HALLZOO Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Raise the standpipe in the overflow. I have done it on all 3 of my deep blue tanks. I also considered this, but was worried that the surface skimming action would be reduced because the water no longer "spills over an edge". Have you had any problems with surface scum buildup? Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Nominating for totm 3 Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I also considered this, but was worried that the surface skimming action would be reduced because the water no longer "spills over an edge". Have you had any problems with surface scum buildup?I kinda mastered the standpipe height doing it 3 times. I raise the gate all the way up. So any surface scum still flows over the grate. Nominating for totmBeen a minute since a softy reef was TOTM. 3 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Nominating for totm how do we do that? I was going to lol 1 Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 link it to the nomination thread 1 Quote Link to comment
sangheili Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 What is the bushy looking gorg? Do you have a species name? It looks like a normal Purple Gorg till the new pictures where it's bushy as all hell. The whole tank looks phenomenal - easily one of my favorite I have seen. 2 Quote Link to comment
Asureef Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I think, I have a soft spot for softy tanks. This tank looks amazing!! 3 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 How close is the color in the pictures? I'm just still in awe. It's literally making me want to grab another pair of T5 ballasts, all the bulbs you have, and then figuring out how to replicate it all with LED! 1 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 What is the bushy looking gorg? Do you have a species name? It looks like a normal Purple Gorg till the new pictures where it's bushy as all hell. The whole tank looks phenomenal - easily one of my favorite I have seen. The gorg on the left is a grown-out ORA Grubes Gorgonian. I'm not so sure about the one on the right. Someone here suggested it may be a Briareum. I rescued it from one of my LFS, it was looking pretty sad. If you look near the beginning of this thread you can see it started out pretty thin looking. In the last 5 months or so it has really filled out! Thanks for the great compliments! Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 How close is the color in the pictures? I'm just still in awe. It's literally making me want to grab another pair of T5 ballasts, all the bulbs you have, and then figuring out how to replicate it all with LED! Amazingly, the camera performed great and the color is spot-on! No camera adjustments were required, and I didn't do anything to the photo other than dial the size down. I was pretty amazed they turned out so well, my camera skills suck. If you look at some of the FTS shots earlier in the thread you can see the windex look. I was running ATI blue+ bulbs back then and the camera didn't do so well. I run a 36" 6x39W TEK fixture over this tank. Bulb combo as described above (no blue+). I have a PAR meter and I've adjusted the height of the light to give me around 50-75 PAR on the sandbed, 175-200 mid-level, and 250 near the surface. The PAR falls off a little near the edges but the coral I have strategically placed there seem to be just fine with the lower PAR levels (generally around 50). I love the 10K look and the two Geismann 6000K bulbs really give it the color punch I was shooting for. I kinda mastered the standpipe height doing it 3 times. I raise the gate all the way up. So any surface scum still flows over the grate. Been a minute since a softy reef was TOTM. Thanks everybody for even considering my tank as TOTM worthy! There are some really great tanks out there. I agree we need more softy reefs out there! Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 The gorg on the left is a grown-out ORA Grubes Gorgonian. I'm not so sure about the one on the right. Someone here suggested it may be a Briareum. I rescued it from one of my LFS, it was looking pretty sad. If you look near the beginning of this thread you can see it started out pretty thin looking. In the last 5 months or so it has really filled out! Whoa - small frags of the Grubes Gorg don't look all that great - but yours.... yours! oh lawd. Amazingly, the camera performed great and the color is spot-on! No camera adjustments were required, and I didn't do anything to the photo other than dial the size down. I was pretty amazed they turned out so well, my camera skills suck. If you look at some of the FTS shots earlier in the thread you can see the windex look. I was running ATI blue+ bulbs back then and the camera didn't do so well. It looks MUCH better now, but it still looked damn good then. I thought I liked light to be white with a nice blue tone, but yours literally blows everything else I've seen out of the water, and I've seen a fairly ridiculous array of lights lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 How close is the color in the pictures? I'm just still in awe. It's literally making me want to grab another pair of T5 ballasts, all the bulbs you have, and then figuring out how to replicate it all with LED! Just say uncle and go all T5. 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Yeah, eff that. 1 Quote Link to comment
elmatth1 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Great!! Now I'm thinking of selling the MH pendants I bought for my future build and buying a T5 fixture! Just when I thought I was figuring everything out, you go and post up this tank and have me second guessing everything I though I knew about lighting! Thanks alot! lol 2 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Great!! Now I'm thinking of selling the MH pendants I bought for my future build and buying a T5 fixture! Just when I thought I was figuring everything out, you go and post up this tank and have me second guessing everything I though I knew about lighting! Thanks alot! lol Lighting choice is a long and perilous journey with many turns... I just happen to be on T5 right now and loving the results! Not a day goes by that I don't miss the shimmer of halides though. Many of the corals in my tank started out under a 175w 14K Ushio. Quote Link to comment
GHill762 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 out of curiosity, how many heads does the frogspawn have? Quote Link to comment
bdevillier19 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Hallzoo and Jedi, I'm considering the same tank as the two of you have. Are you happy with it? Any complaints or things I should know about before buying? How.is the overflow plumbed? Is it a single drain and single return? How quiet are they? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Hallzoo and Jedi, I'm considering the same tank as the two of you have. Are you happy with it? Any complaints or things I should know about before buying? How.is the overflow plumbed? Is it a single drain and single return? How quiet are they? Thanks.Single durso drain single return. There overflow is noisy because the drain sits low in the overflow. I raised my drain to reduce the noise. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Mine is loud as shit, but not in the overflow, I can't get rid of the water falling into the sump sound. Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Mine is loud as shit, but not in the overflow, I can't get rid of the water falling into the sump sound.Noob 2 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Thanks everyone for the interest in my tank! Here are some shots from this evening of the gorgonian everybody been asking about, plus a few more creative FTS: 4 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Ugh, I want to upgrade so bad to an 80g shallow. What kind of gorg is that? so fluffy! Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 out of curiosity, how many heads does the frogspawn have? I lost count around 70 last time I checked (September) 1 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Ugh, I want to upgrade so bad to an 80g shallow. What kind of gorg is that? so fluffy! Not totally sure what his scientific name is, some folks here have suggested he is a Briareum spp. Quote Link to comment
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