Mercuryne Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Copy and paste this into your signature [quote name='Nosey' date='Jan 26 2009, 02:25 PM' post='2029263']I love your Hammer Stevie[/quote] thank you.. now care to TELL me how you did it? hahahah how did you capture that code? "teach a man to fish" and all that hoodad. ya know? Link to comment
Nosey Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Mer you don't need to do that! Link to comment
Mercuryne Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Mer you don't need to do that! uh oh.. Nosey.. totally not doing it to poke fun at you. just LOVE The quote.. ive been seeing everyone putting other peoples funny saying from their threads into their sig.. and ive been waiting for one worthy and felt like yours was well.. really funny.. if you are offended. i'll take it down.....let me know. Link to comment
Nosey Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 lol....No that's cool, I didn't know you could do that either! Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 thank you.. now care to TELL me how you did it? hahahah how did you capture that code? "teach a man to fish" and all that hoodad. ya know? I went to his post, hit reply, as I just did with yours. Then copied the info with all the date stamp etc, took out the stuff you didn't need. Then just paste it into yoru sig. But to show you I did as above then wrapped it in tags by highlighting it and using this button make sure you are using the enritched text in your control pannel. This allows you to use such funchtions as ctrl + B right when typing like [b]this[/b] , just like on MS word. I love the quote, I vote keep it. Link to comment
chazde3 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 So Stevie. how do you like the shimmer effect. Personally mh is so much better looking than t5s because of the shimmer. Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 So Stevie. how do you like the shimmer effect. Personally mh is so much better looking than t5s because of the shimmer. oh my, that was the first thing I noticed. I only saw it for 2 hours today but it was wonderful. Definitely one of those should have done it sooner thing. It is so much different and in a good way. I am glad I waited though, it proved what can be done under the stock lighting and I didn't really have the cash until now. I actually think I can write some of this light off on my taxes, hahahaha fun Link to comment
CarterNichols Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Woah, i haven't been here in a while, I LOVE YOUR NEW LIGHT! Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks Carter, just came in this morning. Link to comment
ddelallata Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 If you want to get a really nice constant "shimmer", point one of the powerheads on the left of tank UP and TOWARDS THE CENTER. Glad to see that you are enjoying the upgrade to MH. Link to comment
jerzsky Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 omFG!!! i thought ur tank was bada$$ b4! now its just.....WOW! great choice on switching the lighting! everything looks amazing! it just pops right out at ya!!! good job bud!!! Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks. I am ready for this bulb to burn in and see what it really looks like. It is hard to shoot such bright light but the pics turned out pretty good. Time needs to go by faster, this acclimation process is going to suck. Link to comment
jerzsky Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 i could only imagine how its gonna look after burn in! n yes those pics look awesome!! i think acclimation, is one of the suckiest parts of this hobby!! good luck!! Link to comment
rickjg Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 INDEX to my tank: 1. Set up and beginning stages of my tank 2. JBJ auto top off - general guide with custom Mag Float Mount 3. Yellow watchman goby introduced 4. Turbo snail rotating deflector video 5. GSP and star fish introduced 6. Upgraded stock fans install 7. Orange Monti, purple firefish, November Update 8. Crab mowing the grass in my GSP pictures 9. December updates 10. Leather coral added 11. Stock skimmer cup holes drilled mod 12. Changing chemi-pure out of chamber of death 13. Tube mod to stock skimmer to try to get better foam fraction - FAILED 14. Birdsnest and acro additions 15. SPS growth from Sept 2007 - Feb 2008 16. Tunze 9002 added and magnetic mount mod !!!! 17. Back view of tank 18. Arrangement of rear chambers before adding media rack and after adding the Tunze 9002 19. Clam added 20. March updates with top down pictures 21. Office views with April 2008 update 22. Nightime views and Video of tank V1.1 first one 23. How to glue thread 24. Salt results for major brands 26. Media rack build thread after adding the Tunze 9002 27. Koralia power cord routing and discussion on extra powerstrip 28. May 2nd Update with Pictures and Timelapse Video 29. More May 2nd and Starfish/Camera discussion 30. New RSM tanks released, discussion on pros and cons 31. June Update with pictures 32. Basic list of what is needed to set up a RSM, Q&A from member 33. Hitchhiker crab found, Underwater pictures 34. How to mount the Hydro Rotating defelctor to the bulkhead 35. One year ANNIVERSARY update, month by month shots of my tank 36. MEGA photo update, October 2008 37. How I started, Timeline of my first tank, before I found N-R. Don't laugh 38. Changing of the Koralia pump 39. Giving my Pajama Cardinal CPR 40. New fish and coral addition 41. Mandarin Added, pictures 42. January photo update 43. VIDEO update. Video tour of my reef, includes underwater video 44. VIDEO, Mandarin eating frozen food 45. LET THERE BE LIGHT! New MH light added January 26, 2009 to my Reef! That is the BEST build journal I have ever seen! Link to comment
Alicia Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Setting your heater at 73° will not make your tank 73° with the lights on My Stealth is set on 79 and installed the cooling fan to keep things more constant. I am WAY smarter now, hehe! P.S.- WOWWWSSSS on the new light!!! P.S.S.- More Mandarin pics!!! P.S.S.S.- I am trying to find Christel's thread on feeding/training Mandarin's...not getting one anytime soon, but am interested in learning more about them... Do you have the link? I didn't see it anywhere under the fish care...thanks! Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...c=154333&hl= http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;hl=&st=25 fyi, you can search by member name also check out http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=161389 Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Congrats Buddy! Looks sweet sitting up there. The black box should trim it out well. So, how bad is the glare sitting at your desk? B) Its kind of funny, I decided on the Max partly because you showed how much could be kept under the stock lighting.... Now you do this. I totally understand it though. I have MH on my 46 and you just cannot beat that shimmer huh? I hope all acclimates well for ya bud. Best of luck with it. Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 The light does not bother my view what so ever from the desk. That worked out nicely. Actinics will be off soon, LEDs on in 1/2 hr. I will try and get some night shots toinight between production. Link to comment
mynicereef Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I hate you just when i thought i was satisfied with my tank you go and do this now im going crazy thinking about how good it looks with the halide now i know im gonna have to get one !!YOU SUCK!! Link to comment
Jeffry83 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Nice lights,my tank can't be upgraded with that hood,because there is allot of dust floating around in my room,i also have 2 birds in there so if it's open allot of nasty stuff will fall in the tank. Link to comment
Alicia Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks Stevie Lots of reading to do!!! BTW: What do you have for your CUC nowadays? I know I need to add a few more critters and was trying to get ideas. Right now I have a scarlet reef crab, 4 turbans, 1 cerith, 1 emerald crab and like 10 blue leg hermits. Still have some hair algae, especially on my sand bed I would like to get rid of and am trying to get ideas for the most effective additions. Ideas? Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 CUC, I have no idea. I haven't added anything since I set up the tank 3-4 turbos asteria snails (i think) a bunch of nas. snails I never see Blue legged hermits Brown hermits, no fancy name that I know of Peppermint shrimp Starfish (not recommended) my hands Crazy evil crab that I didn't add myself I hate you just when i thought i was satisfied with my tank you go and do this now im going crazy thinking about how good it looks with the halide now i know im gonna have to get one !!YOU SUCK!! There are other RSM out there that have had this light a lot longer. So they suck too cause they made me do it. So get the light and stop your #####ing, too bad they are so spendy, I waited a long time to get this light. Nice lights,my tank can't be upgraded with that hood,because there is allot of dust floating around in my room,i also have 2 birds in there so if it's open allot of nasty stuff will fall in the tank. Stock hood is fine, lights are bright enough for some SPS on the top. haha it wouldnt' be a good idea with the birds! mmmmm lunch Link to comment
WhiteShark Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 It is kind of hard for them to do so, there is a lip around the entire molding of the tank. I don't see any other MH RSMs with any guards, my clown stays down in the tank, don't really have any other kind of jumping fish. Didn't know having a lip prevented fish from jumping?...Kinda makes some sense though and now I'm really glad I have a lip on my tank.... Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 I can see it better than say a piece of acrylic or glass that has no molding, or just straight molding. It keeps the snails in the tank as well. I can see fish going against the glass then sliding out from the force of swimng. This molding lip prevents that from occuring. This is all theory really, I can't 100% say that fish will not jump out, I suppose if they got the speed it can happen. But Reefmack, Hazmat and other have not had any jumpers with the MH light on the tank. Link to comment
StevieT Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Night Pictures I need to put the LEDs on a shorter time frame, and split up the white and blues. They are pretty bright overall, but man what a shimmer effect they pack. Some may look brighter than in real life, I played with 1-10 second shutter openings. Both Blue Only Blue Long shutter White Long Shutter Both Long Shutter Link to comment
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