disaster999 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Sounds cold. Not 24c? If you would just hate for your corals to grow, yes Temps dropped down to 3c, or 37F over the weekend . Ambient temps inside my house is under 10c or 50F. Its never this cold in Hong Kong and I wasnt prepared for it. The single heater in my tank couldnt keep up so I bought a 500W heater yesterday and together it only managed to raised my tank up to 21.7c or 71.1F overnight. Its fun to see the heating element glowing red inside the heater. I hope it doesnt blow up haha 1 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 This just arrived 9 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 A pair of Ethereal? I won't be getting mine until the first week of March. Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Yup, these are the new Maxspect Ethereal lights.There are 8 individual "light pucks" on the fixture with 5 LED on each puck bringing it to a total of 130W per fixture. The LED is split into 5 channels, going by memory here: Ch1 are the cool and neutral whites, Ch2 are the neutral and warm whites, Ch3 are the royal blues Ch4 are the cool blue and cyans Ch5 are the Violet and UV 6 Quote Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Some slick looking lights there... When are they going to be available to the masses? Edit: I'm an idiot. Found out Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Some slick looking lights there... When are they going to be available to the masses? Edit: I'm an idiot. Found out soon, padawan It's good that you took those photos. My tank is 36" long and I'll be getting a single fixture, wasn't sure how high I'd need to hang it to get good spread. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I'm waiting for my Ethereal too. Sigh. 1 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Where do the T5 bulbs go in that? Cool looking fixture, very cool looking. 1 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 soon, padawan It's good that you took those photos. My tank is 36" long and I'll be getting a single fixture, wasn't sure how high I'd need to hang it to get good spread. I would mount them higher up for better coverage. but I think you will have a pretty steep drop off on the edges =( cleaver coral placement is needed...sps in the center with softies on the sides I'm waiting for my Ethereal too. Sigh. You wont be disappointed 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I would mount them higher up for better coverage. but I think you will have a pretty steep drop off on the edges =( cleaver coral placement is needed...sps in the center with softies on the sides You wont be disappointed I don't have any SPS lol. Though literally for the first time since December 2011 (when I started my first saltwater tank, some of the corals and rocks I have now come from that tank) I actually have coralline growing in the tank instead of dying back, so maybe it's finally 'ready' My current light is 15" across, a MarsAqua LED panel, and I get pretty decent coverage with the optics taken off. I have it 12" above the tank, and I could raise it another 8" or so. Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Try 12" above the water first and decide if the coverage is enough. Gonna have serious light spillage if you list it up any higher. Also it would be fun to have the Ethereal and your other diy creation side by side for comparison. 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Try 12" above the water first and decide if the coverage is enough. Gonna have serious light spillage if you list it up any higher. Also it would be fun to have the Ethereal and your other diy creation side by side for comparison. I'm actually in the planning stage of splitting the system up into two displays on a common sump, each one being a 45cm cube tank. The Ethereal would go over one and an 'evil cluster' over the other Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 The old rocks is pretty much trashed with this random black sludge on it and I cant grow coralline algae for the life of me. I switched out ALL my rocks with new ones. All cleared up 6 Quote Link to comment
RollaJase Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Nice looking scape, plenty of real estate for SPS . Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 The old rocks is pretty much trashed with this random black sludge on it and I cant grow coralline algae for the life of me. I switched out ALL my rocks with new ones. well damn. just change it all up on us lol. I actually had the same problem with coralline. I've had a marine tank in one form or other (with a couple of my corals and small pieces of rock dating back to that initial tank) since December 2011 and I've never had a single speck of coralline grow, until a few weeks ago I noticed that my hawkwing conch, which had a clean shell when I got it, was absolutely mullered with the stuff, and then I noticed little specks starting to show all over. The only thing that changed was I was dumping shitloads of Kent Tech M in the tank as a last-ditch effort against bryopsis. Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Yeah, last effort to see if new rocks in my system will change that. Im suspecting my old rocks are leaching whatever crap into my tank causing this brown algae/slim to form. It sucks to pry off all the corals from the rock, but i guess you gotta do what you gotta do. They will grow back. Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Nice looking scape, plenty of real estate for SPS . I gotta get some big SPS pieces to fill in that flat table top on the left so it doesnt look so bare 4 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 Well anyways, picked these up last week Blue Stag Purple/Blue Stag As you can see from the last pic, this weird looking "hair aglea" looking thing is growing on my rocks. Been battling that for as long as I can remember and I cant seem to keep it under control. 6 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Love the new additions. 1 Quote Link to comment
disaster999 Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Thanks man! Wondering if I should get an ATS to battle this "hair algae" problem 4 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 dayum. that looks expensive. 2 Quote Link to comment
Benny314 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Well that's an interesting design.............. Some googleing is required I feel. 2 Quote Link to comment
Benny314 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Well that was unsuccessful, you got a link to the manufacture? Want to know how this bad boy works. 1 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Well that was unsuccessful, you got a link to the manufacture? Want to know how this bad boy works. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1112390915461230.1073741858.640517522648574&type=3 2 Quote Link to comment
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