My lighting
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monsinour
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The bulbs are in and I might be going to get them tomorrow. If I understand correctly, I need to swap out the bulbs one at a time and I should start with the antinics. So the replacement schedule should be as follows
Current
white
blue
white
blue
First change
white
ATI Blue +
white
blue
second change
white
ATI Blue +
white
ATI Blue +
third change
white
ATI Blue+
ATI Aquablue
ATI Blue+
Last change
ATI Purple +
ATI Blue +
ATI Aquablue
ATI Blue +
One bulb a week for a total of 4 weeks. This sound correct to everyone?
Current
white
blue
white
blue
First change
white
ATI Blue +
white
blue
second change
white
ATI Blue +
white
ATI Blue +
third change
white
ATI Blue+
ATI Aquablue
ATI Blue+
Last change
ATI Purple +
ATI Blue +
ATI Aquablue
ATI Blue +
One bulb a week for a total of 4 weeks. This sound correct to everyone?
monsinour
Active Member
So here is the comparison shots. This post will be the current lighting of all wave point bulbs. I will wait until next week saturday to take the comparison shots with the lone ATI bulb in place. This will give the corals a week under the one new light to adjust.
Current Lights are:
white
blue
white
blue
Full
Right
Left
Bottom
Current Lights are:
white
blue
white
blue
Full
Right
Left
Bottom
monsinour
Active Member
So after a week, here is the tank. See if you can spot a difference. And no, saying that the bonsi tree lost it's top does not count.
First change
white
ATI Blue +
white
blue
Full
Right
Left
Bottom
Next week will be the 2 antinics in place. From what I can see, because you cant see it in the pics all that well, is the "pink" zoos from SWF.com are starting to look more like pink than just a blah. So that is an improvement.
First change
white
ATI Blue +
white
blue
Full
Right
Left
Bottom
Next week will be the 2 antinics in place. From what I can see, because you cant see it in the pics all that well, is the "pink" zoos from SWF.com are starting to look more like pink than just a blah. So that is an improvement.
monsinour
Active Member
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///forum/thread/383308/my-lighting/20#post_3376116
tanks lookin good!! where did you get your ATI's
Those are with just the one ATI. This coming saturday will be with the 2 ATI antinics. I got them from a LFS that did a special order for our club. Each bulb was 3 to 4 dollars off. Total savings was like getting 4 bulbs for the price of 3. I am eager to turn the lights on tomorrow to see what it looks like with 2 of the ATI antinics. If one can make the pink actually show up in the zoos, what will 2 do? when its all said and done, what will the 4 do?
Originally Posted by Kiefers http:///forum/thread/383308/my-lighting/20#post_3376116
tanks lookin good!! where did you get your ATI's
Those are with just the one ATI. This coming saturday will be with the 2 ATI antinics. I got them from a LFS that did a special order for our club. Each bulb was 3 to 4 dollars off. Total savings was like getting 4 bulbs for the price of 3. I am eager to turn the lights on tomorrow to see what it looks like with 2 of the ATI antinics. If one can make the pink actually show up in the zoos, what will 2 do? when its all said and done, what will the 4 do?
nikesb
Active Member
Quote:
Originally Posted by Monsinour http:///forum/thread/383308/my-lighting/20#post_3376120
Those are with just the one ATI. This coming saturday will be with the 2 ATI antinics. I got them from a LFS that did a special order for our club. Each bulb was 3 to 4 dollars off. Total savings was like getting 4 bulbs for the price of 3. I am eager to turn the lights on tomorrow to see what it looks like with 2 of the ATI antinics. If one can make the pink actually show up in the zoos, what will 2 do? when its all said and done, what will the 4 do?
just look at the color of my zoas on my nano thread, and ull see what 6 bulbs can do, 2 blue+, 2 kz superblue, 1 purple+, 1 kz fiji purple
Originally Posted by Monsinour http:///forum/thread/383308/my-lighting/20#post_3376120
Those are with just the one ATI. This coming saturday will be with the 2 ATI antinics. I got them from a LFS that did a special order for our club. Each bulb was 3 to 4 dollars off. Total savings was like getting 4 bulbs for the price of 3. I am eager to turn the lights on tomorrow to see what it looks like with 2 of the ATI antinics. If one can make the pink actually show up in the zoos, what will 2 do? when its all said and done, what will the 4 do?
just look at the color of my zoas on my nano thread, and ull see what 6 bulbs can do, 2 blue+, 2 kz superblue, 1 purple+, 1 kz fiji purple
kiefers
Active Member
thats sweet. i've been thinking about those. I'll be checkin in to see the results
Quote:
Originally Posted by Monsinour http:///forum/thread/383308/my-lighting/20#post_3376120
Those are with just the one ATI. This coming saturday will be with the 2 ATI antinics. I got them from a LFS that did a special order for our club. Each bulb was 3 to 4 dollars off. Total savings was like getting 4 bulbs for the price of 3. I am eager to turn the lights on tomorrow to see what it looks like with 2 of the ATI antinics. If one can make the pink actually show up in the zoos, what will 2 do? when its all said and done, what will the 4 do?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Monsinour http:///forum/thread/383308/my-lighting/20#post_3376120
Those are with just the one ATI. This coming saturday will be with the 2 ATI antinics. I got them from a LFS that did a special order for our club. Each bulb was 3 to 4 dollars off. Total savings was like getting 4 bulbs for the price of 3. I am eager to turn the lights on tomorrow to see what it looks like with 2 of the ATI antinics. If one can make the pink actually show up in the zoos, what will 2 do? when its all said and done, what will the 4 do?
monsinour
Active Member
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/383308/my-lighting/20#post_3376341
sry if u already said but u just got 2 actintics and 2 10k or 12s or wat>>??? any info cuz i see a lot of bulbs named diff things! im so tired of these oddsyea bulbs...and after this uhhh
Start at the very beginning of this thread and read it all the way through including the link in one of my posts.
Originally Posted by 1guyDude http:///forum/thread/383308/my-lighting/20#post_3376341
sry if u already said but u just got 2 actintics and 2 10k or 12s or wat>>??? any info cuz i see a lot of bulbs named diff things! im so tired of these oddsyea bulbs...and after this uhhh
Start at the very beginning of this thread and read it all the way through including the link in one of my posts.
monsinour
Active Member
I cannot remember if I posted that the switch on my fixture sucks or not, but it does. The fixture is fine, but it certainly seems that the switch was made by Hoover. I finally got so frustrated with it today (it doesnt stay on) that I opened it up to look at it to see what I could do. Turns out, it is as cheaply made as possible. The switch consited of a piece of metal shaped like a G with the hook of the G bent up. On top of the hook was another piece of metal that balanced there under the actual switch. When pressed into place, the bent piece acted as a spring and held the tiny piece of metal up. Flip the switch and it made contact providing power. Flip it the other way and the spring like part would push it away. I took it all apart and there were "burn/corrosion" marks where the little metal piece touched the bigger piece in both spots. I was not happy with the construction at all and no amount of cleaning would correct this issue. It never felt so good to pull out my 50 year old wire cutters and snip that switch out of the line. To make it all work, I used crimp connectors temporarily to put the wires together and I am using the GFCI test and reset buttons to turn the lights on and off. So now the wire has a bulge where the connectors are, wrapped in electrical tape to prevent shorts, and looks kinda funny. I am pretty sure that I cannot keep using the GFCI buttons to turn the lights on and off. SO, does anyone have any recomendations for a GOOD switch? Ideally it would be some kind of screw connectors like what you find on the back of regular outlets. I dont own a soldering gun, yet (LEDs for zoa tank soon maybe - waiting on frag stand), and I dont want to do a "twist and tape" on the lights. The switch only has to connect 1 wire really, but it should conceal the second wire as well. If it makes connections for both wires, thats fine too. So, are there any DIYers out there who have some experience with switches?
monsinour
Active Member
I havent seen a toggle that has screw type connectors though. I might be able to crimp on some kind of slide on connectors. I would really prefer the screw type of connection though. What really sucks is that I was at lowes the other day and didnt think about looking in the switches area. Oh well, gotta go back as the copper pipe we got is too large.