JDigital's 75G RR. (Updated)

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Very Nice as usual Josh! And I happen to really like the BASIC occelaris Clowns! Very nice little pair. Hope they work out for you.

They are looking great so far.. I think they will hang around longer than any other ones.. I named them Zac and Miri, i expect them to make a porno someday!

Originally Posted by syeve

Awesome pics dude! Tank is looking amazing

Thanks man..

Originally Posted by rattler

see! it pays to get there before doug gets off work !
Cheer's
Geoff

LOL!! I've got plenty of time these days... I've taken lots of photos this week with the amount of free time I have.

[JDigital]

New addition to the tank...

Photos coming soon...........

[JDigital]

So I added some new lighting to my tank today... I've added a 2x54W retro kit to supplement my MH's (Ushio 14K). I am running the 2x54W Hagen GLO retro ballast with TEK2 T5 Retro Reflectors, and I went with the Giessemann Actinic+ and the Giessemann True Actinic for bulb choices.

Pretty impressed with the look of them when the halides are off, will have to wait till tomorrow to see how they look with the halides on.

Anyways, a couple Actinic photos for you guys... (Sorry, I REALLY suck at actinic photography, still working to get the right "white" balance...)









VOILA!!!!!!!





















Thanks for looking.

[fishytime]

Well that didnt take long for you to bang those up. I beg to differ....your actinic shot look kick-ass to me.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Well that didnt take long for you to bang those up. I beg to differ....your actinic shot look kick-ass to me.

Thanks Doug, really wish I had an extra few inches in width on the tank though. It's a pretty tight fit between the T5 reflectors and the MH's.. 20-22" tank width would have allowed me to mount the reflectors pointing straight down, without blocking the halides. Oh well, next tank.


EDIT.. Just adding the comparison.

I shot these with IDENTICAL camera settings.

My Lighting Info:

Metal Halides: Bulbs - Ushio 14K (5 months old) powered by a Galaxy Electronic Ballast w/ Lumenmax3 Reflectors.

T5's: Bulbs - 1x Giessmann Actinic+ & 1x Giessmann True Actinic powered by Hagen GLO Retro Ballast w/ TEKII Retro Reflectors.

[Hairytank]

The tank is looking good Josh.

HT

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Hairytank

The tank is looking good Josh.

HT

Thanks Aaron... funny thing is I am already wanting to upgrade.

[JDigital]

So based on THIS Thread over at RC, I am going to run a 4-6 week experiment on 3 different pieces of SPS in my tank. Documented with photos of course, providing the camera setting for each coral as to show the true changes of the coral. Quoted below is my original post on RC, explaining the lighting cycles I am changing. Todays starting photos below that.

Some dosing info that I forgot post on RC though would be:

- Pohls Coral Vitalizer: 2drops/daily
- Pohls Coral Snow: 4ml/daily
- Reef Plus Vitamins & Amino Acids every 3rd day (recommended dosage).

Well I am going to try this theory on my 75G tank. I will take some shots later today of a couple piece of "test" coral while they are still on my old schedule. I think I will use 3 different pieces to watch over the course of 4-6 weeks.

Previous Lighting Cycle:

MH - Ushio 14K : 2-11pm Mon-Sun
T5's - Gmann Actinic+/True Actinic : 12pm-1am Mon-Sun (T5's only added 2days before test)

I have gotten what I think is good growth up till now... Average at least IMO.


New Lighting Cycle (as of March 23):

MH - Ushio 14K : 3pm-10pm Mon-Fri
MH - Ushio 14K : 5pm-11pm Sat-Sun

T5's - Gmann Actinic+/True Actinic : 2pm-12am Mon-Fri
T5's - Gmann Actinic+/True Actinic : 4pm-12am Sat-Sun


Let you guys know how it goes.

[rocketlily]

Very interesting experiment. Looking forward to seeing how it goes.

[Delphinus]

Indeed, I'm watching with keen interest here too.