Mr. Microscope Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 It's actually not all that complicated lol. The fluorescent red proteins that they have need quite a bit of light in the 550-650nm range, which the cool white LEDs present in basically all commercial fixtures do not cover with respectable output. Use a good quality, high-CRI white LED as the base and the problems go away http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21748634#post21748634 Here are some videos of 'tank' dinoflagellates: http://www.youtube.com/user/YorickSanchez Very interesting! I'll have to see if I can find any after today to look at under the microscope. Thanks for the links Ben! I don't want to emphasize the fluorescent red proteins. They're already dominant without the warm white LED. Instead, I'd like to emphasize the other colors the acan is capable of. Suggestions? Cyan fluoresces orange and may help with pinks. Blue (not royal blue, but the "cool blue") seems to do well with pinks. ...or T5's? lol Quote Link to comment
Polarcollision Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Cyan fluoresces orange and may help with pinks. Blue (not royal blue, but the "cool blue") seems to do well with pinks. ...or T5's? lol Thanks! This is the kind of thing I'm looking for. Red from Ben, Pink from Mr Scope. I'm sticking with LED for energy efficiency reasons, and bank account reasons, though I do love what T5 can easily do for a reef. Cherry corals goes overboard enhancing saturation in their photos, but the colors are present to enhance. They use 20K radiums, ATI Aquablue Special (12K), ATI Blue Plus, and ATI Purple Plus. I've gathered the spectrum graphs of each bulb, which seem to be heavy between 400 and 500 nm. Only the aquablue special has a high peak just to the left of 550 nm. I figure if I can tune the Hydras as close as possible to these bulbs I should get somewhat similar results. The Cree XP-E Green LED in my light is at 520-530 nm. Wonder if that's close enough and the reason my red colors are pretty good. Given the turbidity of water acans are collected in, feeding them the correct nutrition seems likely a part of the puzzle too. 1 Quote Link to comment
friar1 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Love the Acan Garden Mr M! 1 Quote Link to comment
GHill762 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 what's the bluish stuff encrusting your overflow? 1 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Love the Acan Garden Mr M!Thanks Friar! I can't wait to see it grow in more. what's the bluish stuff encrusting your overflow?Thanks for noticing. That is encrusting Palmer's Blue Milli. A long time ago I bumped my colony and knocked off a piece no more than a quarter inch. I decided to mount it on the back wall an see what happened. You can still see the little nub on the bottom. Ever since then, it just keeps encrusting. 2 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I don't want to emphasize the fluorescent red proteins. They're already dominant without the warm white LED. Instead, I'd like to emphasize the other colors the acan is capable of. Suggestions? Very interesting! I'll have to see if I can find any after today to look at under the microscope. Thanks for the links Ben! Cyan fluoresces orange and may help with pinks. Blue (not royal blue, but the "cool blue") seems to do well with pinks. Thanks! This is the kind of thing I'm looking for. Red from Ben, Pink from Mr Scope. I'm sticking with LED for energy efficiency reasons, and bank account reasons, though I do love what T5 can easily do for a reef. Cherry corals goes overboard enhancing saturation in their photos, but the colors are present to enhance. They use 20K radiums, ATI Aquablue Special (12K), ATI Blue Plus, and ATI Purple Plus. I've gathered the spectrum graphs of each bulb, which seem to be heavy between 400 and 500 nm. Only the aquablue special has a high peak just to the left of 550 nm. I figure if I can tune the Hydras as close as possible to these bulbs I should get somewhat similar results. The Cree XP-E Green LED in my light is at 520-530 nm. Wonder if that's close enough and the reason my red colors are pretty good. Given the turbidity of water acans are collected in, feeding them the correct nutrition seems likely a part of the puzzle too. That should have been 'non-fluorescent' lol. Acans include a lot of non-fluorescent colors, all will be accentuated by the warmer diodes, I haven't yet found one that isn't gorgeous under 4,000K chips with some royal blue added in (until I lost all my acan colonies ). I doubt that you'll be able to keep the acans as colorful as other forms of lighting using the Hydra. Radium 20K: Aquablue Special: Blue Plus: Purple Plus: The AI Hydra color (normalized to 100watts/m2): The addition of warmer diodes is necessary IMHO. 3 Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Happy Birthday to your tank! 1 Quote Link to comment
Curry02 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Saw the latest FTS for this tank, thats an insane garden... Tank has come a long way! 1 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Happy Birthday to your tank! Thanks Felicia! I'm hoping to post a new FTS later today to mark the occasion. I also just renewed my N-R membership. I'm set for another year! Saw the latest FTS for this tank, thats an insane garden... Tank has come a long way!Thanks Curry! It's been quite a journey. Hey there in Queens! Where are you? I used to live in Astoria. 1 Quote Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Someone say birthday? Is there cake? 2 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Someone say birthday? Is there cake?Yup! My reef turned two years old on the 28th of Feb. My wife proposed a small celebration with clownfish cupcakes, but it didn't happen. We're all super sick right now. So, we're just laying around blowing out noses. Even the little one is sick. Blecch! 1 Quote Link to comment
Curry02 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Thanks Felicia! I'm hoping to post a new FTS later today to mark the occasion. I also just renewed my N-R membership. I'm set for another year! Thanks Curry! It's been quite a journey. Hey there in Queens! Where are you? I used to live in Astoria. Yep. I'm over in jamaica, but work in Manhattan 13th and 6th ave. 1 Quote Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Yup! My reef turned two years old on the 28th of Feb. My wife proposed a small celebration with clownfish cupcakes, but it didn't happen. We're all super sick right now. So, we're just laying around blowing out noses. Even the little one is sick. Blecch! You guys get better, and anyway clownfish don't care for cupcakes 3 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 You guys get better, and anyway clownfish don't care for cupcakes LOL! Thanks Christine! 1 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 I'm hoping to post a new FTS later today to mark the occasion.Screw that. I'm too sick.. Good night Nano-Reef. Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Sorry to hear you're sick and didn't get to celebrate properly! Feel better! 1 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Hello All! My tank turned 2 years old on February 28th. It's been an amazing journey, a mix of successes and failures, and all in all a heck of a lot of fun. I just wanted to take this opportunity to mark the occasion by saying thank you to all my friends here on Nano-Reef for helping to make it happen. There's no way I could have accomplished these past two years without all the time a care you all put into your own tanks, threads, and responses. This community it truly full of warmhearted people and is an amazing resource. So, Thank You! Here's to the reefs! FTS 2014.03.03 10 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Congrats on 2 years!!!!! You've done amazing work with your tank . Hope you and your family are feeling better. I'm going to assume so since you were able to post a photo . 1 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I LOVE the green right there, awesome focal point, just pops among the other reds, pinks, oranges. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Congrats on 2 years!!!!! You've done amazing work with your tank . Hope you and your family are feeling better. I'm going to assume so since you were able to post a photo . Thanks Gena! I'm feeling a little better, but the FTS was about all I could manage at the moment. I LOVE the green right there, awesome focal point, just pops among the other reds, pinks, oranges.Thanks 1st! Yeah, that torch is one of my favorites. I recently noticed that it has two mouths now. So, hopefully it will be two heads soon. 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Happy Birthday to the tank Mr. Microscope. I hope you feel better. 2 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Happy Birthday to the tank Mr. Microscope. I hope you feel better.Thanks Kat! I'm on the mend. My skimmer stopped producing bubbles the other day and it took me a while to figure out why. I checked all the airline and CO2 scrubber and found no clogs. The pump was clean. Finally, I found a big chunk of solid salt in the venturi where the hose connects to the pump. It's amazing that this formed and somehow stayed solid underwater. It foaming up a storm now, but I think it was down for nearly two weeks. Luckily, my backup skimmer was still working. My water seems to have gotten a bit dirty though. Time for a double water change! Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 ok, I didn't know that could happen, I just assumed it couldn't harden again. Good to know - thanks for posting that. 1 Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I cannot wait for my new acans to grow out and look awesome like yours! Those acan balls are just amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment
Nanofreak79 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Great FTS....I'd be proud of that tank, very nice corals in there. Oh and happy b-day tank! 1 Quote Link to comment
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