Patnala's 60G Mixed Reef

firsttime · May 31, 2012

Made a decision to go with 36'' 6*39watt sunpower fixture. I am told and feel convinced that I should be able to grow sps at 22 inches. I placed the order today so should have it in a week.

Now can anyone give me bulb suggestions?

All Delight · May 31, 2012

Will be tagging along for your comeback.

firsttime · Jun 7, 2012

All Delight said:
Will be tagging along for your comeback.

Thanks Bud.

firsttime · Jun 7, 2012

Okay the light fixture ATI 6*39 watt arrived yesterday. It looks good and I am happy with it so far.

Can someone guide me as to what kind of mounts do I need to hang this thing from the ceiling dry wall( assuming I don't have studs in that area)?

firsttime · Jun 12, 2012

Update:
All of you were right about the ATI light fixture. I supported the fixture between two chairs and tested the PAR at 22 inches and it was about 450. I am sure sps would love this. Thanks for the PAR meter James. I hope to hang the fixture in the next couple of days.

I am not sure how much it would drop once I put it in the tank and the light passes through water any ideas?

Also
I have decided to change the caribsea substrate I had. I have ordered Tropic Eden reef flakes. Lets see how it goes.It should be here by Saturday.

firsttime · Jun 14, 2012

Finally was thinking about aquascaping and wanted to be creative with rockwork. Ordered Emarco400 for aquascaping the rocks.

Anyone have any experienced with Emarco400?

firsttime · Jun 22, 2012

The sand is cleaned and ready. I also cleaned some old rocks I had set aside.

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Two large tonga rocks soaking in RO. Not sure if I can use them but want to keep the option open

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shelf rock from BRS. Impressed with brs service as always

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What aquascaping is complete with out aquamend

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Cementing compund

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And some water getting ready

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BarbH · Jun 22, 2012

Wow beautiful tank and collection of corals you had before your crash. Looking forward to seeing the comeback on this know it is going to be awesome.

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Steelerfan747 · Jun 22, 2012

Man you have some really nice corals. Love all the paly's

firsttime · Jun 22, 2012

BarbH said:
Wow beautiful tank and collection of corals you had before your crash. Looking forward to seeing the comeback on this know it is going to be awesome.

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thanks for the nice words ..

firsttime · Jun 22, 2012

Steelerfan747 said:
Man you have some really nice corals. Love all the paly's

Thanks I am lucky half my paly collection made it through.

firsttime · Jun 23, 2012

The new lights are up now. Thanks to all the inputs received I was able to do it nicely in the first attempt.

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Excuse the cords mess, working on organizing it.

skinz78 · Jun 23, 2012

Sweet! Any full tank shots?

Saltwatertaylor · Jun 23, 2012

Wow I think I just spent an hour catching up on your old tank. That has to be in my top ten saltwater tanks of all time. All of the corals you had were picture perfect. They were some of the nicest corals I have ever seen and I could only dream of having some of those.
So sorry to hear about the crash, but the important thing is you learned a lesson from it. Its great to hear that you are trying to forget about it and move on because we need amazing hobbyist like you.
I cant wait to see the new fish tank up and running. What do you plan on putting in your new tank?

firsttime · Jun 23, 2012

skinz78 said:
Sweet! Any full tank shots?

Bud, will be doing rock work tomorrow , will take some full shots tomorrow to showcase the rockwork.

firsttime · Jun 23, 2012

Saltwatertaylor said:
Wow I think I just spent an hour catching up on your old tank. That has to be in my top ten saltwater tanks of all time. All of the corals you had were picture perfect. They were some of the nicest corals I have ever seen and I could only dream of having some of those.
So sorry to hear about the crash, but the important thing is you learned a lesson from it. Its great to hear that you are trying to forget about it and move on because we need amazing hobbyist like you.
I cant wait to see the new fish tank up and running. What do you plan on putting in your new tank?

Thanks for your kind words. This time I will be focusing on SPS. I am hoping I can stay away from the urge to put corals on the sand bed. This time I want to keep the sand clear. Lets see how much of it I an execute.