. I am basically going to use them so I can start viewing the tank much earlier than previously. My current setup has the T5s on at 2:30 and off at 10pm but with this setup, I can turn these on at 10am and off at 11 or midnight because they produce a nice color for viewing and add NO heat to the tank. There isn't enough light with only 12 of these per side to have a negative effect on the corals like bleaching from having such a long photoperiod. I wouldn't hesitate on doing a fixture for a smaller tank as the only light source. I think the technology is finally there, the price is a different story. It would cost 2-3 thousand to light my tank solely with LEDs. In a location with high electrical costs these could be economically feasible. Here in the Pnw with cheap electricity, I don't know if that could be said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huskerduck Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 very sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 Not much going on lately, got a new helper to clean the tank, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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