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4-6 weeks we'll be testing parameters week to week or twice a week depending.How long do you think you will cycle for
Weekend update!
We got the @Orphek OR3 120 LED Blue! Just a quick review: We ended up replacing the T5 with the bar, we couldn't be happier with the results the corals seem to be acclimating well not to mention I love the look over the tank the colors of everything just pop! In addition to how I've added the LED bar to the 8020 stand It's helped to hide the light glare from the XR30s. My only gripe with the OR3s is that you can adjust the intensity, in this day in age where all of the major players have this option it's a little disappointing that Orphek didn't include this in this model. Overall though we're happy with the switch.
The wife made a DIY refugium. 3 cut sheets of black acrylic and some silicone did the trick, Add some frag plugs at the bottom and our Fluval sea marine light (I'm glad we hung on to it.) The skimmer has also finally been tuned after an overabundance of micro bubbles for a few days.
Corals are looking happy and healthy. We dipped our toe into the SPS world with a strawberry shortcake acro, though sadly I think we received it dead or in the process of dying. Our deepwater acro still has color but the polyps still haven't come out yet (parameters posted at the bottom . I've been delving deep into the SPS care forum in hopes that I can put together a Battlebox from @Battlecorals together If you haven't visited the site I highly recommend it!
Parameters:
Mg: 1350
Calcium: 410
Alk: 9.6
Ph: 8.11
Phosphates: .03
Nitrates: 3.0
Looking good! We're adding fish to our 180.5 as we speak and hoping to add corals in about 4 weeks. Love the blue light! We have 3x XR15 Blue Gen5s coming and can't wait. Hoping for the same color pop you are getting. That color is also really responsive to your camera. Are you using a special lens? Whenever we take pictures, they come out blah.. And that's using a lense we grabbed off Amazon specifically for coral pics.Weekend update!
We got the @Orphek OR3 120 LED Blue! Just a quick review: We ended up replacing the T5 with the bar, we couldn't be happier with the results the corals seem to be acclimating well not to mention I love the look over the tank the colors of everything just pop! In addition to how I've added the LED bar to the 8020 stand It's helped to hide the light glare from the XR30s. My only gripe with the OR3s is that you can adjust the intensity, in this day in age where all of the major players have this option it's a little disappointing that Orphek didn't include this in this model. Overall though we're happy with the switch.
The wife made a DIY refugium. 3 cut sheets of black acrylic and some silicone did the trick, Add some frag plugs at the bottom and our Fluval sea marine light (I'm glad we hung on to it.) The skimmer has also finally been tuned after an overabundance of micro bubbles for a few days.
Corals are looking happy and healthy. We dipped our toe into the SPS world with a strawberry shortcake acro, though sadly I think we received it dead or in the process of dying. Our deepwater acro still has color but the polyps still haven't come out yet (parameters posted at the bottom . I've been delving deep into the SPS care forum in hopes that I can put together a Battlebox from @Battlecorals together If you haven't visited the site I highly recommend it!
Parameters:
Mg: 1350
Calcium: 410
Alk: 9.6
Ph: 8.11
Phosphates: .03
Nitrates: 3.0
Looking good! We're adding fish to our 180.5 as we speak and hoping to add corals in about 4 weeks. Love the blue light! We have 3x XR15 Blue Gen5s coming and can't wait. Hoping for the same color pop you are getting. That color is also really responsive to your camera. Are you using a special lens? Whenever we take pictures, they come out blah.. And that's using a lense we grabbed off Amazon specifically for coral pics.
Weekend update!
We got the @Orphek OR3 120 LED Blue! Just a quick review: We ended up replacing the T5 with the bar, we couldn't be happier with the results the corals seem to be acclimating well not to mention I love the look over the tank the colors of everything just pop! In addition to how I've added the LED bar to the 8020 stand It's helped to hide the light glare from the XR30s. My only gripe with the OR3s is that you can adjust the intensity, in this day in age where all of the major players have this option it's a little disappointing that Orphek didn't include this in this model. Overall though we're happy with the switch.
The wife made a DIY refugium. 3 cut sheets of black acrylic and some silicone did the trick, Add some frag plugs at the bottom and our Fluval sea marine light (I'm glad we hung on to it.) The skimmer has also finally been tuned after an overabundance of micro bubbles for a few days.
Corals are looking happy and healthy. We dipped our toe into the SPS world with a strawberry shortcake acro, though sadly I think we received it dead or in the process of dying. Our deepwater acro still has color but the polyps still haven't come out yet (parameters posted at the bottom . I've been delving deep into the SPS care forum in hopes that I can put together a Battlebox from @Battlecorals together If you haven't visited the site I highly recommend it!
Parameters:
Mg: 1350
Calcium: 410
Alk: 9.6
Ph: 8.11
Phosphates: .03
Nitrates: 3.0
Our OR3 bar sits about 12' above the water, getting 100par extra. Like you, for the first week, I ran the bar 1-2 hrs and slowly increased the lighting time an hour over the course of 3 weeks. At this point, the bar stays on for 5 hrs a day. Everything seems to be doing well I'm seeing some color up on a lot of the euphyllia, and our acros are extending more than I've ever seen when they were under the XR30s. I have the OR3 90 Reef Day light ordered I'm hoping it comes in the next few weeks. I'll post again once I have it installed. Are you running the blue light version as well?How did you end up acclimating the corals to the OR bar? The bars for me are adding another 100 par at my sps, so far just running a couple hours a day during peak lighting. Are you running them for your whole light cycle?
Thanks!
I like it! I like the lagoon tank as well. Been trying to convince the wife to let me add a similar tank to my garage space. Was that custom made? I thought about going with a similar lighting setup and selling off the XR30s for ReefFi lights. Just can't justify the cost with how good things are going in the tank. Our torches have responded well to the light mix, I'm curious about what's going to happen when I add the reef day light. Keep you posted!