62G Starfire Reef [40x18x20]

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Your sps collection closely rivals mine nicely done! What bulbs are you running?

Uh oh.. Is your SPS non-existent these days?

As for bulbs:

Front
KZ SuperBlue
ATI Coral Plus
KZ SuperBlue
KZ Fiji Purple
ATI Coral Plus
KZ SuperBlue
Back

Originally Posted by gqlmao

Man o man, that is sweet! I wished my lights weren't on back order. How does these compare to the mitras in terms of brightness, light spread footprint, overall which one do you prefer more?

Seemed brighter, but right now I've got the light setup for the 50hr burn in phase so they are at 100% from 10am-10:30pm. So it's pretty bright. Light spread seems to be about the same to be honest. I have this fixture much closer the water level than I ever had my Mitra, so it's pretty much didn't change, either way my front room is flooded with light and it looks like a grow-op from the street and neighbors.

I can't answer the last part of your question just yet. I need to see how dimming function works after the bulbs burn in and see how my current corals (yes, there are some in there) take to the new light.

[kien]

oo, very nice! Love that crisp T5 look.

[JDigital]

Didn't feel like I had enough real estate in the tank so I picked up a small pre-built tower from Concepts on the weekend made from Eli's Pukani Dry Rock. Add's a nice touch to the left side I think.

Added some a zoa colony, SPS colony (on the tower in pic) and a Red/White Acan colony as well.

[wreck]

looks great!

[asylumdown]

That's really cool! When you say pre-made what do you mean? Is Concept selling pre-assembled/glued/epoxied/whatever rock structures these days? That's a really great idea...

[ronau]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

That's really cool! When you say pre-made what do you mean? Is Concept selling pre-assembled/glued/epoxied/whatever rock structures these days? That's a really great idea...

I think it's the piece Eli did for his videos and he had it at the shop for a sample piece, I guess it was for sale.

[reefwars]

everything is for sale lol and yes its the premade structure we had for demo

actually funny it was mentioned as i had last year sat with dave and thought about doing pre -made rock structures and incased in a small glass box or wooden box.

structures would be somewhat smaller but in a variety of unique shapes and ideas

who knows maybe ill sit down with eli and work something out if people are interested in stuff like that

[matt_C]

The rock fits perfectly in your tank!

wow looking good!

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by matt@concept

The rock fits perfectly in your tank!

wow looking good!

Thanks Matt!


Possible disaster this morning.. I won't know the short term affects till I get home today but a quick summary.

Got home last and walked inside the house. As anyone who has followed this you will know my tank is near the front door. Closed the door behind but apparently forgot to flip the deadbolt. Either way, the door was closed and I cleaned the glass, checked/fed the fish, had my daily observation of things and went upstairs for the night.

Come downstairs this morning to leave for work and my front door in open with about a 3-4 gap and the frosty -25 degree air is pouring into my front entrance area, right where my tank is. I immediately checked my RKE display to see what the temp was at... It had dropped to a chilly 14.1C from 24.6C. I have no idea what time the door popped open during the night, but I'm fully expecting that temp drop/shock to nuke all my SPS I have added in the last few weeks.

This tank has been a bloody nightmare to deal with and EVERYTHING that can go wrong seems to. Granted this was my own fault for forgetting to lock the deadbolt but still, what are the chances your front door blows open randomly like this.

UGH!!