Well thank you, I am hoping too, believe me. I have been thru the crash thing before, and it ain't pretty, but such is life. I have been known to start over before, and I am not gonna give up now.....................lol.
My 300 Gallon sps tank
- Thread starter CarlaW
- Start date
Help Support Reef Aquarium & Tank Building Forum:
Well thank you, I am hoping too, believe me. I have been thru the crash thing before, and it ain't pretty, but such is life. I have been known to start over before, and I am not gonna give up now.....................lol.
sedrostyle
Well-known member
I could only imagine. My wife is trying to convince me for us to pack up and move I another state.
I would hate to start over.
I would hate to start over.
Well took a trip over to Seattle on Saturday to the new OBD store (which is very cool by the way) and decided I'm going to jump on the OBD LED train with you Charlie. Ordered three fixtures for the 210 (no there isn't water in the tank yet), Mike should have them wired to work with my Apex in a few weeks. I think it will be good having the lights before there is water in the tank so I can play with them and figure out the programming without worrying about the impact to my corals. I probably just missed it, but what intensity level are you running at?
One of these days I really should stop and see your tank in person when I come over to visit my folks (they are in Hungry Horse).
Glad to see your Alk levels are coming back down...
One of these days I really should stop and see your tank in person when I come over to visit my folks (they are in Hungry Horse).
Glad to see your Alk levels are coming back down...
The lites are at 25% right now. I did drop them down to 14" above the water level Saturday after the testing post, and I think that is where they are going to stay. I can increase percentages from there. Yeah, if you are gonna head this way, just shoot a private message this way and you too can watch the tips of my corals recede.....................................LOL.
Starting brand new with these lites is the way to go, which ones did you get, the 120W or the 180W?
Me thinks you are gonna be a happy camper. What do you plan on having in the tank for corals?
I really haven't given the stock much thought yet. Based on previous tanks it will be a mix of LPS and SPS; specific corals still TBD. I am basically designing the tank to be able to accept pretty much whatever I decide on.
Planning huh.................................. what a novel concept...................... where the hell did you learn that if I may ask.................... . Just an FYI.............. this tank took a year and a half.
. Just an FYI.............. this tank took a year and a half.The planning is a byproduct of laziness and OCD with a little bit of wife dictating project priorities thrown in for fun. My last tank I rushed through to get water in the tank and while it turned out OK I had plumbing, water quality and equipment issues that continued until I took it down. This time because of the large amount of construction involved to give me a dedicated equipment room the process itself dictated additional planning.
A 210 is an investment, not just a whim, you will never regret any of what you are doin now. Let us here know if you got any questions, cuz 3 out the 4 of us over here have tanks over 200 gallons, we gots a little experience with big stuff.
Three weeks into new lites
Alkalinity tested at 9.3 dkh this morning, slowly but surely I am getting there.
DevonM
Mantis Shrimp
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2010
- Messages
- 643
Very nice, now you are where I am...:welcome:
I can live with that, but I want it below 9.0. preferably about 8.3. But thanx .
.
I wanted to post a few pics of what has been goin on in this thing, and also, post a few pics of some stuff that is not being affected. So here goes:
and here's a couple more just for grins
Drink more beer Devon, come up with something else............................lol
