altiuscitius Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Whats your lighting like? I cant quite tell from the picture. I have the same tank (well an ebi, but its the exact same tank as the flora, it just comes with different accessories) and Im trying to light it right now I'm debating a par 38 bulb, or maybe an eheim power led, theyre cheaper and look nice, but I think not quite as good as the par 38. Or maybe diy. I spend 10 hours a week reading lighting threads and cant narrow it down. Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 I am running a Rapid LED kit. 4 royal blue and 2 cool whites. I have to say I am very pleased with it and have been experiencing great growth. I was gonna do a PAR bulb but I am glad I went this route Link to comment
altiuscitius Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Ah, nice. Ive been debating them. How do you have it mounted to your tank? It looks like its on an arm? And did you just use one of their black heatsinks, or did you retrofit another light you had maybe? Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 for now it is just resting on the lid. i did the solderless kit so it is sitting on the connections, not directly on the LEDS. I used their black heatsink. it has a nice groove down the center which I plan to utilize when making a mount for it eventually Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 just came home to this Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 couple growth shots of the SPS..little over a month since the pics on the last page http://s289.photobucket.com/user/omgitsjeremy/media/DSC_3792_zpsaa9353b6.jpg.html'> http://s289.photobucket.com/user/omgitsjeremy/media/DSC_3795_zps05a9b02f.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 decided my home built skimmer wasnt worth it so im gonna plumb this bad boy into the tank....JK lol Link to comment
Angel<3Nanos Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 pictures dont do this little tank justice! ^^^ that's so true man! Your 4.5 is sooo awesome! Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 How are the SPS holding up ? Are you dosing anything or just relying on water changes ? Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 How are the SPS holding up ? Are you dosing anything or just relying on water changes ? SPS are absolutely flourishing. They all are encrusting like crazy and my milli has sprouted 4-5 new branches. I'll post pics later on. I don't dose. Just do water changes with Red Sea coral pro and feed some DTs phytoplankton here and there Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Here are a few SPS shots as promised...Still tryin to get the white balance right but im getting close lol http://s289.photobucket.com/user/omgitsjeremy/media/acro_zps06bd9609.jpg.html'> http://s289.photobucket.com/user/omgitsjeremy/media/milli_zpsc2b2531e.jpg.html'> http://s289.photobucket.com/user/omgitsjeremy/media/birdsnest_zps4d47bd9d.jpg.html'> Link to comment
mini_matt Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Looking good! Loving the DIY ness of this tank! Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Seeing SPS have growth like that in nano's like that makes me want to start one up so bad. Would you recommend the RapidLED lights ? Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Seeing SPS have growth like that in nano's like that makes me want to start one up so bad. Would you recommend the RapidLED lights ? absolutely, these lights have been great and the customer service during, and even after the order process was great Link to comment
Steensj2004 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 decided my home built skimmer wasnt worth it so im gonna plumb this bad boy into the tank....JK lol Ahahahaha, you would double you water volume with that,hahahahah. Beautiful tank tw Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Some polyp extension and growth. Sorry for the iPhone pic Link to comment
Gramophone Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Some polyp extension and growth. Sorry for the iPhone pic Lovely tank! What kind of acro is that? The top-right one. Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Lovely tank! What kind of acro is that? The top-right one. thank you! It's coming along quite nicely, I'm not positive I rescued it from certain death from one of the LFS here in town. Had dead spots and algae all over it. I just call it a green tip acro lol Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 decided to pull out the DSLR to attempt to get some better pics, heres my attempt at a small photo dump lol http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9475275412/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9475275412/'>FTS by http://www.flickr.com/people/79143619@N07/'>dezertdatsun, on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9472489961/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9472489961/'>coralline algae by http://www.flickr.com/people/79143619@N07/'>dezertdatsun, on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9472483053/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9472483053/'>Cleaner Shrimp by http://www.flickr.com/people/79143619@N07/'>dezertdatsun, on Flickrsorry for the dirty glass, this spots a litte difficult to get with the scraper http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9475277080/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9475277080/'>Fire Shrimp by http://www.flickr.com/people/79143619@N07/'>dezertdatsun, on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9475270264/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9475270264/'>Trimma tevegae by http://www.flickr.com/people/79143619@N07/'>dezertdatsun, on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9472485111/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9472485111/'>Rainbow Milli by http://www.flickr.com/people/79143619@N07/'>dezertdatsun, on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9472491079/'> http://www.flickr.com/photos/79143619@N07/9472491079/'>birdsnest by http://www.flickr.com/people/79143619@N07/'>dezertdatsun, on Flickr Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 pretty much "Stole" a bunch of zoas from the LFS yesterday with some acros. Owner lets me pick out all the loose stuff. found these bad boys: they are a little more pinkish/purple in person zoas by dezertdatsun, on Flickr Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 I just picked up a cool new acro, and it had a very cool little hitchhiker. A Tetralia crab! (Tetralia nigrolineata) It's literally smaller than a pinhead, this is what it looks like though (not my photo) Link to comment
Lalani Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Great photography up in here. Love the tank too. Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Great photography up in here. Love the tank too. Thank you! I'm still getting used to photographing tanks with LEDs but am pretty well seasoned when it comes to dry land lol Link to comment
Reef Fever Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Oh and despite having built that skimmer on the previous page I've yet to run it lol. Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Your tank never ceases to amaze me !!!! Kudos Link to comment
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