225 gallon Lee-mar upgrade (in progress)

[iani]

Sweet setup, keep the pic's and updates coming!

Thanks. I will get more shots up soon. Next up are top down shots.

I like the sand where did you get it from?

The sand is actually from petco. Its a larger grain sand which I needed for the high flow from all the vortechs.

 

[iani]

I tested par off my fixture.
1000-1200 right above water center to MH
600-800 right below water
450-600 at the level of corals 10" under water level
250-300 at the floor
220 at the front left and right corners (floor of tank)

Numbers seem really good to me. Looks like the 250w radium 20ks on an hqi ballast push almost as much as what I've seen of the 400w radiums on a electronic ballast.

 

[Jpurpz831]

man that looks sweet the stand is sick bro i remeber when i seen your display and you still had all the wires everywhere. it looks good bro :-)

 

[iani]

Thanks man. I agree it looks so much better with the skin on the stand now. Almost complete. Now I just need to do more arrangement inside the stand itself.

 

[kinetic]

Looking good Ian. Are you more active on reef2reef than other forums?

 

[iani]

Looking good Ian. Are you more active on reef2reef than other forums?

More here than other forums.


Shots of some new fish.

Close ups of the stand

 

[skinz78]

Nice Wrasses, what types are they?

 

[iani]

Mckoskers flasher and longfin fairy wrasse.

 

[DML08]

Very nice Ian.. really diggin the mckosker, I was tempted to pick one up today.. very beautiful fish

 

[iani]

I actually picked up 3 of them. They are getting along doing well together.

 

[iani]

Some new top down shots.

Pastel War and Peace

Tyree purple unknown

Wishin2boutside's raspberry cheescake

 

[TopNotchCorals]

I got a nub of that Raspberry Cheesecake Acro from Richard at BAYMAC but him no longer and that pic really makes me emotional about it now, nice shots bro:too_sad:

 

[iani]

I got a nub of that Raspberry Cheesecake Acro from Richard at BAYMAC but him no longer and that pic really makes me emotional about it now, nice shots bro:too_sad:

What happened to your piece? So far so good with the piece. Hopefully I will be able to spread some frags out sooner than later.

 

[TopNotchCorals]

It fell in between my rock work. Definitely get at me when you want to let a frag go, I'm in San Bruno so we can hook up. That green cap is nice too, did you give some of it to Chris at Aquatic Central?? It looks very similar to a piece I'm holding for him.

 

[jcom]

Incredible shot! Very nice piece! Let me know if you frag it.

 

[iani]

It fell in between my rock work. Definitely get at me when you want to let a frag go, I'm in San Bruno so we can hook up. That green cap is nice too, did you give some of it to Chris at Aquatic Central?? It looks very similar to a piece I'm holding for him.

Yes I did. I've given him a bunch of SPS in the past.

 

[iani]

Incredible shot! Very nice piece! Let me know if you frag it.

Thanks, that piece is looking nicer and nicer under halides. I'll probably frag it soon.

 

[TopNotchCorals]

Yeah that piece is nice too, looks like a bonsai efflo.....

 

[iani]

That piece mostly encrusts. It does send up branches after encrusting. I'll let you know when I have a frag of the raspberry ready though.

 

[TopNotchCorals]

That piece mostly encrusts. It does send up branches after encrusting. I'll let you know when I have a frag of the raspberry ready though.

Right on