Blue Z Reef

The red is still hanging in there currently, had about 30% die off. I've given it and iodine bath and moved it to my frag rack for higher flow. I did a melafix dip...which I'm regretting as my skimmer has been going ape now for 4 days and I can't leave it on without overflowing lol

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If you can get the par meter I'll swing by with my fixture for some readings

Dumb question but who's tank have you seen that you didn't like? Unless you see it in person I would suggest not talking down about it. Taking pictures with LED tanks isn't as easy as you would think. Do what you want but I'm curious as to who's tank you saw that didn't look good. Sure I'm a bit biased but would love to talk to the person that doesn't have them setup properly as I'm sure that's what it is.

This is why I said you should go see some peoples tanks using different kits. I wasn't sure I liked the look of NoobtoSalt's in pictures...but then I saw it in person and instantly knew I wanted a similar setup. All cameras tweak out bad when you take pictures of most bright lights, definately need to see in person to appreciate. Your more than welcome to come check my fixture out, i'm sure Jessie would show you his too, definately check em out before you buy.

Sold sold sold

I've still got this one and I'm just in orchards area

http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/showthread.php?30647-600-gph-HOB-overflow-box&highlight=

Looks good bud. Can't wait to see some growth photos with them

 

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One of these days I want to bring it over to your place and see if it dims on the RKL. I think it theoretically should since it's dimmable with the knobs but it would be nice to verify.

It's the 96w one. All their fixtures are made up with similar mixes of colors so should be able to achieve good color mix. Since a biocube isn't as deep as mine you'd probably want the one with the 120 deg optics instead of the 90 like mine. They are even cheaper too, so thats nice lol!

I was just reading around and the people with 29 gal biocubes were using two or the ones using a single always had to suppliment with stunners or something to get the spread. Personally, with the biocubes, I like them with the hood on, so I wouldn't want to have it with no hood and a pendant hanging way above it to get the spread. You really should look at noobtosalt (Jessie's) before buying, the rapidled kit is sweet. Or as you said in my thread, check out the reefbreeders units lol

It's really not to bad to clean carbs out, just have to get them off the bike which is a bit tricky but not impossible. Sounds like the floats are sticky by that description. I haven't done it in a few years so i'll pass, but Pro Calibur could do it pretty reasonable usually.

Also most users with biocubes are using 2...not just 1. I would much rather buy a Sol if i'm gonna spend anywhere into the $400+ range

This is what I was reading on different colors and spectral distribution:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/3/aafeature

I've read about pendants, the Orphek's seem to be the better choice but cost a lot more. I haven't found anything that says kessil has UV and infrared...

Plus this article really turned me off from pendants:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/1/aafeature

the par values are just not there

After seeing Jessie's RapidLeds, I pulled the trigger on getting LED's too! Since it's my birthday this month my fiance let me pick some up (clap) These new lights are from "Reefbreeders" These have a great mix of LED colors giving a full spectrum color (and tons of coral pop). They have 90 degree optics on them and the light penetration is NUTS! They are uber bright, i'm gonna have to borrow the par meter sometime and test them. They are way brighter than the 150w radium I had over the tank before. The fixture is 96w (2w led's) with two dimmers the front. I haven't really been turning them up very high but they are still insane bright!

Keep in mind its REALLY hard to photograph these lights properly, even with my T2i (scary)

This is about 30-40% white/color channel and 70% blue

Toadstools have been on and off pissed about the light lol! They'll adapt!

I tried to get all blue, but the picture didn't do it very well, this is just royal blues. Color is crazy and all the oranges/greens in the tank pop out like black light!

Here's the fixture and you can see the two dimmer knobs on the front

Here's the 4 clusters, the colors are:

12 7500k cool whites

4 420nm violets

2 480nm blues

2 520nm greens

2 660nm reds

2 630nm red/orange on one dimmer

and 24 455 royal blues on the other dimmer

We'll see how they do for growth, but for looks (drooler) Definately want to get 2 more and do my 90 with them! You can check them out from reefbreeders.com, but they are a little cheaper from their ebay store FYI.

Personally I wouldn't buy a kessil because you can easily DIY one for about $100. They are just a basic LED chip, which you can buy a 100w LED hybrid blue/white chip for about $70 on ebay, a dimmable driver for about $30, then all you need is a little heat sink. I know some of them you can use two drivers and control the whites and blues seperatley. If your not into DIY I suppose Kessil is your only choice, but most of the reviews on the A150 were saying the PAR readings were pretty horrible. With a rapidled or diy kit you can add different colors too, which really makes things pop more than just blue and white can. Also there was an article floating around saying that most LED fixtures are lacking red, which they found to be an important element in growth/color or something. Not exactly sure on the details but I picked a fixture with Red in it for that reason. Thats my 2 cents :P

What is that made out of?

The overall length of the fixture is 18", so it could set on top and be the same length, but the legs wouldn't be if any use. I never used the legs myself, they just slide out. I suppose it depends on how you want to mount it, you could hang it or come up with some custom legs of some sort.

The actinic is nice if you like more blue, I never liked how white all the 150w bulbs were personally and the t5's helped a lot.

Bump, anyone need a fixture for their nano? Works great on cubes too!

Well that one went fast :( I pulled it out today, slime kept over taking everything. I noticed a tiny bit on the red one so it's in iodine now, but isn't as bad, hopefully it pulls through. Guess I'm gonna have to be more careful buying acans :-/

Sold, thanks Kori!

Just did a little reading and duncans don't sting like other lps. I think it just may not have been the best acan, my others have always done great. I'll update as things happen

Someone mentioned using vitamin C, any dose this or anything with it in it?

I guess we'll see what happens, I did what the brown jelly disease cures said already, so hopefully that keeps at least one polyp alive to regrow. Kinda strange since I did a luigols dip prior to addidtion to the tank, but they also said to blow lps off with stronger current too, guess I'll start that too in the future.

Hey guys, wondering if anyone has had this issue.

I bought 2 acans, 1 looks great and is all puffed up and nice. The other looked ok the first night, then proceeded to start getting a brownish slime forming around the edges. I thought this may be from being cut there or something but wasn't sure. I left it for a day and it got worse. This morning I pulled it out and gave it a luigols bath for 10 mins and blew the slime off, which exposed dead skeleton underneath. This pic is what's left of the colony. Anyone have this issue with new/freshly cut Acans? It's just a bit strange since the other colony is just fine behind it.

Just sucks since its the cool colored colony

Keep your eye open, online deals seem to be the best if you catch them at the right time. I have 2 open brains (red and teal/yellow and pink) and one scolly (purple/pink/teal) and I bought all 3 for $150.

I believe that pump is a venturi pump right? I would need a regular pump I think as it will be used to feed a recirculating skimmer. I will have to pass on the corals. Thank you for the offer.

It's similar to a maxi jet with the airline plug by the inlet. Not sure if that's venturi.

I was just wondering if you were looking for some corals (I have some hearty ones for new tanks!). I have a used accela pump from a CPR bac pak, not sure if that is the right size or not.