FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

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Sorry, I didn’t search through 405 pages to find the answer but what is the current lighting setup ?

I saw in 2015 it was LED n halide

just curious what it is now

impressive coloration and health

inspiring!!
 
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Sorry, I didn’t search through 405 pages to find the answer but what is the current lighting setup ?

I saw in 2015 it was LED n halide

just curious what it is now

impressive coloration and health

inspiring!!
Thank you. Yes, lightning has changed a couple times since then. Current setup on all systems is Aquaticlife fixture with Radion G4 Pros running AB+ with 2 blue+ T5s and 2 actinic T5 bulbs.
 

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Amazing results

planning new basement build
Bunch of 80 gal Frag tanks
Few 100 rubbermade stock tanks

was going to use halide
Prob still will but I’m seeing systems that make me what to try led again

Maybe Orphek strips and T5

Lol
Lotta maybes
Maybe high Kh
Maybe low
Maybe closed loops
Maybe tunze

thanks for the inspiration
mean it sincerely

nothing I love more than seeing killer grows that get me hungry to do better

respect!!
 
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Amazing results

planning new basement build
Bunch of 80 gal Frag tanks
Few 100 rubbermade stock tanks

was going to use halide
Prob still will but I’m seeing systems that make me what to try led again

Maybe Orphek strips and T5

Lol
Lotta maybes
Maybe high Kh
Maybe low
Maybe closed loops
Maybe tunze

thanks for the inspiration
mean it sincerely

nothing I love more than seeing killer grows that get me hungry to do better

respect!!
Thank you! New builds are always fun and I’m jealous of the basement! I’d go nuts if I had a whole basement!
 
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Cool little tenuis I picked up last month. Hopefully it turns out to be something special and not just another blue light only tenuis.
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Hey there Ty, hope your making it thru the storms ok. Hope you other Texas reefers on here are ok too!
Thanks bud! The tornado yesterday was literally 6-7 blocks away from us. Luckily it went east and not south or we would have gotten rocked. The path left stores battered, cars upside down, and homes missing their roofs and second floors. It was a doozy.

I did lose power for 8-9 hrs and had the generator going to sustain the tanks. I feel like I live in a less developed area of the world than it has felt like for the past year. We went straight from the snowpacalypse last year to a tornado across the street. I think someone doesn’t want me to keep SPS anymore. Haha.

Thanks for asking! We got power back around 2-3am and I went about putting things back in place. Only hiccup was swapping my return pump and heater ports when plugging things back in… but Iucked out as the sump only got so warm because my top off and skimmer kept dumping the water out and replenishing enough till I woke up several hours later to discover what I did and replenished the water and everything was fine.
 

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Thanks bud! The tornado yesterday was literally 6-7 blocks away from us. Luckily it went east and not south or we would have gotten rocked. The path left stores battered, cars upside down, and homes missing their roofs and second floors. It was a doozy.

I did lose power for 8-9 hrs and had the generator going to sustain the tanks. I feel like I live in a less developed area of the world than it has felt like for the past year. We went straight from the snowpacalypse last year to a tornado across the street. I think someone doesn’t want me to keep SPS anymore. Haha.

Thanks for asking! We got power back around 2-3am and I went about putting things back in place. Only hiccup was swapping my return pump and heater ports when plugging things back in… but Iucked out as the sump only got so warm because my top off and skimmer kept dumping the water out and replenishing enough till I woke up several hours later to discover what I did and replenished the water and everything was fine.
Man, that's close, I'm glad you and your family are OK. Yes, happy about the tank too.
 
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2 months later… my RR Pink Floyd is actually growing in the 100 gal tub of cycled rocks with just a pump and heater. I’m getting new branches at the top which still boggles my mind as I have no clue on parameters in that tub and top off is random… so salinity ranges from 1.022-1.29 often which huge jumps.
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2 months later… my RR Pink Floyd is actually growing in the 100 gal tub of cycled rocks with just a pump and heater. I’m getting new branches at the top which still boggles my mind as I have no clue on parameters in that tub and top off is random… so salinity ranges from 1.022-1.29 often which huge jumps.
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So acros can survive and thrive in unstable conditions????
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2 months later… my RR Pink Floyd is actually growing in the 100 gal tub of cycled rocks with just a pump and heater. I’m getting new branches at the top which still boggles my mind as I have no clue on parameters in that tub and top off is random… so salinity ranges from 1.022-1.29 often which huge jumps.
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You have something in your house that can't be killed, it's growing and it has feeder tentacles! And your not concerned!?!! Run while you can! :eek: :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
 
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You have something in your house that can't be killed, it's growing and it has feeder tentacles! And your not concerned!?!! Run while you can! :eek: :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
I’ve been wondering where my dog has been the last couple of days!
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