ml86743 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 10/8/2023 at 5:42 PM, TheKleinReef said: there it is in the middle right. Just below the nems. Seeing that setup makes me want T-5's again... 3 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 minute ago, ml86743 said: Seeing that setup makes me want T-5's again... Once my friend sets up his tank, he's gonna buy my lights and I'm going T5 again. I love T5 1 Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Just now, TheKleinReef said: Once my friend sets up his tank, he's gonna buy my lights and I'm going T5 again. I love T5 You just can't beat that look + spread Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, ml86743 said: You just can't beat that look + spread Yeah, I'm not sold on the 100% LED trend, I wish i could slap past me. Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 51 minutes ago, TheKleinReef said: Yeah, I'm not sold on the 100% LED trend, I wish i could slap past me. 🧐😳😱 it's the future.. Don't get me wrong I lovely my T5s (and before banks of T8) but life is brighter, more controllable and consistent with L, E and D hanging out.. 🙏😁👀 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 45 minutes ago, Murphs_Reef said: 🧐😳😱 it's the future.. Don't get me wrong I lovely my T5s (and before banks of T8) but life is brighter, more controllable and consistent with L, E and D hanging out.. 🙏😁👀 It may be the future, but I think it's because retailers push it soo much. IIRC BRS and ecotech are owned by the same company, so why wouldn't they push the LED "future." and the price gouging of LED is embarrassing now. $900 a light is redic (for a radion, ik there are cheaper lights) this might just be me but i feel like control is a bit of a moot point with LED. you can control T5 with height and duration. sure dimming is good if you want to pin your light placement and it's pretty but i'd argue it's unnecessary. end rant. i'm picky and will cling to T5 😄 3 2 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 My first 10g 12 years ago 5 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Kinda crazy just how much the hobby has come in just 12 years. This little 10g did really well. I’ll try and dig up some pics from when it was stocked. This picture was about a month or so after set up. Just 2-3 corals and 2 little damsels. Quote Link to comment
ml86743 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Yeah my first setup was UGLY..dig that little 10. 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 18 hours ago, TheKleinReef said: My first 10g 12 years ago back when live rocks from LFS were full of colorful coraline, and lil to no bad algae or hh....sigh, gone were the good old days 3 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 weird random drop in my pH trend.... Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 first water change in 2 months, things always look better after, i need to get back in the routine 3 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I would love if everything kept looking great without water changes 😅 Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 4 hours ago, TheKleinReef said: first water change in 2 months, things always look better after, i need to get back in the routine I agree. Everything puffs up after, tank looks healthier in general. However I did one today and bumped my torch coral with the python hose end. Ugh! 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 11 hours ago, Elizabeth94 said: I agree. Everything puffs up after, tank looks healthier in general. However I did one today and bumped my torch coral with the python hose end. Ugh! i accidentally sucked up 90% of a frogspawn doing that. not a fun time 1 Quote Link to comment
braaap Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 1:59 PM, TheKleinReef said: Once my friend sets up his tank, he's gonna buy my lights and I'm going T5 again. I love T5 Make a nanobox/t5 hybrid. Best of both worlds. I know someone who is making new arrays...... 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 17 hours ago, braaap said: Make a nanobox/t5 hybrid. Best of both worlds. I know someone who is making new arrays...... i lol'd at the price when i wanted one for my 65. if i do hybrid set up, i'd go 4x36w T5 and 2 xr15s. it was cheaper than the quote nanobox gave me back in the day. Quote Link to comment
braaap Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 5 hours ago, TheKleinReef said: i lol'd at the price when i wanted one for my 65. if i do hybrid set up, i'd go 4x36w T5 and 2 xr15s. it was cheaper than the quote nanobox gave me back in the day. Ya. Dave’s pricing was absurd. He charged me $500 for my 4 array 36” retro. I’m making new replacement arrays. And while they aren’t free I’m not making money on them. They are going to be somewhere around $50 an array. You can make the entire retro for about $250. 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 16 hours ago, TheKleinReef said: i lol'd at the price when i wanted one for my 65. if i do hybrid set up, i'd go 4x36w T5 and 2 xr15s. it was cheaper than the quote nanobox gave me back in the day. to be fair, when dave was selling hybrid, there weren't any plug & play hybrid kit available. you were buying an ATI fixture (which is ridiculously expensive), have it fully dismantled (voided warranty), and then added nanobox kit to it. so you were essentially buying two really expensive fixtures at one time, lol. no wonder the sticker shock. the only comparison back then would have been the ATI powermodule, which is still super expensive now, despite its inferior led clusters than any of the hybrid you can build nowadays. 2 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 8 hours ago, mitten_reef said: to be fair, when dave was selling hybrid, there weren't any plug & play hybrid kit available. you were buying an ATI fixture (which is ridiculously expensive), have it fully dismantled (voided warranty), and then added nanobox kit to it. so you were essentially buying two really expensive fixtures at one time, lol. no wonder the sticker shock. the only comparison back then would have been the ATI powermodule, which is still super expensive now, despite its inferior led clusters than any of the hybrid you can build nowadays. ik ik ik but that's why i lol'd and said nope 1 Quote Link to comment
braaap Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 11 hours ago, mitten_reef said: to be fair, when dave was selling hybrid, there weren't any plug & play hybrid kit available. you were buying an ATI fixture (which is ridiculously expensive), have it fully dismantled (voided warranty), and then added nanobox kit to it. so you were essentially buying two really expensive fixtures at one time, lol. no wonder the sticker shock. the only comparison back then would have been the ATI powermodule, which is still super expensive now, despite its inferior led clusters than any of the hybrid you can build nowadays. 3 hours ago, TheKleinReef said: ik ik ik but that's why i lol'd and said nope Yes and no. I had my own fixture already and he charged me $500 for 4 arrays, 2 heatsinks, a controller and driver board. He did solder everything up but I know that only takes about 30-45 minutes now. I had to tear down and install. At his volume his parts were cheap. My problem is I'm buying 20 of each LED and they are still $3 each. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 can you guys tell when my holiday party started? hahaha 4 Quote Link to comment
Orangutran Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 12/3/2023 at 4:51 PM, TheKleinReef said: can you guys tell when my holiday party started? hahaha Must have been a great party!!! Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 23 hours ago, Orangutran said: Must have been a great party!!! 17 people. had my bosses play VR games. was the funniest thing i've ever seen. i had..... too much to drink.hah Quote Link to comment
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