Lance's 225 gal tank

Lance · #1 03-19-2010, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

LOL I'm with ya on that one

We are terrible, aren't we?

new equipment: "gotta have it"
unusual coral: "gimme gimme"
cool fish: "can i squeeze one more in my tank?"

christyf5 · #2 03-19-2010, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

We are terrible, aren't we?

new equipment: "gotta have it"
unusual coral: "gimme gimme"
cool fish: "can i squeeze one more in my tank?"

yeah I'd say thats about right. Sometimes it doesn't even have to be unusual or new. Sometimes its just about spending money

Lance · #3 03-19-2010, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

yeah I'd say thats about right. Sometimes it doesn't even have to be unusual or new. Sometimes its just about spending money

Out of curiosity I just added up the money I've spent on the three tanks over the years and I'm just shy of one billion!

Lance · #4 03-21-2010, 04:55 PM

Picking up my new light next week. It comes with 3x 400W 10K MH. Any suggestions on the configuration of the 8x T5's? There are 4x 36" T5's on each side of the MH's. I'll be running the MH's for probably 5 to 6 hours per day and the T5's for 12 hours. So the T5's will be on for 6 to 7 hours per day without the MH's. The question I have is: the T5's should have enough colour to offset the brightness of the MH's but not too much blue when the MH's are not on. I prefer just enough blue to bring out the colours in the tank without casting a blue tinge over everything. Suggestions?

marie · #5 03-21-2010, 05:03 PM

Hey Lance, when you go to the city next week you wouldn't happen to be stopping by ocean aquatics would you?.... I need a Salifert alk test kit

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Originally Posted by Lance

Out of curiosity I just added up the money I've spent on the three tanks over the years and I'm just shy of one billion!

You have 3 tanks???

Lance · #6 03-21-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by marie

Hey Lance, when you go to the city next week you wouldn't happen to be stopping by ocean aquatics would you?.... I need a Salifert alk test kit

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You have 3 tanks???

Oh probably. If not O/A, J&L. Wherever, I will pick one up for you.
Yup, 3 tanks. The (33g/20g sump) frag tank and QT in the basement.

fishytime · #7 03-22-2010, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lance

Picking up my new light next week. It comes with 3x 400W 10K MH. Any suggestions on the configuration of the 8x T5's? There are 4x 36" T5's on each side of the MH's. I'll be running the MH's for probably 5 to 6 hours per day and the T5's for 12 hours. So the T5's will be on for 6 to 7 hours per day without the MH's. The question I have is: the T5's should have enough colour to offset the brightness of the MH's but not too much blue when the MH's are not on. I prefer just enough blue to bring out the colours in the tank without casting a blue tinge over everything. Suggestions?

you could try the aquascience duos?.....they are around 18000k so arent too terribly blue.......next option would probably be something like a KZ "new gen" or an aquascience "special", both of which are 15000k( appear closer to white).....problem is, you will need quite a bit of blue to offset the yellow that the MHs will throw, when on

btw, very envious of the new light......sweet units from what I've read.....

Lance · #8 03-22-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

you could try the aquascience duos?.....they are around 18000k so arent too terribly blue.......next option would probably be something like a KZ "new gen" or an aquascience "special", both of which are 15000k( appear closer to white).....problem is, you will need quite a bit of blue to offset the yellow that the MHs will throw, when on

btw, very envious of the new light......sweet units from what I've read.....

Yeah Doug, this is the problem I'm facing: I need enough blue to offset the yellow glare of the 10K MH but not so much that the tank is blue without the MH. When it becomes time to change the MH's I can go with 14K or 15K and then no problem.

Lance · #9 03-26-2010, 04:02 AM

My CBB has to be the dumbest fish I've ever seen. He's too stupid to be afraid of the bigger, badder fishes and doesn't hesitate to steal food right from the mouths of the Tuskfish or Lunare Wrasse. Tonight at feeding time he topped himself though. He was chasing a piece of mysis and it went down the overflow. So there he sat and waited for it to come out again. Meanwhile there are mysis swirling all around his head and the other fishes are gobbling it up. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Here's a pic of "Dumbass"