210 Gallon (Update Post # 40)

Looking great.
I'm restarting my 210 from scratch and can't wait to get her going again.

 

Nice vid. How do you like the lights. How's the color adjustability. And negatives with them so far. I was thinking of these for a future build.

 

Awesome! You'll have to post some photos when you do. =)

 

It's really too soon to have an opinion. I am concerned about the amount of shadowing as a result of 3 single fixtures, as opposed to one that stretches the entire length. Contrary to many others, I'm currently running each spectrum between 90-100%. Primarily because I'm concerned about providing enough lighting to my sps.

 

Wow 90-100%. Well I guess your right its still to early. Surprised that your getting shadowing. Well keep us posted on the corals, sps in particular are doing. But they do look good tho.

 

A few coral shots, some (corals) are old, some are new.

Unknown Acro (Awesome color) - As it encrust, the new polyps are green.


ORA Miami Orchid


Purple Milli


ORA Yellow Lantana


Setosa


Copps Vesuvius Monti


Jedi Mind Trick


Rainbow Milli


Red Dragon


Caroliniana - Deepwater


Left to Right - Emerald Stag - Cali Tort - Reef Ready Grape Juice


Oregon Tort


ORA Roscoes


Upscales Microlados

 

After one month of running 3 AI Hydra's, I feel that there's been too much shadowing on the higher mounted SPS, in the 6 foot aquarium and decided to add a 4th. Hopefully, this will eliminate much of it.

The reason there's so much shadowing is because the the length of the fixtures, versus the previous. The 4 60" T5's, reached nearly the entire length of the tank. While, the 3 Hydra fixtures are mounted on the 18" EXT rails, leaving 11 1/2 inches (emitting zero light in those 12 inches) between one another. I'll be required to make changes to the current canopy. I'll post photos/videos when it's together.

 

Have you stepped away from the Anemone dominated tank style?

You have some great frags. The first image sounds like a Tri Color with the green polyps and blue tips.

 

The 125 is still up. Not really any new changes. Not to mention, the 125 was broken down and set back up (in 12 hours) for a move 3 months ago and did not handle the move well. After the move, I experienced high phosphates and some algae blooms. Once it's back together as it was, I'll post some updates. 3 months and it's definitely not in the condition it was, prior to the move.

Thanks! Yes, probably some sort of tri color.

 

Here's a few updated videos of the 210. If you want to stay up to date with changes or what I'm working on, subscribe to my youtube channel.

Nvizn1 - YouTube