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I ended up winning the SLS contest on facebook and they sent me a brand new AI SOL!!!!! I finally got the controller and got things setup over the weekend. I did some tests with the PAR meter to compare the MH to the new LED. I tested the LED at 75% and the numbers are pretty close at that power right below the light, but as you go away towards the walls of the tank the LED doesn't have the spread that my lumen bright pendant did. But thats ok, I think my corals on the sand were getting too much light anyway, even though they had acclimated to it. The biggest plus is that I have the AI Sol set to come on and start ramping up at 8am and it ramps down at 9:30pm then runs just the royal blues at 1% as a moonlight. Now I can see my tank at any point during the day, whereas before I only ran my MH from 2pm till 8pm. So here are some pics. I'm currently running this schedule 8:00 | W:1% BL:5% RY:5% | ramp 30min | lunar cycle off 9:00 | W:10% BL:20% RY:20% | ramp 59min | lunar cycle off 11:00 | W:20% BL:30% RY:30% | ramp 59min | lunar cycle off 1:00 | W:40% BL:60% RY:60% | ramp 59min | lunar cycle off 3:00 | W:30% BL:40% RY:40% | ramp 59min | lunar cycle off 5:00 | W:20% BL:30% RY:30% | ramp 59min | lunar cycle off 8:00 | W:10% BL:20% RY:20% | ramp 30min | lunar cycle off 9:30 | W:0% BL:0% RY:1% | ramp 30min | lunar cycle off AI Sol blue 250W Radium Lumen Bright small pendant

Oh man tonights the night!!! I won't get to play until tomorrow night so you'll have to tell me how it is

Hey Matt, coming to the meeting? If so i'll take B and G If not, maybe i can work out something with Kevin.

Momentive RTV series silicone is FDA, USDA, NSF, MIL-A-46106B and UL compliance approved

Still have 1 setosa and the captain america colony available

Still have 1 setosa and the captain america colony available

haha thats funny Omar. You say 10 gallons is a good upgrade now, but wait 6-8months and you'll be saying it again!! (laugh)

I can bring it to the meeting at Douglas' if someone can take it north

Haha i know! But its all i could get, plus i hope the servers arent full by then

I took the 28th thru the 1st off to play

I'm not so much worried about the money, rather 90 gallons of water on my floor (laugh) Glad to hear you found something, cubes are great tanks I will probably always have a cube tank. Really though, after researching and watching build threads over the last 2 years I think I have the knowledge, tools, and ability to build it right the first time. I've seen pictures of tank manufacturers building tanks with 2 ppl, the tank sitting on a wood pallet, one guy applies the silicon, the other guy puts the glass panel up and secures it with masking tape, and around the tank they go. Done in about 15 minutes all secured with masking tape. And these guys were building hundreds of tanks. Now I surely don't plan to use that method, and I would not buy their tanks, but the process itself is pretty easy.

I'm not so much worried about the money, rather 90 gallons of water on my floor (laugh) Glad to hear you found something, cubes are great tanks I will probably always have a cube tank. Really though, after researching and watching build threads over the last 2 years I think I have the knowledge, tools, and ability to build it right the first time. I've seen pictures of tank manufacturers building tanks with 2 ppl, the tank sitting on a wood pallet, one guy applies the silicon, the other guy puts the glass panel up and secures it with masking tape, and around the tank they go. Done in about 15 minutes all secured with masking tape. And these guys were building hundreds of tanks. Now I surely don't plan to use that method, and I would not buy their tanks, but the process itself is pretty easy.

Gotcha. Pretty impressive growth, I hope I get similar results with my new AI Sol i'm installing this weekend

Great growth Matt. Is it just the pics, or did it lose some color? In the original pic the body has a lot of blue, but the updated pic the body is more brown.

I share your fear. I have $800 worth of glass sitting in my house for 2 years now because I am afraid to put it together (laugh) I'm building a 30x30x24 with 3 starphire panes. The sides are 1/2" and the bottom is 3/4" with a 1/4" eurobrace on the bottom. The tank will be rimless with a coast to coast external overflow. My first attempt to put it together will be in a few weeks I hope. I plan to use the stand I built for the tank as a jig to keep the panels upright, as well as cut a couple pieces of wood that are the exact length of the bottom of the tank plus the thickness of the seams. Then I will wedge that wood inside the tank as I put up the walls and clamp them so that i don't push too much silicon out of the seams or leave too much. One of the positives about glass if you screw up is that you can just take it all apart, clean off the silicon and try again. With acrylic you'd be making a smaller tank on attempt #2. Some of the items you will need: painters tape Momentive RTV series silicon bar clamps corner clamps glass suction cups (optional) lots and lots of paper towels larger perfectly level work area several right angle squares Hope that helps

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Momentive RTV103 is black, RTV108 is clear. Those are the only 2 i would suggest. Do not use any type you guy buy off the shelves at HD, they do not provide the sheer or tensile strength needed. This table should help you with the glass thickness. This is for a eurobraced tank. Top row is length of the tank, left side is the height. The number in parenthesis is the safety factor.

Good to hear Omar, thanks to you as well. I get the controller Thursday so pics coming this weekend!! (rock2)

Thanks! John - yep TECO joker

Thanks! John - yep TECO joker

Caught my favia dripping off a bud and snapped a pic of it. Thought I would share as you don't see it happen very often

I don't really want to frag them unless I can trade for a few that I'm looking for. Sent ya pm ZachS Thanks Matt. I still owe ya a frag of the wobblegongs i didn't forget Jesse - eh, whatever. They are smaller than tubbs FWIW. Def not palys.

I have them, bottom right of this pic What ya got to trade??

I have them, bottom right of this pic What ya got to trade??

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