ReeferFulton's most SPECTACULARLY AWESOMEST tank build(s) EVAHHH!!!!

[reeferfulton]

video work below ?? lets try

[Aquattro]

Yup, it works. Looking good!

[reeferfulton]

sweet ,
Thanks

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Sweet setup and love the video

[gregzz4]

Nice growth!
And I can imagine how happy you are to have the truck on the road

[reeferfulton]

thanks gregg,
ya after nearly 1 year of work on the truck i walked away from it. Didnt touch it for 2 whole years, then finally in the last 3 months pushed to get it back on the road.. not perfect but just in time for summer at least.

well, had say no to myself today.. blue world aquariums has a really really nice labouti wrasse.. i came very close to buying it. $299.. but decided against it....oh well.
probably best i leave my tank alone... its balanced and all the fish have been getting along for 2 years now

[jason604]

So was it rly worth it adding T5s to supplement ur LEDS? I'm thinking of doing the same but not sure if it will make a huge diff for growth n color. I'm currently running 2 radions. Can u please post a pic of how ur lights r placed? I'm thinking of 1 single T5 parallel to each side of my radions. Do u run chiller? Does it raise tank temp much?

[reeferfulton]

ok ,
i initially added 1 t5 parallel to each side of the 2 mitras. I Do think that i saw a difference of color and growth, which is why i added a second set of parallel bulbs.

Growth was to so directional with just leds, before with just the leds it seemed all growth directly pointed towards the led clusters above . Now with the t5's it seems growth is more wide in direction .... if that makes sense ..

As far as color , I had good color from the top down with just leds , but now i feel like I get a more visible color on the corals when looking from the front and sides of the tank as well.

Chiller, no i do not run one, i do believe that the 4 t5's did increase the tank temp , but not much , I had to run a fan on my sump last summer even without the t5's . And again this summer is seem to be getting by with just a large loud honeywell fan. It kicks on around 3pm and runs till about 7 in my house on just the hot days. Tank has not breached 80 degrees yet.

as far as mounting of the t5s , they actually just have brackets that cross over the leds and simply rest ontop of the leds. it is fairly clean and simple.. i took some pics for you .

[Jaws]

Looking great John. What did you end up turning your mitras down to after you added the T5's?

[reeferfulton]

thanks!

I turned the CW and NW leds down to around 35 percent. I made that adjustment over the course of a few months as i was noticing my corals were getting pale.
i havent made any adjustments to my lights now in a few months and think that it is stable now