DJ's Mixed Reef - bacteria driven system

[OREGONIC]

Beautiful tank!

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Inside my canopy. Yeah... I know... kind of messy and ugly :(

What on earth that hanging bottle doing in there?

What an ugly light you have!.

You need to learn cable management my friend!.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

That's a really nice tank! I think it's awesome how you can go out to the ocean and pick whatever you want. I'm definitely jealous!

Thanks man. Yup, the only drawback is holding the urge to a bigger tank since getting a specimen from the sea is like doing your shopping at the super market.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Beautiful tank!

Glad you like it. Appreciate your kind words.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

My home made Arduino lighting controller. Arduino UNO with some relay boards, switching 4 number of LED drivers ON/OFF at specific time. Fully programmable from the front panel. Fan automatically turn on when any driver is ON, and OFF once all light is in night mode. I still have my PWM module I made for my previous CBB.

The "*" on the LCD display indicate the cooling fans are ON.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Inside my tank cabinet. Yeah... I know. Doesn't get any better than my canopy.

P/S: That skimmer was no longer in there. That tall white thingy was my previous denitrator. When my fountain pump failed, I made a new one much shorter with the intention of hooking up a doser. Lazy bones doesn't help at all, maybe one day I will ;)

 

[Donovan Joannes]

1/3 of my LED. I am getting around 82K LUX at water surface.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Some of my fish...

 

[teller]

Hi @Donovan Joannes .
What a beautiful and extremely mix reef tank you have.
Congratulations!
Can you detail on your DIY led system?
Like how many LEDs, which colors and how many for each, etc. I am curious about your spectrum choice.
Thanks.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Hi @Donovan Joannes .
What a beautiful and extremely mix reef tank you have.
Congratulations!
Can you detail on your DIY led system?
Like how many LEDs, which colors and how many for each, etc. I am curious about your spectrum choice.
Thanks.

Thanks for the compliment. I can't remember the exact combi. I will check it out tonight and revert to you. Here is how it looks when the drivers are individually fired. It's a 3 channels, but as you can see on the controller picture, they overlapping each other at several time of the day.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

@teller

My LED layout. This is 1/3 of the total LEDs I am currently running. I like a warmer look, SPS color will be darker. If you prefer pastel color, this layout is not for you. With 90 degree lenses, water surface will receive around 120K lux.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Managed to take some top view pictures without dropping my phone (Lumia 640XL). Lights all channels ON.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Missed out these...

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Blue, blood red and plating purple coraline algae...

 

[Angel125]

WOW WOW AND WOW!!!!
That's an amazing tank. Your tank is the reason I want to be in this hobby. Thanks for sharing... it's very well appreciated!!! If one day you can go to that buffet and choose some coral frags send me some. We can talk about shipping. Lol

 

[Donovan Joannes]

WOW WOW AND WOW!!!!
That's an amazing tank. Your tank is the reason I want to be in this hobby. Thanks for sharing... it's very well appreciated!!! If one day you can go to that buffet and choose some coral frags send me some. We can talk about shipping. Lol

Thanks man. Glad you like my wild coral tank. A lot of my sticks still adjusting to my tank cemistry, might take a while before they will show its true color.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Do like this one @Angel125 ?

 

[Angel125]

Never seen anything like it

 

[Donovan Joannes]

Never seen anything like it

Its an acropora (unknown genus) I found under the rock ledge during low tide. Didn't know it has many colors until it was lightup under full spectrum.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

My new babies...