kgoldy Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Mantis land. Where I get to see little eyes poking out of a rock once in a while. Yay. HOB fuge slash "chaeto scrubber". Chaeto is so dense that it's water going through a sponge. Uber nutrient absorption. I've never cleaned the acrylic on this thing... I'm leaving it up to John Maloney's snails. His new virgin nerites do a better job than anything I've put in this chamber so far... Going to stick a limpet in there when I can pry one off a rock. FSS (full system shot) Link to comment
kgoldy Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 BTW- Took my BoostLED Mu fixture hanging legs design and improved it for the Radions. 3/4" Square aluminum tubes, plastic joints, and sprayed with semi-gloss black Krylon. Looks waaaaay nicer. All done with pics tonight. Whew. Link to comment
FlCandy Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Man oh man I love your tank. That HOB fuge is awesome! Can you post a better pic of the stand, I am building one and would like to see more re the display part for the mantis land as I would like to do a display SUMP. Link to comment
kgoldy Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 My thoughts on Radions, after three weeks of having them on my tank... 1- Leaving them on 50% for too long (2 weeks) to avoid burning anything was a mistake. It cost me one frag of gorgeous ORA Pearlberry, 70-80% of an acro I got from East Pacific, and 30% of my biggest acro colony (the light yellow one in the pics). 2- 14k looks much nicer, and a lot more natural to me than 20k. While 20k is supposed to mimic the noon sun, it's actually the least powerful preset in terms of PAR since it's so blue heavy, and it eliminates all red and green. Not really a design flaw... But, if you want noon to be the most intense PAR of the day, you would have to neuter the lower kelvin settings if you wanted to mimic the kelvin rating (or appearance) with 20000k being high noon. 3- At 13" above the water, with a lot of surface agitation, the ripple effect looks extremely similar to that provided by MH lighting. At 9", it's a slight discoball, and highly erratic ripple effect. Going to try hazing my lenses to see if that helps. Ecotech sells pairs of lenses for $11, so it's a cheap experiment if I mess things up. 4- The appearance of my Acans has improved dramatically. Not sure if the new color is just what my eye can no perceive with the new LEDs, or if they're "coloring up" and actually changing. Either way, it's a remarkable difference... Not sure if it's apparent in photos yet. 5- SPS colors have improved, mildly, at least. Better polyp extension on most, especially after increasing the intensity of the lighting program the other day. 6- Vortech pumps seem to get confused every once in a while. I haven't messed with them too much, but it seems like when I reprogram the Radions, the pumps need to be reset to follow commands like... TURN THE #### OFF. 7- EcoTech online "community" is pretty sweet. Quick responses from tech support, and end-user suggestions on software/firmware/hardware are being considered and implemented by EcoTech. This makes me good about jumping onto a new product so early, as I'll get to watch it improve towards it's true potential over the next few months. And it's past midnight, time for bed. More thoughts on Radion later. Link to comment
kgoldy Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Man oh man I love your tank. That HOB fuge is awesome! Can you post a better pic of the stand, I am building one and would like to see more re the display part for the mantis land as I would like to do a display SUMP. Better pics that what's on page 1 of this thread? I've got the concept drawing, google sketchup model, and pics of the construction from bare wood... And the display sump is outlined in the link in my sig. Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 KG, what a kick ass tank!!! The whole thing is amazing. Are the radions up to full blast now? I know that the lights can be programmed with the MP's but I could never figure out what benefit that would be except the storm mode? Link to comment
kgoldy Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 The lights control night mode automatically, and you can turn on feed mode through them. At the moment, storm mode hasn't yet been enabled, it's probably coming with the next update. and Radions are up to about 85% at the highest setting. I guess I should post the curve on here later... Link to comment
kgoldy Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Btw, Candy- make sure you have enough room inside your cabinet. I don't use my skimmer mainly because it's a pain in the butt to clean. Also, bring your tank up to a level where viewing is comfortable. My tank is too low, so you have to bend over to really appreciate it. Link to comment
siwelk Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Also, bring your tank up to a level where viewing is comfortable. My tank is too low, so you have to bend over to really appreciate it. QFBeing often overlooked. Link to comment
FlCandy Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Btw, Candy- make sure you have enough room inside your cabinet. I don't use my skimmer mainly because it's a pain in the butt to clean. Also, bring your tank up to a level where viewing is comfortable. My tank is too low, so you have to bend over to really appreciate it. HAHA but I am a shorty! And I can look into it fine as is. I am planning a 30" tall stand. Thanks I will look into the first page drawings etc. Sorry was late and wasn't thinking straight! Tank looks great BTW other then the few corals you lost some of while acclimating to the LEDs. Love all the corals. Link to comment
kgoldy Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 QFBeing often overlooked. I need to do a google search to understand half the references in your posts... This one, google no help. Link to comment
iball1804 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 QFT = Quit ####in' talking QFBeing = Quit ####in' being Link to comment
iball1804 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Young people and their odd acronyms. tsk tsk tsk Link to comment
siwelk Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I need to do a google search to understand half the references in your posts... This one, google no help. I've only ever known it to mean 'Quoted/ing for Truth' and that's how I use it. Link to comment
kgoldy Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Okay, that one makes a lot more sense given the context. Link to comment
iball1804 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Hmmm I use it quite differently. Link to comment
siwelk Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Must be a generation thing. Link to comment
iball1804 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 *ahem* I'm older than you. It's your problem. Link to comment
siwelk Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 *ahem* I'm older than you. It's your problem. I never said it wasn't. I'm a problem solver. Link to comment
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