Brian!.......Im shocked at the picture content of that post(UPS girl)........butt I like it:biggrin:......I think I would have rushed home too:wink:......so have you got the BK running?.....is it a 180?

:rolleyes: why does this not surprise me :razz:

Yes, Mini180 and running in the sump for the last couple weeks, I needed the Skimz in another tank.

Really bad FTS...I'll figure out FTS shots out on of these days.

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so.......first impressions of the BK?

First impressions...easy to set up, simple design, easy to service, still pulling wet but there really wasn't much to pull out until just recently...and using the Prodibio, I don't really know what to expect as far as skim, My skimz and bm's pull big chunky stuff yet to be seen in this tank

nice white rocks:mrgreen:

its looks great,

wat are your stocking plans?

Starting to see a lot of coraline starting to invade the blanc rock....:biggrin:

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New sump from Concept aquarium.

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Another FEDEX delivery today:biggrin:


Michael really outdid himself with the packing job on this unit :smile:


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Nice, Im going to have to drop by and have a peek at this one day.

Next time you're in the area :thumb:... I can't wait to see the monster you're building come together :tea:

Got the new sump under the tank today...I never want to do that again.. .Started @ 9am, finished about 4PM, it's all plumbed in for auto water changes now :biggrin:

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looks good Brain hope you left room for your locker.

i stared at this tank for about 2 hours on saturday (i know these people actually let me into their house) it's coming together very nice, looks amazing and they seriously have the biggest scooter blenny and clear wrasses i have ever seen!!!

Got a spot put aside for it, right beside my CO2 bottle :wink:

...You're welcome to hang out anytime bean.

Just a kewl pic from inside the fixture...

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...2/IMG_0327.jpg

Light is hung...Didn't use the PacSun kit, Instead I modified a Coral life pro hanging kit I had laying around...

1300K

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/IMG_0384.jpg

2000K

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/IMG_0391.jpg

1400K

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/IMG_0396.jpg

Looks good, how you liking that LED?

Wow...looking great under those LED's ...how do you like them?

Tank looks great:) I can't wait to see how you LED guys make out.

I like the fact that you can change your light spectrum through-out the day via programming... I know the whole LED thing is kinda new (to me)and all but it does look brighter than the IceCap MH fixture that it replaced...Now that it's hung I'll throw the PAR (thanks Ken) meter under it and see what it says (1300-2300K)...TBC

I also have an Ecoxotic LED fixture on my 24" cube and a ReefTech on the way so it will be interesting to compaire them all side by side.

Tank is looking great. I love how its sooooo clean. I can't wait to see the reviews on both fixtures. Thanks in advance for sharing this with us.:wink:

Just a kewl pic...It feels so risky and dangerous:jaw:

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/IMG_0404.jpg

The water colour reminds me of looking down into the indian ocean in the Maldives just before the sun really starts to set.

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Excellent colour temp! whats the settings?

^^^That's @ 14K

Light transition from 1300 to 2300 and back to 1300...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB-Oelus-6A

I can't believe how much coralline has grown in one month....There isn't a speck of white rock visible now.

March 21 2011...
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April 21 2011...
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You have no idea how jealous that makes me! :smile:

What do you attribute this to? Was it just really good live rock that you seeded the dry rock with, or was there more to it?

Where did you get the live rock that you seeded the tank with?

- Brad

The seeding live rock came from my other tanks, I started with roughly a one to one ratio (100lb LR to 100lb Marco rock) and have been slowly removing the seed rock. I have been running the calcium reactor with ARM and ZeoMag, with a steady stream of afluent... other than that nothing out of the ordinary.

the tank is looking good man.

Tank is very nice. Wow!!! holy brightness going on. :biggrin:

Thanks for the props all...


Right now I have the fixture operating @ 80% 1400K, We had company over Satuday night, I put it @1800K and had too reduce the power to 25% as not to blind everyone in the room.

Fishce are starting a new diet today...Now let's see how they like it...


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feeding regime Aegis method

week 1-4: Marine pellet and Herb flake
Week 5: Aegis I
Week 6: Aegis II

Mix any intermediate frozen food feed with Marine lioposome drops to put the nutrients back in Gamme radiation takes out.

Recipe for fat and colourful healthy fish ;)

Enjoy!

Dont blame me if your hands smells like the insides of a Cod after feeding this stuff is packed with cold compressed fish meal! heavy on shrimp.

Sweet setup man, it's lookin really good..... especially the ups delivery chick a few pages back.

Four months old now & time for a quick update pic...

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Tank is looking good Brain how you liking the leds and swabbie

Extremely happy with the PacSun product...


The swabbie, not so much. I think the swabbie is great concept that's been poorly executed by Avast, they really need to address their QA/QC proccess.

Are you getting good colours, I can never capture mine in my pictures always look washed out, the growth is looking good. I like my swabbie its just a pain as the drain from my skimmer cup is below my sump height so i cant use the locker and makes it a pain as skim mate doubled or more.

can you expand more on what the cons of the product are. I was thinking of getting one once i have upgraded my pumps.