NoCoast Reef- 1,400+ gallons in The Heartland

[HmoneyReefOkc]

We are finally done with drywall and the backsplash. Just a few minor touch ups with paint and silicone and we are plumbing tomorrow. Producing water and rock/sand going in tomorrow night!! Then hanging lights and controllers etc while the tank starts it’s cycle.

 

[HmoneyReefOkc]

Also drilled quite a few fragplug holes in the base rocks.

 

[HmoneyReefOkc]

Just took a screenshot of my wife’s Snapchat. I didn’t know she posted this via Snapchat so figured it was worth a fun late night share. Keep in mind i’m only 6’

 

[JBKReef]

Just took a screenshot of my wife’s Snapchat. I didn’t know she posted this via Snapchat so figured it was worth a fun late night share. Keep in mind i’m only 6’

Talk about a hitchhiker...

 

[HmoneyReefOkc]

Equipment getting stacked

 

[Humblefish]

WOW!

 

[Salty.Reefer]

^the amount of times my mouth dropped open looking at this. All I can say is wow!

 

[locito277]

^the amount of times my mouth dropped open looking at this. All I can say is wow!

They haven’t even unpacked

 

[HmoneyReefOkc]

Progress.

 

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[tj w]

Oh my LAWD!![emoji119]

 

[Anirban]

Progress.

Nice one....which PVC cutter you are using? That thing looks solid.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

[emoji50] [emoji44] wow I have nothing else to say except that I am totally jealous of everything lol [emoji23] amazing keep up the great work on your build , you are progressing quite nicely! I am planning to run T5 /Radions as well on my build but to a much smaller scale. Amazing once again!!!!!

 

[HmoneyReefOkc]

Nice one....which PVC cutter you are using? That thing looks solid.

Hey I'll have to look when I get home. That is Bill from Custom Reef Creations doing plumbing and most all of the build.

 

[HmoneyReefOkc]

[emoji50] [emoji44] wow I have nothing else to say except that I am totally jealous of everything lol [emoji23] amazing keep up the great work on your build , you are progressing quite nicely! I am planning to run T5 /Radions as well on my build but to a much smaller scale. Amazing once again!!!!!

Thanks Clayton!! You can't go wrong with Radion/T5 combo. I've had just about every major light and really seem to see the very best results with this combo. However, if I had the space and overheating wasn't a possible scenario i'd add metal halides for a couple hours/day for peak daylight.

That combo of t5s and radion might be best ever, my suggestion is start with diffusers on raidions and something like Giesman true atentic , and ati purple plus, May be try and push the weak low nm. With t5s and use radion to trim, understanding they will be weak on low nm wavelength, bigger tank might need more supletation of sub 420nm , I feel you can't have enough, on big tank like that..

Thanks Kenneth! We'll certainly see how the lights look without the diffusers this week... with the depth I have on this tank i'd like to be able to maximize the par and not have to go with the diffusers. But time will tell for sure.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I'm excited to watch this happen!

 

[HmoneyReefOkc]

Thanks Dr.

No dimmable T5’s. I’ve never used them. Don’t really see any benefit or value to them either.

Update, water is filling the system as of last night.

 

[HmoneyReefOkc]

Do you have dimmable ballast for t5s?

To be clear, I have never used them personally. I don’t really see value in dimming the t5’s when i have dimmable LED and ramp up and down the LED, and utilize t5 on a specific schedule.

 

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