300 Mixed Reef Build

[ToXIc]

damm stocking on overdrive..

 

[Dowtish]

Looking good man. Nice pics too

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[TinaFoster]

Looks great, Mel!

 

[Dowtish]

where are you getting all of the Ricordea?

 

[TinaFoster]

And speaking of ricordea, I have one and I put it up on a rock several times but it gets back onto the sand. Yours are on a rock, Mel. Did you glue them down? They seem to like to move where they want. At least mine does!

 

[New Wave]

thank you... thank you... and thank you
um...far as rics... i had some of them... i got some of them from poolkeeper, tkimmons, and ocd reefer... they were on rocks when i got them... so.. .not sure the secret...
i actually removed about half of them... i had tons! they grow like weeds...

 

[gmoney243]

They should just attach themselves if they are in a low flow area tina. From my experience at leat they will just attach themselves after a day or si if not moved by flow

 

[TinaFoster]

Mine just keeps hopping down into the sand. Hmmm

 

[gmoney243]

Make a cup with some small rocks in it and put a screen lid on it hell have to attach to the rock. One of my rics attached itself in 30 mins but could take cpl days tops

 

[New Wave]

with my kind of luck... it would attach to the screen

 

[fishdoc11]

Looking great Zef.

 

[Dowtish]

Looking great Zef.

haha! yeah Zef!

 

[New Wave]

seems i needed to the mandarins to motivate me to continue the build...

yes... thats right... i havent touched my tank since september of last year... some of it due to being very busy... but mostly because i suffered the DEATH again... we were seriously debating on turning the tank into a hampster cage... but then we found the female mandarin... sooooo... we decided to continue building... this time just putting in lps... and periodically months apart... start introducing sps to see if the coast is clear... so... my good friend Bill came down... and we did a mega-mod on the lights... we configuerd the LED's so that the entire fixture was self supported... powering and controlling all 216 leds from the fixture itself... meaning there are only two cables leaving the light fixture... one for power... and another for data... its SUPER clean... and extremely lightweight... total fixture weighing less than 30lbs.

this is the control platform.. it looks complicated... but its really quite organized in such a small space...

overall view from the top..

and bottom....

and finally... we continue to build

 

[ToXIc]

looks good! slacker...

 

[Dowtish]

Very Nice mod! Glad to see the post. If you want any xenia, lmk:xd:

 

[Zef004]

Looking great Zef.

HahA! That's not my tank. lol

seems i needed to the mandarins to motivate me to continue the build...

yes... thats right... i havent touched my tank since september of last year... some of it due to being very busy... but mostly because i suffered the DEATH again... we were seriously debating on turning the tank into a hampster cage... but then we found the female mandarin... sooooo... we decided to continue building... this time just putting in lps... and periodically months apart... start introducing sps to see if the coast is clear... so... my good friend Bill came down... and we did a mega-mod on the lights... we configuerd the LED's so that the entire fixture was self supported... powering and controlling all 216 leds from the fixture itself... meaning there are only two cables leaving the light fixture... one for power... and another for data... its SUPER clean... and extremely lightweight... total fixture weighing less than 30lbs.

this is the control platform.. it looks complicated... but its really quite organized in such a small space...

overall view from the top..

and bottom....

and finally... we continue to build

Nice DIY you and bill did a great job.