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Clear Water again!!
Bruttall's 96x24x31 300gallon glass cage
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My birds nest died. No idea why, parameters all looked good.
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Been a minute. Right after last post my computer died. Then I got unusually busy for this time of the year and just recently got around to fixing it. Been working thru a Phos issue, dosing with phos-e seems to be working now that I am dosing directly into the skimmer itself. Found asterina starfish so I got a Harlequin Shrimp. He seems really happy. Then saw aptasia so I got ahold of some bergia nudibranchs, they went right to work but I am not sure if 3 of those in my tank will be enough. Plan on giving it 6 to 8 weeks to see.
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Tank is looking really really nice!
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thank you, It will be a year old next month. Pretty excited to see what this new year will bring.
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1 yr old yesterday!! what an amazing journey this has been, excited to see what the next year will bring!
![mar22[1].jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/attachments/mar22-1-jpg.3576822/ "mar22[1].jpg")
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Got some close ups of the things going on in there! 
Quality could be better, but I am using my Galaxy S22 with a SeaTorch filter.
Bouncing?
Quality could be better, but I am using my Galaxy S22 with a SeaTorch filter.Bouncing?
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Wow not sure how I missed your build thread. Nice job it all looks great.
I am really loving my Reefi on my tank. Currently I am ramping up to 124w from 104 seems as it goes up in wattage the spread gets more even across the plane I am measuring. I used to have a hot spot directly under the light now its has evened out, ie the hot spot has gotten bigger and is less hot...lol. I am using the 120 lenses. What do you have yours set to and what lens? Have you noticed anything like what I am seeing?
I am really loving my Reefi on my tank. Currently I am ramping up to 124w from 104 seems as it goes up in wattage the spread gets more even across the plane I am measuring. I used to have a hot spot directly under the light now its has evened out, ie the hot spot has gotten bigger and is less hot...lol. I am using the 120 lenses. What do you have yours set to and what lens? Have you noticed anything like what I am seeing?
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I am using 90 degree reflectors on my Uno 2.0's. Mounted 12 inches above water line. I just re-built my light profile because the highest shelf in my tank, where I am putting a few acro's was only getting about 170par, and I want closer to 220. So this screenie of my light profile is under Acclimate at 92.2% for 7 days left.. Goin to take PAR Readings tomorrow during peak to gauge my progress. But yes it does seem that the more wattage I apply the more even the light spread and less hot spots I am seeing.
New 90 degree Reflectors are available for the lights end of this month. I haven't pre-ordered mine yet, but probably will maybe next week. Think it's only a $20 fee per reflector. These will reduce any hot spots even more with a better blending of light as well. Honestly I can see myself adding 1 or 2 more of these lights in the future. I have a 22 inch wide 1/2 inch thick glass center brace on my tank, I'm thinking I need at least1 more in the exact center of the tank for that.
Once I get my par closer to where I want it to be I'll start increasing the Lime Channel until I think it looks right.
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So I'm thumbing back thru my build thread and found this gem. Love how naive I was about how much coral I wanted. Some of you could have called me out on that!! Either that or I greatly underestimated how many things I would just have to have!
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Awesome Thanks for the reply!I am using 90 degree reflectors on my Uno 2.0's. Mounted 12 inches above water line. I just re-built my light profile because the highest shelf in my tank, where I am putting a few acro's was only getting about 170par, and I want closer to 220. So this screenie of my light profile is under Acclimate at 92.2% for 7 days left.. Goin to take PAR Readings tomorrow during peak to gauge my progress. But yes it does seem that the more wattage I apply the more even the light spread and less hot spots I am seeing.
New 90 degree Reflectors are available for the lights end of this month. I haven't pre-ordered mine yet, but probably will maybe next week. Think it's only a $20 fee per reflector. These will reduce any hot spots even more with a better blending of light as well. Honestly I can see myself adding 1 or 2 more of these lights in the future. I have a 22 inch wide 1/2 inch thick glass center brace on my tank, I'm thinking I need at least1 more in the exact center of the tank for that.
Once I get my par closer to where I want it to be I'll start increasing the Lime Channel until I think it looks right.
I hear you on this. My tank got pretty full in the last couple months. Getting ready to set up another tank tied into this one thinking clams and acros, 2 more Reefi.So I'm thumbing back thru my build thread and found this gem. Love how naive I was about how much coral I wanted. Some of you could have called me out on that!! Either that or I greatly underestimated how many things I would just have to have!
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Changed up my light profile to Daniel's UNO New Fav settings, so far I really like how much brighter the tank looks with more of the Cool, Warm and Amber channels mixed in. I kept the overall wattage close to the same as I had before and when tested my PAR levels increased slightly with a bit less wattage.
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thank you!!
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