Parker's 265 Build - Thread Retired

[Parker]

Some pics from today,

All three lights running again..


Peaches & Cream


I need to find a better place for this one


Bucket sized, doesn't really look like it in the tank though.






Left side


Right side

[Dez]

Looks good. Go easy on the lighting period because remember, many of those corals you got from me were shaded so you gotta ease them into full lighting. Your lights are 400 watts as well, so you don't wanna shock em.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by Dez

Looks good. Go easy on the lighting period because remember, many of those corals you got from me were shaded so you gotta ease them into full lighting. Your lights are 400 watts as well, so you don't wanna shock em.

Thanks for confriming my thoughts... when I put everything I backed my lighting down to 5 hours per day for the next little while. I haven't noticed any bleaching yet, I've been keeping a good eye out for it.

[chris88]

what Kelvin is your lighting?

[Parker]

Originally Posted by chris88

what Kelvin is your lighting?

Hey Chris,

The two outside bulbs are IceCap 10k and the middle one is Icecap 14k

[lastlight]

400w 10k? Wow be careful lol.

How are you mounting those colonies? None came with rock still attached I'm assuming. It's going to be pretty tricky but it looks like you've managed to attach some already... wedged the rest?

[Parker]

Originally Posted by lastlight

400w 10k? Wow be careful lol.

Only running 5 hours a day right now. I was actually laying in bed last night trying to come up with a nice way to hang the pendants, make them look decent and have the height adjustable so I could raise them up in these situations.

Originally Posted by lastlight

How are you mounting those colonies? None came with rock still attached I'm assuming. It's going to be pretty tricky but it looks like you've managed to attach some already... wedged the rest?

A couple came with rocks/plugs attached. The rest are wedged into the rockwork for now untl I'm satisfied with where they are.



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