One Cubic Meter of Ocean

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by kien

Same experience here with those gorgeous fish Tried a couple of times. Quarantined one time, FAIL. No quarantine a second time, FAIL. Just one of those fish that definitely belongs in the ocean in my opinion.

Yeah you might be right, I knew someone that kept them before in a reef tank without issue before and all my books listed them as more hardy butterfly once established so I kind of jumped on the opportunity to get a pair.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Too bad, if you were closer to Saskatoon you could totally capitalize on this sweet gem of a deal:
http://saskatoon.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and...AdIdZ424819207

Hey I know that guy!

[Seriak]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Thanks! Believe it or not the shower down there took me longer than the floor

I am going to assume you are one hell of a handyman or you do that for a living. Amazing.

Oh and I just bought that guitar for $10. Sorry to anyone who wanted it.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Seriak

I am going to assume you are one hell of a handyman

sphelps got mad skillz!

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Seriak

I am going to assume you are one hell of a handyman or you do that for a living. Amazing.

Oh and I just bought that guitar for $10. Sorry to anyone who wanted it.

Thanks. Engineer but I prefer to work with my hands. It's really just practice and will, when I bought the house it didn't even have a bathroom and at the time I had no money to hire anyone.

[sphelps]

Here's the new little tank I setup upstairs in place of the old 100gal. I think it's about 25 gallons or so, no sump just a heater and a powerhead. Lit by DIY LEDs.

[mseepman]

Wow...nice little nano setup. It appears you have been permanently coerced to the LED dark side (or light side depending on who you speak to).

[kien]

Originally Posted by sphelps

As for color, I don't think you get better results from LEDs but this tends more to be personal preference. I find that MH's have the potential for a more broad spectrum which gives a better balance for various coral colors. T5s are also really good for coral color for similar reasons and that you can mix and match various bulbs to meet your preference. I find that with only using white and blue LEDs the colors in many corals are not spectacular by any means, you could add other color LEDs for better results but preforming this experimentation isn't as easy as changing a T5 or MH bulbs.

Also pictures can be misleading, I can take a picture of any coral under any light and make it look way better than in person. Cameras can adjust color and light balance much better than our eyes.

Originally Posted by sphelps

Seriously though the lights are awesome, if you're thinking about buying them you need to stop thinking and buy them already.

The spread is great, ...

Color blending is flawless, you can't see any disco effect at all, even will all colors active...
Color is awesome, you can't go wrong as you can set to any spectrum you want.

sorry, I couldn't resist! Excuse me now while I go buy some new LEDs for my tank..

[Ross]

Originally Posted by kien

sorry, I couldn't resist! Excuse me now while I go buy some new LEDs for my tank..

Just like he never left...

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by kien

sorry, I couldn't resist! Excuse me now while I go buy some new LEDs for my tank..

I stand by it, the color from my DIY LEDs sucked at first, it wasn't until I added red, green, blue, yellow, UV and cyan before I was satisfied with the color but then controlling 8 channels on a DIY fixture is a nightmare and then things starting becoming problematic, ie some channels started flickering or stopped working all together. It was a constant project that never ended sucking up money and time. When I first heard about the Mitras it immediately sparked my interest for obvious reasons and with the timing on the new upgrade making the right choice was easy.