Think the wife threw my ruler away. Any suggestions @Battlecorals @StatelineReefer
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Adam should be able to get you another one no problem
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what kind of marker are you using ?
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Just a regular dry erase
Shoot me an email
Pmd you.
mrpontiac80
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Hey there Adam @Battlecorals, I’m curious about your lighting. I know your corals are blasted and all but I’m using photons also and blues have been maxed out for some time and I’m slowly increasing a 3 hr window of peak white, red and green.
What kind of spectrum are you using? I just don’t seem to retain the awesome colors in your acros. Growing but colors change. My peak for helltrollsmen is currently 250-300 I can’t recall exactly. But it is super pale.
What kind of spectrum are you using? I just don’t seem to retain the awesome colors in your acros. Growing but colors change. My peak for helltrollsmen is currently 250-300 I can’t recall exactly. But it is super pale.
wmb0003
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Not sure if this helps you out at all:Hey there Adam @Battlecorals, I’m curious about your lighting. I know your corals are blasted and all but I’m using photons also and blues have been maxed out for some time and I’m slowly increasing a 3 hr window of peak white, red and green.
What kind of spectrum are you using? I just don’t seem to retain the awesome colors in your acros. Growing but colors change. My peak for helltrollsmen is currently 250-300 I can’t recall exactly. But it is super pale.
My Reef Breeders Photon V2+ Lighting program
Ok well, some good news. I finally got around to getting this done today. I have been wanting to have a quick access resource, in case I needed to reprogram my fixtures in any sort of shuffle. I have also been asked by many people to share my Photon schedule. And here it is. Mind you...
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mrpontiac80
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Thanks.Not sure if this helps you out at all:
My Reef Breeders Photon V2+ Lighting program
Ok well, some good news. I finally got around to getting this done today. I have been wanting to have a quick access resource, in case I needed to reprogram my fixtures in any sort of shuffle. I have also been asked by many people to share my Photon schedule. And here it is. Mind you...
mrpontiac80
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December entry @StatelineReefer@Reefing102 @BranchingHammer
It has lost some color and definitely is more pale but hopefully it will settle in soon. Par peaks around 250 in that area but I am slowly increasing it.
It has lost some color and definitely is more pale but hopefully it will settle in soon. Par peaks around 250 in that area but I am slowly increasing it.
@Reefing102 @StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer
Month 2 update. I've moved the frags to the spots that I thought they'd do best based on their reactions to the PAR while on the frag rack. So far, it looks like I put them in the correct spots
The HTMM is coloring back up now that I've placed it far off to the side of the tank and out of direct light from the XR30 (only 1 XR15 hitting it now), sitting at ~180 PAR. Like the Bonzai, this one has fully encrusted the top of its plug in the 3 weeks since my last update, with no vertical growth. I've also seen some very minor PE a couple of times in the last week, so that's also a good sign.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this one colors up- I think it's definitely top 3 of the contest's cant-pass-up pack. The other two I'm really enjoying are Pearly Cadaver and Pink Stelleton (which I cut off the plug and placed both separately, the encrusting on the plug is recovered and coloring up a little different than the frag). These 3 have some really strange colors that definitely fit the Halloween theme @Battlecorals and the team set up.
For this month's ICP test, I've finally got all the Moonshiners chemicals in, plus mud and vitamins. I've also got the RO-DI filter upgrade to help remove the silicates- you can see a massive improvement from the quoted 1-month update post below. Not pictured but also helping out is a newly purchased and installed (after I had sent the ICP test off, unfortunately) Vecton Titan 850 UV in-line with my return pump.
Finally, I've got fish in the system after going fallow for 4 months after I lost all my previous fish to disease, so I'm happy to have some movement back in the tank!
Month 2 update. I've moved the frags to the spots that I thought they'd do best based on their reactions to the PAR while on the frag rack. So far, it looks like I put them in the correct spots
The HTMM is coloring back up now that I've placed it far off to the side of the tank and out of direct light from the XR30 (only 1 XR15 hitting it now), sitting at ~180 PAR. Like the Bonzai, this one has fully encrusted the top of its plug in the 3 weeks since my last update, with no vertical growth. I've also seen some very minor PE a couple of times in the last week, so that's also a good sign.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this one colors up- I think it's definitely top 3 of the contest's cant-pass-up pack. The other two I'm really enjoying are Pearly Cadaver and Pink Stelleton (which I cut off the plug and placed both separately, the encrusting on the plug is recovered and coloring up a little different than the frag). These 3 have some really strange colors that definitely fit the Halloween theme @Battlecorals and the team set up.
For this month's ICP test, I've finally got all the Moonshiners chemicals in, plus mud and vitamins. I've also got the RO-DI filter upgrade to help remove the silicates- you can see a massive improvement from the quoted 1-month update post below. Not pictured but also helping out is a newly purchased and installed (after I had sent the ICP test off, unfortunately) Vecton Titan 850 UV in-line with my return pump.
Finally, I've got fish in the system after going fallow for 4 months after I lost all my previous fish to disease, so I'm happy to have some movement back in the tank!
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Month 1 update! 5mm of growth in 3 weeks (18mm Day 0 to 23mm), this one looks good but I haven't seen any PE yet. ICP test, apex stats, and FTS attached for anyone curious on my tank stats and frag placement.
Note there's a lot of messed up stuff on the ICP test (Fe and Al especially), and I'm chasing down the culprits. I'm 3 weeks into the Reef Moonshiner's method (just daily dosers so far), and all the correction elements show up tomorrow and I'm excited for that! No vitamins or reef mud yet, I'll probably order those in a month.
I've got my Radion G6 XR15 Blues on full performance of WWC's SPS 1500G tank, and the G6 XR30 Blue in the center is on a 60-day acclimation ramp up to an end goal of ~500 par in the center of the tank @ 12" depth.
I'm still trying to see which of the contest frags like what kind of light in my tank, and I've got some center-aisle spots reserved for them for final placement once I figure out what they like.
I've included a zoomed in shot for fun, and also to really see the flesh, polyp, and coralite health each month.
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Had to grab a ruler to use until I can get another from @Battlecorals
Par is sitting around 375. Colors look great in person.
@StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102
Par is sitting around 375. Colors look great in person.
@StatelineReefer @BranchingHammer @Reefing102
December entry @StatelineReefer @Reefing102 @BranchingHammer
Encrusting going on
Alk 7.9-8.2
Cal ~410
Mag ~1410
Nitrate ~ 8
PO4 ~ 0.13
Encrusting going on
Alk 7.9-8.2
Cal ~410
Mag ~1410
Nitrate ~ 8
PO4 ~ 0.13
Tonycass12
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December entry
@Reefing102 @BranchingHammer @StatelineReefer
Salinity 1.026
Alk 8.2
Phosphate .64
Nitrate 32.8
Ca 445
Mg 1370
Dec 24th
Initial photo for comparison. Slight bit of encrusting and some axial polyps are stretching out a little but slow going.
@Reefing102 @BranchingHammer @StatelineReefer
Salinity 1.026
Alk 8.2
Phosphate .64
Nitrate 32.8
Ca 445
Mg 1370
Dec 24th
Initial photo for comparison. Slight bit of encrusting and some axial polyps are stretching out a little but slow going.
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