Miami‘s Clam and SPS Tank

[Petcrazyson]

I already do a lot of vacuuming, but the feathers run away from it. They tend to collect in certain areas of the room; they have a mind of their own.

Bro not even a Roomba stands a chance against the feathers…

 

[Miami Reef]

Does he let you preen him? Getting those sheaths off will help him feel better. Ahh, springtime. Be careful as to not hit the blood feathers though.

He does. I love preening birds.

This is my chiller tube from my tank. It only receives outside light (sun)

Notice how there’s only coralline algae? Does kelvin temperature really influence green algae/diatoms???

 

[Miami Reef]

FTS 5/12/23

 

[Miami Reef]

Guess who switched back to LEDs? This guy!

 

[Projects with Sam]

FTS 5/12/23

lights crooked

 

[Projects with Sam]

Guess who switched back to LEDs? This guy!

omg... those are even harder to align! haha

 

[Miami Reef]

omg... those are even harder to align! haha

Not true!!!

Look!

The best part is that I can leave my canopy closed 24/7 with the LEDs, so even if it was crooked, you guys can’t see it!

I set the blues to max and I barely added any whites. I think I much prefer blue tanks over whites. I want to maximize the fluorescence.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Not true!!!

Look!

The best part is that I can leave my canopy closed 24/7 with the LEDs, so even if it was crooked, you guys can’t see it!

I set the blues to max and I barely added any whites. I think I much prefer blue tanks over whites. I want to maximize the fluorescence.

I prefer whites, but it needs to be a prefect crispy crisp with or else I don’t like it lol which is why I usually just have them under deep blues with a bit cool white

 

[Miami Reef]

I had a few reasons why I am going back to LEDs.

First, I love T5s. There was nothing really wrong with them performance wise.

Here’s my thought process:

LED:
1) More controllability with spectrum.
2) I feel like I can go much higher with the par compared to T5
3) T5 bulbs will probably become much harder to get soon. BRS is back ordered on blue plus bulbs, and I saw a thread on how metal halide/T5 might be harder to find soon
4) the 2 fixtures became too hot to leave the canopy closed
5) I didn’t like the T5 dawn/dusk effect (not blue enough for me).


It’s not 100% settled. I can always go back to the T5s if I end up not liking the LEDs. I already had these LED fixtures in my house, and I will continue to keep my T5’s in case the LEDs break and need repairing one day.

 

[Miami Reef]

Nope nope nope nope.

I can’t go back to LEDs. I love my T5’s too much. Sorry for the false alarm.

I hope you can enjoy these pics I just took (with the T5)

I did change my bulbs around, and I’m pretty happy with the aesthetics I’m pulling off.

 

[Miami Reef]

Solar Flare millepora. (Grown and photo taken with T5)

 

[A Young Reefer]

Well that didn’t last long

 

[Petcrazyson]

Well that didn’t last long

My gf lasted longer

 

[Projects with Sam]

all this practice I bet you get them straight on the first try too...

 

[vcomreefer]

this is an awesome build!

 

[Miami Reef]

My LFS got in a shipment of “high end” acros.

I snagged a rainbow one. It’s fluorescing from the UV light I shined at it. It was very pretty at the LFS.

 

[Miami Reef]

Look at the dirty powerhead water. I scraped them clean in a bucket of RO/DI water.

I also scraped my glass. My tank looks SO pristine!

 

[Projects with Sam]

Thank god! was worried your were for the birds!

 

[Miami Reef]

Here’s my tank.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Here’s my tank.

We’ve got new tank pictures……what about new Cheese pictures