Few Sat nite pics
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mini-reefer
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Are those pics with the new canopy running? Sure like the "new" look of your tank. Especially the second, the coralline looks pretty cool.
reeflooker
Member
Hey Broomer5, one thing that would be helpfull to us reef mortals would be a listing of the names of your corals when you post pics.
Thanks - Reeflooker
Thanks - Reeflooker
broomer5
Active Member
Thanks all !
yes these are new pics under the new lighting.
I liked my combination of PC lighting before, this is just different now.
Slick - I've got both 250 watt 10,000K MH's and VHO.
I'm playing around with VHO bulb combinations.
I can run (4) 110 watt lamps in the hood.
Right now I have (2) URI 46.5" 110 watt super actinics
and (2) URI Aquasuns
I've yet to try the combination of URI 50/50 10,000K's
They're still in the shipping box.
Still waiting for the other metal halide lamp to ship too.
I'm running the lighting duration down to only around 6-8 hours VHO and I'm up to about 2 hours MH each day so far.
Trying to acclimate the corals to the new lighting manually - and have yet to set my timers, or come up with a lighting schedule yet.
So far everything seems to be responding fine - but I plan to lower some of the shrooms to the bottom or under/near some rock ledges after I get my schedule figured out.
Reeflooker, added some coral names to the pics as requested
Yeah NM reef- that brain is one of my favorites.
The Aquasuns really bring out a nice natural glow to the tank.
The actinics allow the corals to fluoresce nicely.
The metal halide - what can I say - I'm love'n it for the intensity and cool rippling affect it gives the tank and corals.
Colors look so much better in person that on a photo.
Anxious to get the other MH lamp installed.
Thanks again
yes these are new pics under the new lighting.
I liked my combination of PC lighting before, this is just different now.
Slick - I've got both 250 watt 10,000K MH's and VHO.
I'm playing around with VHO bulb combinations.
I can run (4) 110 watt lamps in the hood.
Right now I have (2) URI 46.5" 110 watt super actinics
and (2) URI Aquasuns
I've yet to try the combination of URI 50/50 10,000K's
They're still in the shipping box.
Still waiting for the other metal halide lamp to ship too.
I'm running the lighting duration down to only around 6-8 hours VHO and I'm up to about 2 hours MH each day so far.
Trying to acclimate the corals to the new lighting manually - and have yet to set my timers, or come up with a lighting schedule yet.
So far everything seems to be responding fine - but I plan to lower some of the shrooms to the bottom or under/near some rock ledges after I get my schedule figured out.
Reeflooker, added some coral names to the pics as requested
Yeah NM reef- that brain is one of my favorites.
The Aquasuns really bring out a nice natural glow to the tank.
The actinics allow the corals to fluoresce nicely.
The metal halide - what can I say - I'm love'n it for the intensity and cool rippling affect it gives the tank and corals.
Colors look so much better in person that on a photo.
Anxious to get the other MH lamp installed.
Thanks again
saltyrich
Active Member
broomer, I don't have a pic to show you, but I have 4 URI bulbs in my canopy also. I reaaly like the combination of 2 superactinics , 1 aquasun, and 1 50/50. The 50/50 appears to be crisp white with a blue tint to it. A combination of the three looks real nice. Give it a try.
