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@Jubei2006 - Reading remained at 0 and the No3 is still at .20 to .25 so looking great.
The second Shipment of LiveRock @LiverockRocks is scheduled for Tomorrow Whoohooo.
We did have an intruder inside the LiveRock, a mantis shrimp, who is now in Mantis Heaven. I tried to save the little bugger, but the hot water on the live rock he was in seemed to doom him. I did try trap first but needed the little intruder out before the next set of live rock arrives, which is tomorrow. If our QT tank did not have the fish that used to reside in the tank within it, I would have put the rock in there.
Mantis shrimp are cool, but man in a reef tank....that'd be a nightmare. I am getting ready to purchase some live rock for the big tank to increase biodiversity, and have a few tanks to quarantine the rock in for uninvited guests (ich and velvet being the big ones for me). All my fish can from TSM aquatics, so Id hate to chance it. But I still think a lot of the people on here are right about live rock being the best way long term. Just not with fush disease and hitchhiker control. So I guess Ill be using a "hybrid" method. Sorta wish I wouldve started with live rock in the sump, built the dry rock structure in the display, and when I knew everything was good, connect the two. Oh well, patience is not my strong suit.Good Evening,
@Jubei2006 - Reading remained at 0 and the No3 is still at .20 to .25 so looking great.
The second Shipment of LiveRock @LiverockRocks is scheduled for Tomorrow Whoohooo.
We did have an intruder inside the LiveRock, a mantis shrimp, who is now in Mantis Heaven. I tried to save the little bugger, but the hot water on the live rock he was in seemed to doom him. I did try trap first but needed the little intruder out before the next set of live rock arrives, which is tomorrow. If our QT tank did not have the fish that used to reside in the tank within it, I would have put the rock in there.
Those lights look fantastic, and cant wait to see them on. Hopefully you can supply us a video so we can see them running (shimmer and such)? I have been thinking about adding two of the kessil a500x to my tank to increase shimmer and maybe get more light penetration down to the bottom of the tank (never used a par meter so unsure where its at). Sucks about the programing, but they all have their "issues". I still can use the ghl connect on my phone to connect to my mitras, so anytime I wanna change anything....get out the laptop and plug in the usb port. Looking at getting the module put in the profilux to control them through it. But they're on, working on a schedule, and Im lazy.Good Evening,
We have also been playing with the Amazonas 960 iCon lights and the App, and some observations that I believe others should be made aware of:
1- Acclimation Mode does not use your schedule or your light settings. The manual does state this is a roundabout way that the intensity starts at 30% and ramps up to 60% between the time intervals, with that range being between 8:01 AM to 8:00 PM. If you want it to be earlier or later than these times, you can not do it. It does not consider your existing light schedule or intensity, so this feature would not work for us as my max light intensity is 45%. With the light's max intensity of 60% at the end of the acclimation of ten days, it would be 15% higher than expected.
We did get around this feature by creating multiple acclimation settings raising the intensity by 3% every three days with a new schedule. But, again, something I believe we should not have to do, and I hope they correct this.
2- Lunar mode and Cloud modes have specific time ranges that are not allowed to overlap between the specified times. Lunar times start times and end times must be between time times of 8:00 PM and 8:00 AM. For example, if your lights were going out at 7:30 PM and you wanted the moon to take over, you can not have the moon start until 8:00 PM. Likewise, you could not do that if you wanted your lights to start at 9:00 AM and the moon to turn off at 8:59 AM. Cloud settings have the same restriction and must be between 8:01 AM and 8:00 PM.
We worked around this by adjusting our entire light schedule from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Even with these two observations, we believe the lights are worth the value and would repurchase them.
Pull out the VIBRANT!!@Jubei2006 - We have a few to combat the caleurpa but agree will need to watch it. Maybe get the weed eater out to combat it hehe.
Thanks on the comments about the rocks. We are very impressed at the quality and life all over the rock from @LiverockRocks and would for sure buy from them again.