Scott's 270g aka Project Mayhem

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by kien

wow those pics are ridonkulous !! Love your chalice collection !

Thanks kien! They are my favourite coral out there.

[Bugger]

space envaders and that watermelon chalice are awesome

[Scythanith]

I'm still looking for a bazooka Joe chalice if you know anyone that had a legit one

[DAVE]

Quite the collection of chalice and all around corals you have there sir.

Very nice!

[reefermadness]

Really love these updates. Everything looks so good and healthy.

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

Really love these updates. Everything looks so good and healthy.

Thanks Darryl, I may have to ask you the names of a couple of the Acropora sp. when they get a bit bigger. I have the names of what I bought, I'm just not sure which is which since I moved them from the 40g.

[Scythanith]

I just did another flatworm treatment regime before heading out to work. I siphoned oh I'd say 4000 or more flatworms and then treated the tank with a double dose of Flatworm Exit. It worked well, I followed the instructions (aside from the double dose) and everything looks great!

I am getting great growth and just ordered some new RR sps that I hope to get in the tank once I get home.

Check out the re-growth over the middle of the monti. Look back at the old pictures to see the previous recession.



FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT



And some simple candy apple reds

[Scythanith]

Just ordered an Apogee MQ-200 and the sensor Now I can have some sort of quantitative measurement for the corals!

[Scythanith]

So my RR sps are showing up today and here are my test results from this morning:

Mg 1350, Ca 400, Alk 7.9 dKh, phosphate 0.04ppm, Nitrate 0.2ppm, s.g. 1.025

My apogee meter showed up and I will start testing today or tomorrow

I also picked up a couple nice chalices and some zoo's from the LFS. They are sweet!

[Scythanith]

Details:

Mitras 6100HV running in High Efficiency mode with max output at 80% (brightness set to 70% in Light composer)
Initial PAR numbers:

~280 at water surface (9.5" from lights)
~150 9" down from water surface
~80 20" down from water surface in somewhat shade

Mitras 6100HV running in High Efficiency mode with max output at 100% (brightness set to 95% in Light composer)

~480 at water surface
~250 9" down from water surface
~120 20" down from water surface in somewhat shade
~150 on bottom of tank

So the important question is do you think bringing up the average PAR values by 50% is a bad idea? Seems a little drastic to me. I am thinking maybe dial them back to a 25% increase and see how things react and then go back to the 95% brightness. Suggestions, opinions, etc?