imisky's 30g custom tank

[buddyreefer]

Shweeeeeeeeeet bro! luv your setup.

[BlueAbyss]

I can't believe I missed this... gorgeous tank!

[bigblack]

what bulb are you using, like the color! i just installed the phoenix and don't like it very much

[bignose]

Great build and your corals are spectacular. I like the bare bottom.

[imisky]

Originally Posted by bigblack

what bulb are you using, like the color! i just installed the phoenix and don't like it very much

all the pictures which has been taken to this point has been running ONLY on pheonix 14K on M80 HQI ballast. If you are running phoenix with electronic ballasts you'll find the bulb to be extremely blue, more close to the 20K range instead of 14K as phoenix bulbs are spec-ed to run on HQI ballasts.



As another update, i recently added in 2x 24w T5HO supplements onto the tank to help bring out the red and purple colors. I added one Gman Pure actinic, and one KZ fiji purple (i love this bulb!). Here are some pictures of it. Today i decided to spent the whole day building a new collection cup for my MCE600 i posted that in the DIY section if you are interested take a look, so far it looks promising.


T5HO supplement addon:




MCE600 cup (ill just repost the pictures here details are in the DIY thread)


Comparison of DIY and Original

foamhead after 5 minutes

[lorenz0]

oh man the deltec collection cut dyi is money. the one on my mc500 holds almost nothing lol

tanks looking awesome as well

[bigblack]

You are a mad genius imiski, HOW in the world did you make those t5 tubes and what did you make em out of --- Just incredible, Are you a fabricator of some sorts??