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I'm on Corvallis city water, and I just tested it out of the tap for you. It read 52 ppm. This is higher than normal, which is usually in the range of 20-30 ppm. I think they are adding something extra to the water in the summer. It smells a little different right now too. I use the standard BRS RODI unit on our water and I have good success. I'm sure the Air Water and Ice unit that you were looking at will also do the trick.

Haha, so, you didn't bring jello shots to this party?

That's a nice haul! I love that Scolymia!

What a blast! Thanks to Rudy and everyone else who helped pull this off! Tons of sweet corals at good prices. We are so spoiled here in PNW

Thanks, Jon! I'm glad you like your frag. I've got 2 more ORA Red frags (40) and one more ReefGen Green for 35.

Pending to Chewie, but I just added a second ORA Red Goni. See above.

Badxgillen helped me frag up my huge ORA Red Goniopora colony. I've got a big frag from it that will be a colony in no time. It's your's for 45 bucks. I paid $100 for a frag this size 2 yrs ago. ORA RED Frag 1 (Pending to Chewie): (See below for two more Goni frags that are available) Mother colony: I've also got some frags of Reefgen Justin's Green Goniopora for 35 bucks. Here's the $35 Reefgen Green Goni: I've got a second frag of the ORA Red Goni that is slightly smaller for $40 Both of these lineages are the hardiest captive propagated Gonioporas available. I can bring the frags to the Reef Expo on Saturday at Golden Basket.

I don't have an Android phone, so I cannot use the app. Daniel showed me some screen shots of it, though. It looks nice. Feel free to add the video, or anything else, to my thread if you'd like.

Did you leave the lens in your lights? I took mine out, since I thought that the color blending was a little better. I think it reduces the PAR, though, if you take the lens out.

Tank looks great!

Take a look at the write up that I just did. You can see that the 5 channels are all adjustable from 1 to 1200 (not sure of the units), so you can adjust the color by tweaking the Red/Cyan channel, White/Blue channel, and either of the blue channels. The UV channel seems to affect the color morphing of the corals more than the appearance to your eye. http://www.pnwmas.org/topic/38353-reefi-leds/

I will be at the expo with Robert all day, so I can fill in as needed.

Robert and I will meet you at Reefapalooza!

I only meant 1 Sunny D colony. I'm not that greedy.

Put me down for the candy apple reds and one sunny d colony, please! I can swing by your place on the day of the reef expo.

Time to frag up the ORA Red Goni!

Sent $. Thanks Bret!

Hello all: i wanted to briefly share my experience with a new product from a local entrepreneur, our own Danlu_gt. I picked up two ReeFi LED lights for my frag system about 2 months ago to replace a pair of Ocean Revives. I really liked the Ocean Revives, but the ReeFi are much more controllable than the OR lights so I wanted to try them out. They were (and I still think they are) being offered promotionally for $250 each, which I thought was a screaming good deal for 150 watt lights with Cree LEDs and wireless control. They come with a large glass lens that you can twist to adjust the breadth of coverage. I took the lens out, since I felt that I got better color blending without the lens. (I believe that taking the lens out reduces the PAR a bit, but they are powerful enough lights that this did not bother me.) The lights connect to your home WiFi and you program via your computer or smart phone. There is an app for Android phones, but since I am an Iphone user, I control my lights via my laptop. They do not have a simple on-off switch. You plug them in to turn them on, and then have to connect them to your WiFi in order to get them running. They are similar in this way to the new AI Hydra HDs. (I just got the Hydra on my new Red Sea tank, so I am getting to know the AI light right now too.) So, if you have a router that might be a little buggy, or if you are seriously intimidated by the thought of having to log into your router in order to find the IP address assigned to your new light, you might want to stick with your Ocean Revives. However, Daniel is very helpful and he walked me through the process over the phone when I was setting the light up on my home WiFi. Now I'm a pro. Below I have posted the web interface. I believe the Android interface has some graphs and allows programming via dragging sliders. As you can see, there are lots of settings to adjust. The techie in me enjoys fiddling with all of the settings, but I imagine that some people will just leave the settings set to default and increase or decrease the high and low settings. You can also program the light to come on at full power as soon as you plug it in if you don't want to bother with the ramping. Given that I was one of the first people (if not the first) to get one of these lights, it was not surprising that there were a few software bugs that needed to be worked out. Daniel was very attentive and fixed issues when they arose. My lights have been running great now for weeks without any issues. The lights produce very good color and my corals are growing well and showing excellent coloration. I have had some nice color morphing since switching from the OR lights (probably all of the UV I am hitting them with). Here are a few crappy pics of some of the corals under the ReeFis. Overall, I think they are nice lights and a great deal. 150 Watts, 50 Cree LEDs on 5 channels: 1) Royal Blue 450nm, 2) Violet 430nm, 3) UltraViolet 395nm, 4) Cyan, Deep Red, 5) 4000K White, and with WiFi controlability. I think that Daniel is going to have a table at the Oregon Reef Expo this coming Saturday, so check them out if you are there!

Thanks! We actually have a local source of captive bred Erectus. TPA in Salem and TPA WIlsonville stock captive bred Erectus that are bred in Newport by Colby (can't remember his name on this forum). You should stop by and check them out.

I'm going to get a couple of pairs of captive bred H. erectus and probably a few pipefish. The tank is a 45 gallon Red Sea E-170. I may hit you up for some breeding pointers at some point.

I'll check with Garrett. Thanks!

I love the setup! Where did you find that awesome branching live rock? I'm working on aquascaping my seahorse tank this week, and I could use some nice branching rock like that.

Put me down for the shorty with the smart phone attachment, please.

So, after my wife made me move the tank to three different places in our living room, and empty and move the planted tank (and then back to the same place), I was able to get the new seahorse tank wet. Chiller and heavy duty UV sterilizer to keep the horses happy. The AI Hydra light that came with the Red Sea E-170 tank is awesome! Thanks again Jeff at Cuttleffish for ordering the tank for me.

Robert and I will be passing by TPA, so we could pick up frags from you if needed.