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Topic: 400 Gallon Starphire Build - Mixed Reef Posted: November 18 2017 at 6:13pm |
I have every LED on 100% for 7 hours, then I ramp up for an hour at 14K and ramp down with 14K for about 2 hours in the evenings. I basically copied what Sanjay Joshi does with his lighting if you are familiar with his tank.
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Posted: November 18 2017 at 12:41pm |
Do you use 1 of the preset lighting options on the gen 4 pros? Or do you have a custom schedule?
I have two gen 4 pros on my 90 gallon and I'm getting a bit of bleaching going on on my sps. I have the lights dialed way down, maxing out at only about 50% at the tanks "high noon period" The bleaching appears almost immediately in 1 day everytime I turn the lights up higher than 50%. At the moment all the frags are in a frag rack on the sand bed, so I would have thought they would want more light rather than less being all the way on the bottom... Clearly you are doing something right because yoir growth looks awesome!
I've got a reeflink and a wxm module/apex. So technically I can use either. Although the reeflink is running the show right now.
Any ideas?
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Posted: November 18 2017 at 8:16am |
Just a little bit of an update.
I know this first pic sucks cause it's from my phone, but I wanted to show the growth difference in 9 months since I upgraded to the Gen 4 pros. They are currently running at 100%.
I'm also convinced the more you cut and frag, the faster your corals grow. I know close to zero about the science and biology of the corals, but I do know when you hurt them, they go into a defensive and reproductive mode. I've given away so many mini colonies the last 6 months and everywhere my colonies have been sliced up, they double and triple in size where I cut them.
A few other random shots.
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Posted: April 15 2017 at 1:59pm |
A few shots this morning.
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Posted: April 11 2017 at 4:58pm |
Good grief, you're killing me! I need to come see this thing in person.
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Posted: April 11 2017 at 3:44pm |
Stunning! Nice job!
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 4:38pm |
A few shots this morning. I guess I need to clean the glass before I shoot. I didn't realize how much detail the camera is picking up.
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Posted: February 21 2017 at 6:10pm |
Very nice!
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Posted: February 20 2017 at 6:28pm |
Hogie wrote:
How the red tail wrasse? Does it eat your CUC or flip stuff over? Beautiful fish! OK, they're all beautiful fish! The gold flake angel is one of my all time favorites but I've been to chicken to get one. And how often do you see a pair of cross hatch triggers in a tank?!
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I've only had it a week, so I haven't really noticed it bothering inverts.
Gold Flakes are one of my favorite fish too. It's been a really hardy fish, it's lived through a huge Ich outbreak and Flukes lol. Luckily, I only lost a Bangaii during my out breaks, so all my fish I feel are toughened up a bit.
As far as the the triggers go, I got 3 of them, all about 3 inches big. One of my Females turned Male and then the 2 Males started fighting, so I sold him. The pair does a really cool dance every night. Here is a link, I video'd it about 18 months ago. https://vimeo.com/129066750 I learned a lot about Cross Hatches from a gentleman named Jerry Jones up in Canada. He's the only one that I know of who breeds Cross Hatches. It's been a lot of fun learning about these fish.
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Posted: February 20 2017 at 3:46pm |
Beautiful tank!
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Posted: February 20 2017 at 11:15am |
How the red tail wrasse? Does it eat your CUC or flip stuff over? Beautiful fish! OK, they're all beautiful fish! The gold flake angel is one of my all time favorites but I've been to chicken to get one. And how often do you see a pair of cross hatch triggers in a tank?!
Thanks for sharing!!
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Posted: February 19 2017 at 10:29pm |
Mark Peterson wrote:
I can't wait to see the tank after a year or two of growth.
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That was August 2014. Two years later now it's looking awesome. Aloha, Mark
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Posted: January 03 2016 at 11:50pm |
Want to see a tank so much
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Posted: November 12 2015 at 7:58am |
Any updates?
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 12:46pm |
Your tank is looking fantastic Aaron. I'm very happy to see everything thriving.
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 10:25am |
Gorgeous tank, love the vid thanks for sharing.
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 7:37am |
A little video I shot with my phone the other night.
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