barbianj's stuff Time for a new reef tank

I know enough about sps to know they grow super fast when given calcium reactor crack.;D

 

Ora has one or 2 that are not called bonsais. I think I gave you a frag of one (purple plasma?)

 

That's right, you did. I can't even remember what happened to it. :-[

No Ca reactor for me, at least not yet. I may look into a controller when work slows down a bit. I still have new LED lights sitting on the floor waiting to go up, I need to make granite side panels for the 300, turn the old 125 into a sump for the FOWLR system, etc., etc. Yeah, I have a list.

You need to get crackin' on a big tank for upstairs. Brian has a nice one in the front lobby!

 

I gotta get the 193 back to good, then i'll get the going onto the 400g upstairs .


I lost all my acros. I wont have as many sps as I did before. If I do I will frag away before the water flow is messed up too badly. Basketball sized colonies really killed my flow.

 

A 400 for upstairs would be great, Tom! What dimensions are you looking at? LED's, I would assume.

 

I killed a really pretty purple plasma a couple years ago, it did look really bonsai-like

 

Well I wouldn't want it any taller than 30 inches, but more like 24 or so. Finish probably. And yeah, leds....

I'm this close to going black boxes on my 193.

 

Hehe, I got the black boxes up and running yesterday. They had to be 3" lower than the TEK (with 4 new bulbs) to get the same PAR. The corals all seem fine so far. The blue is uber intense. 8) Right now they are hanging from a PVC frame using the TEK cable griplock system so that it can be raised and lowered.

When I designed my systems, I did it with minimal maintenance in mind. We all get hectic times in our lives when taking care of our tanks takes a back seat. When my work schedule ramps up, often times I leave before the tank lights come on, and get home well after they are off. It can be hard to tell if things are going good or not.

 

New FTS under the "black boxes"?

 

Any more updates, Barbianj?