JBJ 6 Gallon Questions

[TerraIncognita]

Im toying with an idea of having 3 or 4 nano reefs instead of a large 50G.

 

has anyone ever grown SPS under the stock lighting of a JBJ 6G. If not the 6G what size?

[I'm Batman]

I have the JBJ 6G LED. From my experience the stock LED can grow Ricordea and Zoa’s, a whole bunch of them, but for LPS & SPS they just die off. I’ve tried several Monti and they completely start to wither away. Put them back in my main tank and they come back to life. 
 

trumpets - died

frogspawn - died

duncans - died

that amazing favia in the picture - died too

montis - half way died was able to save

 

I think the water volume is not enough to keep them stable. Also the ballast burned out after about a year and I’ve been trying to retrofit different lighting with not much luck. 

[Reefkid88]

I'm pretty sure that stock lighting emits no more than 100 par at the water surface. You can go buy all the sps you want but don't expect them to live.  

 

 I would get a Prime 16HD or and older prime which is known to grow sps,or something like a RedSea LED 50w or build your own light. 

[Reefkid88]

On 9/8/2020 at 1:27 PM, I'm Batman said:

 

 

I think the water volume is not enough to keep them stable. Also the ballast burned out after about a year and I’ve been trying to retrofit different lighting with not much luck. 

 

 6g is sustainable enough for sps.  There has been numerous tank keepers here ( includong myself ) that have had tanks sub 4g's and kept sps lol. I had a 8" cube slap full of Acro's. 

 

 There was a guy years ago that had a like .5 or evem 1/4 gallon acro tank for almost a few years. 

 

 Once I finish my work trip (ends feb 2021),I plan on starting a 2g Acro only tank. Main thing for sps is stability,flow,lighting/spectrum that is pretty much it. 

 

 

https://www.marineaquariumsa.com/threads/6-gallon-sps-pico-reef-pushes-the-boundaries-for-nano-tank-enthusiasts.32491/

 

 This is byfar my most favorite tank probably ever:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1860144

 

 Here are some pics from my 2g picp sps tank:

[I'm Batman]

Point proven @Reefkid88 lol!!! I’m still working on a retro light system for my JBJ 6g. As far as prime and hang on lights, I’ve done that but having the hood closed prevents evaporation and completely eliminates light bleed... the sacrifices we must make lol!!

[Reefkid88]

You can always gut the hood,cut a hole in the top to let the fan suck in cool fresh air and shove a Prime in there or you can always make a DIY light to mount in there,driven at 500-700 is all you need. 

 

 4x Luxeon Royal Blues

 3x SemiLed Violets (1x 390-400,400- 410,420-430)

 1x Cool Blue

 1x Luxeon Cyan

 1x Luxeon Mint 

 1x Luxeon Warm White

[I'm Batman]

I’ve got a Storm LED controller. Who other than Dave knows how to wire up LED’s?

[Reefkid88]

@I'm Batman Just get Coralux 3-4up ldd board,3-4 drivers,Stevesleds.com has the perfect little power supply. I can,I have built well..too many lights. Here is my most recent build.

 

 First one is 3 channels:

 

 4x Luxeon C Royal Blues [ch1]

 4x SemiLed Violets (390-430) [ch2]

 1x Luxeon C Mint

 1x Luxeon ES Cool Blue

 1x Luxeon ES Cyan

 1x StevesLeds 430 HV 

 

 Then the 2nd is a NanoBox V3.1 wrapped in a bunch of violets and royal blues. 

[I'm Batman]

Are you running these with no optic refractors? PM me we can chat about a build.

[I'm Batman]

On 7/30/2020 at 2:26 PM, TerraIncognita said:

Im toying with an idea of having 3 or 4 nano reefs instead of a large 50G.

 

has anyone ever grown SPS under the stock lighting of a JBJ 6G. If not the 6G what size?

Just an FYI, I ran an apogee par meter on the 6g JBJ Nano cube and the bottom was 20 par and about an inch under the water was 62. No wonder I could only keep zoa’s. 
 

Sounds like this is a lighting issue