my 435 gallon tank in wall see through upgrade

bullitr

bullitr

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It's only 1 watts bulbs 3 watts bulb are still few months away
According to Chris (reefkoi)
My friend have one of his fixtures and I like the color that it produce but metal halide still best for growth IMO.
 
bullitr

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I nearly destroy my tank last night trying to catch some fish so I decide to re scape my tank and remove 2 boulders .. But I save the vlamingi and next will be the yellow tang and wrasse that looks good right now.
On a more sour note the wife found my secret FISH account....:)
 
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denniscoy420

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Make a trap out a of a 2 liter bottle, easy to find the video on the internet, Did I say make one lol For your tank I size I would make 5
then lay and set the traps around the tank, hang them around the tank the best u can then wait, I bet you can catch all your fish in a week or so
After some time the fish get used to the trap and I even caught a 6 line with this thing, well worth ur time and money to catch all ur fish and
QT them and let ur tank sit for 6-8 weeks and start again because it is hard to say but the ick Will Win,
I am so sorry for ur loss of $$$ and time, hopefully this trap will help u get ur process going,
PS if after a week u still have a couple of fish drill a hole on the top near the back and when it is time to feed them just spray the food using ur turkey baster in the back of the best trap in the tank I would even strave the fish a day before so they are really wanting that food, and will be forced into the trap
5 2-liter bottles
tape and stringe
 
bullitr

bullitr

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Thank you
I try that before multiple times but my wrasse won't get near it.
Maybe next week I will try it again I want the current fish to fatten up before I stress them again.
I HATE ICK.. MARINE VELVET and RED BUGS
 
bullitr

bullitr

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I will post picture later since I got the 2 new LEDs fixture 10 minutes ago it's super bright and very blue but how will my corals react is another thing.
Will see.. The journey continues.
 
2quills

2quills

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Originally Posted by bullitr http:///forum/thread/374632/my-435-gallon-tank-in-wall-see-through-upgrade/280#post_3325251
I will post picture later since I got the 2 new LEDs fixture 10 minutes ago it's super bright and very blue but how will my corals react is another thing.
Will see.. The journey continues.
Keep an eye on the SPS with the LEDs. They've been known to lose some color under LED if you don't have any U.V. to supplement them with.
 
bullitr

bullitr

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Thanks
I will remove some of the acropora colony directly under it when I install the fixture later on tonight!
 
bullitr

bullitr

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I came accross pictire of My friend old tank
He used to be a mods over here
Murph145


bottom up on my table



 
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smartorl

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Murph was awesome, when he left, he was greatly missed. He was always so very helpful and his tank, well, it speaks for itself.
He had one of the most beautiful dwarf fuzzy lions I have ever seen, I don't see it in any of those. Also that clam is what got me interested in clams.
 
bullitr

bullitr

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Justin is great he was on my house last Monday
I was fortunate enough to see the tank in person before he broke it down.
The gigantic clams died on vivid aquarium tank but They still have the skeleton on one of their display as fish hiding place.
 
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smartorl

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That's sad about the clam, it was such a magnificent show piece! You have to tell him he is missed and could still stick his nose in even if he doesn't have a tank any longer!
 
bullitr

bullitr

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Well my luck continue
Someone is buying my custom tall QT this morning so after I empty and clean the tank, I trip and fell on the garage and split a 1/2 thick acrylic in half
Then after installing the new LEDs , I found out that I am not so please with it because it's not as bright as my coralvues and lumenArchs it's also too sharp.
But less electricity and it's very blue or very white on a touch of a button / iPhone
Then I suppose to pick up a large clams from someone for 20 bucks
Because it doesnt fit in his tank anymore when he down grade from
240 to 100 and get more corals from my friend who's is his neighbor and on the way there my son puke...So I have to cancel the trip.
And someone supposed to pay me for my 2 coralvues/ lumenarch combo so i can pick up a large tank for FO tank but his is broke too. Oohhhhh well.
My reefing journey well never be boring.
 
bullitr

bullitr

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After many more hours of destroying the tank trying to catch the fishes and stress them some more I decided to leave them there and so far so good.I think the aggression could be a factor too!
No more fish for me until next year and just wrasses.
Angels are not suitable for my tank For the time being.
Here a metal halide and LEDs combo

It look so much better in person but with my photo skills ....
Some corals looks better under a very bluish LEDs some looks better under 14 k so it works out for me!
For comparison
 
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