Full Blown SPS tank here...
And before you ask, my water quality is nearly flawless. 8+ Years in the Hobby
OK full disclosure here..... this past summer i planned an upgrade and purchased a 210 gallon tank. Figured i would stay up on all the jazz and purchased 4 Radion G3 Pros. Was immediately impressed with the physical appearances and control they offered. ... transferred all my livestock over and lost a few colonies. Thought no biggie, stress is stress..... borrowed graphs from other hobbits stuff looked great. i saw colors in corals i had had for years that i never knew had those colors..... i was sold... this went on for many months and everything looks great. Yet no growth...... so i said screw it, i added (4) 80w T5's to the mix.... ahh there we go getting some growth now. A Little unwanted algae bloom but no worries. .... lost a little color, but things we at least starting to encrust. I was a little upset that after spending over $3k on Leds that i had to spend another $400 just to get some growth.
This went on for about 6 months. Finally fed up, i dumped the Radions and purchased (3) 400w Mini Reflectors from Coral Vue, and a 60" ReefBrite LED Strip.
I built a Custom Floating Canopy, and thew the MH on top, T5's on the front and back and the ReefBrite on front.
i used to run my tank around 78 degrees. since adding the MH my tank is climbing 1 degree an hour. I keep my house 72 degrees, in 4 hours my temp rose from 77.5 to 80.5
Since i have never ran MH on this magnitude
My questions are:
How hot is too hott?
What size chiller would be necessary to maintain 78 degrees on roughly 275 Gallons water volume?
Would fans help? if so where at?
should i increase the flow in the tank?
Anyone who can shed some light on this for me would be greatly appreciated.
Reef On!
And before you ask, my water quality is nearly flawless. 8+ Years in the Hobby
OK full disclosure here..... this past summer i planned an upgrade and purchased a 210 gallon tank. Figured i would stay up on all the jazz and purchased 4 Radion G3 Pros. Was immediately impressed with the physical appearances and control they offered. ... transferred all my livestock over and lost a few colonies. Thought no biggie, stress is stress..... borrowed graphs from other hobbits stuff looked great. i saw colors in corals i had had for years that i never knew had those colors..... i was sold... this went on for many months and everything looks great. Yet no growth...... so i said screw it, i added (4) 80w T5's to the mix.... ahh there we go getting some growth now. A Little unwanted algae bloom but no worries. .... lost a little color, but things we at least starting to encrust. I was a little upset that after spending over $3k on Leds that i had to spend another $400 just to get some growth.
This went on for about 6 months. Finally fed up, i dumped the Radions and purchased (3) 400w Mini Reflectors from Coral Vue, and a 60" ReefBrite LED Strip.
I built a Custom Floating Canopy, and thew the MH on top, T5's on the front and back and the ReefBrite on front.
i used to run my tank around 78 degrees. since adding the MH my tank is climbing 1 degree an hour. I keep my house 72 degrees, in 4 hours my temp rose from 77.5 to 80.5
Since i have never ran MH on this magnitude
My questions are:
How hot is too hott?
What size chiller would be necessary to maintain 78 degrees on roughly 275 Gallons water volume?
Would fans help? if so where at?
should i increase the flow in the tank?
Anyone who can shed some light on this for me would be greatly appreciated.
Reef On!