Flippers reef 125 gallon

[Flippers4pups]

Question for you... As your Monti Cap continues to grow new layers upward and shades the lower ones, how do you plan on dealing with that? Just let it go and see what happens? Is it worth the effort to try and selectively remove newly forming pieces to prevent continued upward growth?

The idea is soon to frag some off soon. It's a big shade spot underneath!

That fuge light looks pretty powerful. What bulb are you running?

I think it's a 20 watt LED grow bulb from Walmart. Works very well.

Wishing you and your family nothing but good health and happiness in 2020!

Thank you! Happy new year and the absolute same to you and your family!

And last but not least, the last tank shots of 2019:

 

[Tahoe61]

One of the most beautiful tanks I have ever seen. Looks just like the real thing a wild reef.

 

[Flippers4pups]

One of the most beautiful tanks I have ever seen. Looks just like the real thing a wild reef.

Thank you Cheryl!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Water change prepped for tomorrow.

Looking at the "torch forest" and its amazing how tall these guys are getting!

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

How high off the water are your Mars Aquas? And how far apart are they?

 

[Flippers4pups]

How high off the water are your Mars Aquas? And how far apart are they?

Around 12" off waterline. Around 6" apart. All lenses are pulled except for 6 whites per fixture. (Shimmer)

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

Around 12" off waterline. Around 6" apart. All lenses are pulled except for 6 whites per fixture. (Shimmer)

Might have to give it a go. Putting 2 Vipars over my 120. I replaced 4 of the 6500ks with 20k and 3 of the blues with 395s. Changes the lenses out to 120 deg on all except for the outer-most leds (those left at 90), but it still seems to hotspot in the middle.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Might have to give it a go. Putting 2 Vipars over my 120. I replaced 4 of the 6500ks with 20k and 3 of the blues with 395s. Changes the lenses out to 120 deg on all except for the outer-most leds (those left at 90), but it still seems to hotspot in the middle.

Pulling the lenses helped a great deal for shadowing. Still a great deal of power to hit around 100 par at sand bed.

I'm not one to like the 3500k and 6500k diodes for the reasons of the tank looking more "yellow". I went heavy on 20000k and 14000k diodes to replace the 3500 and 6500.

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

Pulling the lenses helped a great deal for shadowing. Still a great deal of power to hit around 100 par at sand bed.

I'm not one to like the 3500k and 6500k diodes for the reasons of the tank looking more "yellow". I went heavy on 20000k and 14000k diodes to replace the 3500 and 6500.

Yeah same. Vipars have 6x6500k and 6x14000k. I wanted more blue so I dropped in the 20k's, but decided to leave some 6500s to fill in the spectrum.

Your tank convinced me that I don't need a $800 light to have a beautiful tank. With Reef-pi to control ramping, I have all the functionality and power I need. Plus, I can do my own "warranty" work if/when led's or drivers go out. Can't beat that for $200.

 

[Flippers4pups]

"Your tank convinced me that I don't need a $800 light to have a beautiful tank.".

I am humbled by your statement, thank you!

There are many different ways to have a successful reef. Once the basics are set, time and consistency can lead to success.

In this discussion, providing the proper spectrum of light, at the proper intensity is in my book "basics".

Doesn't take a ton of money to achieve. Plenty of people blame their tank issues on lights. Many times it has little to do with them or it's a lack of understanding, "basics".

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

"Your tank convinced me that I don't need a $800 light to have a beautiful tank.".

I am humbled by your statement, thank you!

There are many different ways to have a successful reef. Once the basics are set, time and consistency can lead to success.

In this discussion, providing the proper spectrum of light, at the proper intensity is in my book "basics".

Doesn't take a ton of money to achieve. Plenty of people blame their tank issues on lights. Many times it has little to do with them or it's a lack of understanding, "basics".

Amen.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Water change done for today.

Birds nest OUT OF CONTROL! and other assorted pics:

 

[Blutspitze]

Pics looking gorgeous as always. Loving the torch forest!

 

[NDIrish]

Morning,
Are you still using (2) Jebao RW15's as your DT wave pumps?

Thanks

 

[Flippers4pups]

Morning,
Are you still using (2) Jebao RW15's as your DT wave pumps?

Thanks

Yes.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Water change done for the week. Finally bought another heater this weekend to replace a older unit. It had been sporadic turning on at times. Needed to go.

I did see a aptasia and one majano in the system. I guess it's kalk paste time again. I have been very successful killing them this way, but once you have them, most likely will always have some. Peppermint s are out of the question. They in the past have destroyed LPS in my tank. No more.

Granddaughters Betta tank is my other responsibility. Looking good.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Photo dump......

The biggest toadstool has to come out soon. It's base is massive! If I frag it, I'd have enough toadstool material to supply all tanks in North America!

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

That thing is massive! That whitetail is a beautiful tang.

 

[Flippers4pups]

That thing is massive! That whitetail is a beautiful tang.

Thank you! I've had that Tomini for about three years now.

The toadstool is a beast!

This next photo was difficult to shoot with a phone. It's of my Cali tort that suffered massive die off during the "Fritz salt" fiasco. It was all but dead except for just a few areas. I let it go hoping it would bounce back. It's growing new tissue over the dead areas and is coloring back up! Just goes to prove that even if a coral is on deaths door, it might just come back from the grave! Here's to it fully recovering!

 

[Blutspitze]

Always love to see new pics. Looking great!