daniel.alfonso Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 http://imgur.com/a/gak9s 3g Xen Series from cadlights MP10ES PAR30 SuperBlu 14w Simple and clean was what I wanted, Bought some star polyps and glued them to floor to create a grass look, I think the cutting and corafix pissed them off so they arent all open just yet but looking really cool! Rocks came from my 90g's sump and water came from home system as well to help with initial bacteria cycle. Been running about 2 weeks now so i decided to add a very small .75" Yellow Clown Goby and the tiniest(sp?) coral banded shrimp I've ever seen. Like a big mosquito! Will post pics of "Hermit" and "John Ralphio" when I get some good closeups. Plan to cover rocks with colorful zoa and ric garden, possibly a tree-like leather centerpiece. Maybe a small yellow fiji leather. Let me know what you think and thanks for looking! -Danny Link to comment
Angel<3Nanos Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Mp10 in a 3gal? Lol Awesome. Let's see some pics Link to comment
daniel.alfonso Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Mp10 in a 3gal? Lol Awesome. Let's see some pics click the link, imgur gallery Link to comment
Angel<3Nanos Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 click the link, imgur gallery So clean!!! Love it! Whats the setting on that mp10? Link to comment
aviator300 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 About your lighting. You said PAR 38 14w super-blue. Did you mean PAR 30 14w super-blue from Coral Compulsion. Their PAR 30 bulbs are called "superblu" The reason I ask is that I have a Coral Compulsion PAR 30 14w bulb in 18k and it looks just like yours. I also have a PAR 38 from them and they are 24w not 14w. Im using the 14w 18k light on a 3gal tank but it's just too white...I've been wanting to get the PAR 30 super-blue model but thought it might be too blue but your tank shots look perfect in color. Link to comment
daniel.alfonso Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 About your lighting. You said PAR 38 14w super-blue. Did you mean PAR 30 14w super-blue from Coral Compulsion. Their PAR 30 bulbs are called "superblu" The reason I ask is that I have a Coral Compulsion PAR 30 14w bulb in 18k and it looks just like yours. I also have a PAR 38 from them and they are 24w not 14w. Im using the 14w 18k light on a 3gal tank but it's just too white...I've been wanting to get the PAR 30 super-blue model but thought it might be too blue but your tank shots look perfect in color. yeah, you are right 14W PAR30 LED 22k SuperBlu Reef Light looks awesome, the greens really pop So clean!!! Love it! Whats the setting on that mp10? lowest power setting on random "reef crest" Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 love the tank! cant wait to see it progress. love the GSP carpet, trying to get mine to do that in my sps pico Link to comment
Steensj2004 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Gotta love the MP10, love the tank! Link to comment
daniel.alfonso Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 http://imgur.com/a/r9g4B few more pics of the pico along with a ton of pics of my 90g at home, a friend let me borrow his camera, don't really know how to take pictures but they came out OK Link to comment
daniel.alfonso Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 brainstorming a way to completely hide the pump. was thinking about a 2-3" stand (box) for the 2.5 to sit on, put the dry side under the tank hidden by the "stand" and the wet side under the rocks. Maybe make a custom rock that's bored out to accommodate the wet side and drill some passages in the rock for water to get to and from the propeller. need to make sure the flow is somewhat isolated to just a part of the rockwork so fish/shrimp have a place to go in the rocks. will play with the idea a little more and maybe build it out this weekend. will keep everyone updated with what i come up with, drop ideas/thoughts in here on just this topic would probably build the stand out of wood frame and wrapped in black plexiglass to keep the clean/modern look. Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Great looking tank! This may be a really stupid question, but what is the white piece of pipe in picture 2 for? My Coral Compulsion Vibrance Reef 14W came with one of those, and I have no idea what it does... Link to comment
daniel.alfonso Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Great looking tank! This may be a really stupid question, but what is the white piece of pipe in picture 2 for? My Coral Compulsion Vibrance Reef 14W came with one of those, and I have no idea what it does... i think it's to slip on the bulb before your screw it on. like a splash shield for the mogul socket. if it was black, i'd use it to cover the out of place white color of the base of the bulb. i scrapped the idea of hiding the MP10 in the rocks for obvious reasons. decided maintenance would be too intrusive and impractical. happy with how the tank looks now Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 i think it's to slip on the bulb before your screw it on. like a splash shield for the mogul socket. if it was black, i'd use it to cover the out of place white color of the base of the bulb. Ah, that makes sense, thank you! Link to comment
CoralCompulsion Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Ah, that makes sense, thank you! The white piece that ships with our bulbs is actually just for shipping purposes. It prevents the metal socket from potentially being crushed during shipping. It should not be used on your bulb, you can just discard it once your set your bulb up. Sorry if there was any confusion regarding that Link to comment
aviator300 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 That is absolutely HILARIOUS.. I guess I'm not the only guy using those white spacers on both my lights because I thought they served some carefully engineered purpose...LOL Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 I always mask off the heat sink and contact point and shoot all my PAR bulbs black i think it's to slip on the bulb before your screw it on. like a splash shield for the mogul socket. if it was black, i'd use it to cover the out of place white color of the base of the bulb. Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Lol, that's awesome! Thanks for clarifying. And great light by the way! Link to comment
CoralCompulsion Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Lol, that's awesome! Thanks for clarifying. And great light by the way! No problem! Glad you are happy with it! Link to comment
daniel.alfonso Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 I always mask off the heat sink and contact point and shoot all my PAR bulbs black good idea, will do this soon because the white is really out of place. here's some updated pics with a nice ricordea garden added http://imgur.com/a/4HNvv#0 -Danny Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 super cool! how much did all those ricordeas cost? Link to comment
CoralCompulsion Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 good idea, will do this soon because the white is really out of place. here's some updated pics with a nice ricordea garden added http://imgur.com/a/4HNvv#0 -Danny Just be aware however, that painting the bulb will void our warranty. There is quite a bit of open space around the heatsink, and it is very easy to get paint inside the fixture, which can cause problems therefore we cannot replace any bulbs down the road should anything happen. I will tell you though that we are working on two completely new designed par bulbs that are completely black that should be released later on this year Link to comment
daniel.alfonso Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 super cool! how much did all those ricordeas cost? $205 Free Shipping from ebay. was a 25 pack, very pleased with sizes and colors Just be aware however, that painting the bulb will void our warranty. There is quite a bit of open space around the heatsink, and it is very easy to get paint inside the fixture, which can cause problems therefore we cannot replace any bulbs down the road should anything happen. I will tell you though that we are working on two completely new designed par bulbs that are completely black that should be released later on this year OK, how about black tape? Link to comment
farkwar Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 $205 Free Shipping from ebay. was a 25 pack, very pleased with sizes and colors OK, how about black tape? Can you post the ebay name please? Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Can you post the ebay name please? +1 please Link to comment
farkwar Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Seelife2012 is the only ebayer with 25 rics for $209. Link to comment
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