akma Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 So Finally got around to starting my tank thread. This will be mainly an sps tank, with some zoas and palys. My lps are in another tank. Equipment: - 34 Gallon Solana with stand - AI blue lights hung by zeroedge trees - Vortech mp10esw - Tunze osmolator for topoff - RKL controller to run the heater - Tunze 9002 modded with stevieT cup - LitermeterIII to dose once I get the sps going - JBJ Led glo for the cheato in the back. This light is BRIGHT BRIGHT BRIGHT! Current inhabitants: - 2 ORA picasso A clowns - 1 Helfrichi firefish - Cleanup Crew I was only going to some zoas and fish originally after my downgrade, but after looking at some of these nano tanks decided screw it. But I was stupid and sold all my sps. Now the search to start to get same pieces back. Link to comment
sefrayser Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Is that a SOL or Nano AI unit? Link to comment
akma Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 AI SOL BLUE. Is that a SOL or Nano AI unit? Link to comment
sefrayser Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I am thinking about getting one for my Solana....how do you like it? i have a 150 MH Sunpod right now and like it but want some Actinics. I thought the fixture would be bigger espicially for 500+. Do you have 70 degree optics or the standard? Link to comment
akma Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 I love it. Especially changing the intensity of the light to suit my needs. Setting it is easy and can really get the colors you want. Doesn't really have the shimmer that my halides used too. I've seen people hang the fixture the other way which is longer but with the mountain rail I just set it up that way so that the long part goes from front to back. 150MH sunpod is fine too. When I first started this hobby I had a 150 sunpod with 14k pheonix. Best growth and color I ever had. I am thinking about getting one for my Solana....how do you like it? i have a 150 MH Sunpod right now and like it but want some Actinics. I thought the fixture would be bigger espicially for 500+. Do you have 70 degree optics or the standard? Link to comment
pweissma Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Great start. Why did you go with the double zeroedge bracket over the single? Does it position the light properly front-to-back? Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 looking awesome! can't wait to see more pictures! Link to comment
akma Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Great start. Why did you go with the double zeroedge bracket over the single? Does it position the light properly front-to-back? I had the light brackets from my downgrade. Used it on a 48x30" tank until I recently sold it. So didn't want to waste more money getting the single bracket. It lights perfectly right up to the false wall in the back. Link to comment
akma Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Some updates: I changed the light tree from the picture to a single bar and moved the light sideways. I added quite a few sps pieces. Problem with solana is not too much room. Just snapped a few pics to keep track of my progress. Few additions: - Tyree purple monster - Snipersps blue polyp nastua - Atl. Shades of Fall - LE Grape Crush - Tyree Pink lemonade - ora tort - cali tort - ice fire tort - Ponape birdsnest. Fish: SPS: ZOAS: I'll take pics and upload those next time I post. Link to comment
akma Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Ok so been about a month and I figured time to update. I like updating once a month just so I can keep track of it for myself. SPS part of the tank are doing pretty good. Encrusting and growing at a good pace. Hopefully I'll be getting a dslr next month. Hard to take pics under LED's. I unfortunately lost one of my clownfish. Wasn't looking too healthy but I picked up 2 new fish for now. - A tailspot blenny and a wrasse from Dom. Adding zoa pictures for this. I couldn't get a picture of them all. Some of them were closed up so next time I update I will try to include them all at that time. The little blenny: Jewel Leopard Wrasse from DOM: Here's a new SPS: Rommel's watermellon from my friend jose This is one of the best blasto's I have ever seen. Orange with hints of green and yellow: Orange Hammer: WWC lazer lemons: purple hooters (wow): Tutti futti: Strawberry wines: SC Utter Chaos: Rhastas: PPE: Pink Elephant: JF Rainbow: JF Bloodshot: One of my favorites: Emeralds of fire: Darth Mauls: CAR: Black Hole Suns: I'll try to get pics of the rest of the zoas next time: couldn't get a clear shot of the rest. Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I love those blastos, hopefully you can get a better pic of those, how much did you get those for and what size? thanks Link to comment
akma Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 update time~ I changed out the rock to live marco rocks a few weeks ago. The original rock was getting hit with cyano and I couldn't figure out why. After I took it out saw that the way it was formed caused too much detrimus to stack on the bottom. Took the zoas off the sand because they were constantly covered with sand because of my flow. Since i've put them on racks all opening up much better. Some of my sps I have at a friends house because I went out of country for a month and having trouble with them. Front tank: The right side I'm going to make this an acan rock: Few new chalices: I'll probably move these onto the rock on the left side to make it a chalice island. Here's just a sick acan: So many zoas I have to start fragging. Not sure if I should mount them on the rock. Link to comment
Aqua fire/medic Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 How bout some purple monster growth shots under that SOl! Link to comment
akma Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 I actually sold my sps: Shooting myself already, but I needed to fund my lps obsession again. How bout some purple monster growth shots under that SOl! So i'm swapping out tanks pretty soon so probably last set of pics of my solana: I'm hooked on clowns so I just picked up a pair of sick plats. The black contrast is awesome on these guys. Picked up a new chalice: The FnF Goku chalice. My bazooka joe got stung but it's starting to make a comeback. Lost all it's color but after switching back to T5's the red is coming back fast. Yuma: new acans: And this sick new scoly I just picked up: Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 My mind is gonna blow because those corals is like in a trance! merry xmas Link to comment
akma Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 lol, Thanks My mind is gonna blow because those corals is like in a trance! merry xmas Link to comment
Aqua fire/medic Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 So you switched back to T5? Link to comment
akma Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Yeps, I just don't think led's are ready yet. Under the led's the corals pop like crazy, but after being under led's and then mvoed to halides/T5, the corals look so washed out. They've actually all started to get darker and nice. So you switched back to T5? Link to comment
akma Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Picasso/onyx Snowflakes: Platinum: Link to comment
akma Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Took a pic of few of my chalices. This is the right side of my tank. I'll take pics of left side later. First. Ex-convict CB 3g mummy eye Cherry bomb Few of them grouped together. I just remounted a few onto square tiles from the round disks. Link to comment
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