JBs 110g Rimless Build - Mega Pic Update

what toys did you get?

 

Hydra 52s. Gonna move two of my Vegas to my 55g, and sell the other 2 plus 2 hydras from 55g.

 

Went to a local reef expo here in Raleigh, NC today. (Reefsmart 2013).

Some spoils

Sorry for blurry pics, lighting on pics did not come out as good either. Video came out nice lighting wise:

Reefsmart Spoils - 2013 Raleigh, NC - YouTube
Don't forget to turn HD on!

 

Awesome...wish I had heard about it. I would have made the drive up. Did you grab any nice pieces?

 

I take it you missed all the pics and video in my post above. Those are all new

 

Missed the "Some spoils" line. Saw the pics...want sure if those were yours or just some pics of the show. On my phone...didn't watch vid.

How large was the show?

 

Prolly 20 tables. Maybe 500..750 visitors.

 

Oh yeah,, Jason Fox was there. 3 of the new frags are his:

Jason Fox Rainbow Stylophora
Jason Fox Blue My Mind Mille
Jason Fox Highliter Orange Pavona

 

You got a lot of very nice pieces, the Digitata is awesome.

 

Thanks for nice comments as usual Corailline.

So I go my Hydra 52s in and mounted them (replacing 4 AI Vega Colors). Measured PAR again.

- Hydra 52s have higher PAR output than Vega Color it seems. Same intensity, same AWL, mid-tank I am now getting 625..700 PAR directly under the light. With Vega Color it was more 450..500.
- The lighting is more uniform. There's still some swings going left to right under the fixture, but they don't appear as crazy.
- Ton less disco effect. Entire tank seems more uniformly lit color wise.
- Def brighter (as par statement above proves). Have it set to 40% acclimation now for a month.

Some downsides/issues:

- Two of my fixtures hum a little. Like electronic (capacitor) type hum. It's audible if you stand next to the tank. Not audible from 6 feet away.
- Two of the fixtures had fans making crazy racket. Had to pop the fan grill off and slightly bend the fan propeller (you can adjust it's axis a lil). That solved it.
- Fixtures run a lot hotter, even my mounting rails are warm. I think fans don't kick soon enough.
- It uses higher watt power supply than Vega colors. Not really a downside, just FYI.