Bubba's SPS Journey

[ReefersDelite]

Wow. Nice SPS.

 

[Fishfinder]

You have to come take my pics or else they will disappoint

 

[Fishfinder]

What do you use to keep that tank cool? Are you running a chiller?

 

[bubbaque]

Good lord!!! My eyes they burn!!

You're too funny, lol.

Wow. Nice SPS.

Thanks!

What do you use to keep that tank cool? Are you running a chiller?

At the start of summer I noticed my water temp climbing because one of my tanks being in the garage. I bought a JBJ 1/3 hp chiller and it was working great. It would run about 45 mins to cool down my 240 gallons of water down. Since adding another 50 gallon tank I feel like the chiller struggles now. It takes 1 1/2 hrs to cool down the tanks now.

 

[sawdonkey]

Sexy corals orange passion

I still think this is the nicest SPS out there. There is nothing I like more. I gotta get my hands on another piece of this.

 

[bubbaque]

I still think this is the nicest SPS out there. There is nothing I like more. I gotta get my hands on another piece of this.

It for sure is one of the nicest. It's been out a while and people are still always looking for a frag.

 

[happyhourhero]

I agree the SC OP is a must have. Yours is honestly the nicest I’ve seen. Mine is asleep because I moved it to be atop one of the fingers of the hand in my tank.

 

[bubbaque]

I agree the SC OP is a must have. Yours is honestly the nicest I’ve seen. Mine is asleep because I moved it to be atop one of the fingers of the hand in my tank.

Thanks! When all bulbs are on it drowns out some of the orange and it's probably like most other orange passions. Mine didn't do anything for a long time. One day it woke up and started growing. I wish the frag I cut would do something already. I thought it would encrust fast because its acclimated to my system but nope, it hasn't done anything at all. I do notice the older polyps are more orange than new growth.

 

[Fishfinder]

You're too funny, lol.
Thanks!

At the start of summer I noticed my water temp climbing because one of my tanks being in the garage. I bought a JBJ 1/3 hp chiller and it was working great. It would run about 45 mins to cool down my 240 gallons of water down. Since adding another 50 gallon tank I feel like the chiller struggles now. It takes 1 1/2 hrs to cool down the tanks now.

Are you thinking about upgrading? What temp do you run your tank at?

 

[bubbaque]

Are you thinking about upgrading? What temp do you run your tank at?

It depends on what it does to my electric bill running so long, lol. The chiller turns on at 80 and turns off at 78.8.

 

[Danny_M5]

Ufffffff fireeeeeeee piece right there

 

[Fishfinder]

Wow so you run your tank on the warm side also. That's good to hear. If you remember to keep track of your electric bill let me know. I've been tossing around the idea of a chiller since summer hit hard. But it's hard to justify the $800 and increased bill

 

[bubbaque]

Ufffffff fireeeeeeee piece right there

Thank you!

Wow so you run your tank on the warm side also. That's good to hear. If you remember to keep track of your electric bill let me know. I've been tossing around the idea of a chiller since summer hit hard. But it's hard to justify the $800 and increased bill

I will for sure look for the increase in my electric bill. I didn't have a choice but to buy a chiller as my tank was getting up to 81 without one and the summer wasn't even fully here then. If you plan to buy one wait until a holiday if you can as 10% off makes a big difference. I also choose the highest temp I was comfortable with so my chiller doesn't have to work so hard.

 

[Wrangy]

Wow so you run your tank on the warm side also. That's good to hear. If you remember to keep track of your electric bill let me know. I've been tossing around the idea of a chiller since summer hit hard. But it's hard to justify the $800 and increased bill

Tried running some fans on the tank?? I run two small USB desktop fans over the sump on my tank (with a 250w halide) and my temp is rock solid at 24.8-25C (76.6-77F) and during summer I get less than a degree of variation :)

 

[bubbaque]

Tried running some fans on the tank?? I run two small USB desktop fans over the sump on my tank (with a 250w halide) and my temp is rock solid at 24.8-25C (76.6-77F) and during summer I get less than a degree of variation :)

The fans for sure help! I was using a giant box fan and that's what help keep my temp to what it was but it still couldn't keep up. It also made me evaporate 5 gallons a day.

 

[Fishfinder]

I'm using fans and I can keep my tank at 85.5-90.0 at the warmest but I'm using 3-4 gallon a day. I was trying to cut evaporation costs. But I can make a lot of water for the chiller cost

 

[Wrangy]

It is definitely a balancing act of cost vs temp vs evaporation haha I'd rather go through lots of evap than pay any more than I have to on my electricity bill haha

 

[sawdonkey]

I'm using fans and I can keep my tank at 85.5-90.0 at the warmest but I'm using 3-4 gallon a day. I was trying to cut evaporation costs. But I can make a lot of water for the chiller cost

Now that’s a H-O-T tank!

 

[Fishfinder]

Now that’s a H-O-T tank!

Hahaha take off 10. Darn alcohol. 78.5-80.0

 

[bubbaque]

PC Superman