140 Gallon Starphire Build

[matt_longview]

That red planet is gorgeous. Dangit... gotta add another to the list.... lol

 

[Heezie]

Do you have a full tank shot? or 2 or 3 lol

 

[Guest]

@Heezie wrote:

I switched to Aquaillumination sol blue LEDs so I am in the process of redoing my rock work will do a before and after pics


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[mradams1981]

hey kuyatwo,

how many modules did you decide to go with? also sol whites or sol blues? if you need any help setting the timers and ramp periods let me know.

 

[Guest]

@mradams1981 wrote:

I bought two borrowing one more from jasons 96gts. So I am ordering one unless i can pick up some on r2r or rc.

I copied the profiles from a guy on rc. I really like the modules right now I am at 35 percent intensity till next week and i will up it by 5 percent


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[mradams1981]

how high above the water line are you running the modules? with the 3 on there how do you like the overall spread of the light?

 

[mradams1981]

Im also pretty excited because sunday im getting a par meter and am going to do some testing around my tank. im anxious to really see the numbers im getting @ 55% white and 50% blues/royals. ill post them on my build thread.

 

[Guest]

@mradams1981 wrote:

Right now 9" I can raise the light bar higher but I think I need to change the middle optics to all 70 degrees. Preferable I think 4modules would be ideal with 2 outside modules running across the tank and 2 inside modules running parallel. But I am also going to add 2 t5's as I am a big fan of KZ Fiji Purple bulbs something about them make my corals grow faster and color up beautifully


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[ImageX]

lol 3 whole pages and no FTS.. was trying to see what ya got going on there.. =D

 

[bimmerzs]

@kuyatwo wrote:

Dangit man...you are giving up all my secret's... [smilie=lol.gif]

Cheers,

 

[Capt_krill]

I'm very interested in how you wired up the Profilux to the meanwell drivers.

Got any pics of the wiring of the light?

 

[Guest]

@Capt_krill wrote:

I ended up buying ai LEDs which came with their own controller

If you own a profilux you use their module which plugs into the variable port then converts it the signal to a pwm signal to go to the drivers. This is only controller for diy LEDs that will let you do thunder storm mode

http://reefbuilders.com/2011/02/01/profilux-led-control-4/


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[Capt_krill]

Well, considering I am not rebuying an LED fixture I think this will be my light controller.

 

[ImageX]

speaking of leds... still waiting for you to pick these up pampee..

 

[Guest]

@ImageX wrote:

I am off tues so will call you tomorrow to come by


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[Guest]

Goofed around with the camera and melev photo box over the weekend

anemone

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coral from msholmes

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Oregon Tort

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Stag

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Tenuis

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Rainbow Monti

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Echinata

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Red Planet

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[psteeleb]

nice pictures

 

[Guest]

I redid my aquascaping after the frag swap to open up the tank


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[Drew]

Very nice. Scott fellman would appreciate all the open space.

 

[Guest]

Parameter levels:
Ca - 420ppm (Red Sea Pro)
Alk - 9.0 (Red Sea Pro)
pH - 8.0-8.15 (Apex)
Mg - 1380 (Red Sea Pro)
NO3 - .5 - 1ppm (Red Sea Pro)
PO4 - 0 (Hanna)
Salinity - 1.026 (Refractometer)

Lighting:
4 x Aqua Illumination Sol Blue + 2 x 39w T5's (ati purple plus and kz fiji purple).

Schedule:

Sunrise - 6:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Ramp 30 min White 54 Blue 67 RB 67
Mid Day - 10:31 AM - 1:30 PM Ramp 30 min 58 White 71 Blue 70 Royal Blue and T5's on
Afternoon - 1:31PM - 7:15 pm - Ramp 30 54 White 65 Blue 68 Royal blue T5's off
Sunset 9:00PM - 10:30 - Ramp 90 White 5 Blue 10 Royal Blue 10
Moonlights - 10:31pm - 1:00 AM Ramp 30 min White 0 Blue 2 Royal Blue 4

Controller: Apex

Dosing :
Kalkwasser from Two Little Fishies via Profilux Doser
2 part from BRS via Profilux Doser
Strontium - 5 ml of Kent's every other day
Zeo Sponge Power - 2 drops per day
ZeoBak and MB7 - 10 ml of MB7, 5 drops Zeobak on alternate days
Zeofood 7 - 5 drops per day
Brightwells Koral Color 20 drops a day
Brightwells CoralAmino - 5 drops once a week
Pohl's Xtra - 5 drops a day
Lugol's - 1 drop per day
ATB biopellets - 1300ml (BioPellet Reactor - Converted vertex Zeovit reactor)

Salt:
I do a 25 gallon water change on the 10th, 20th 30th of every month mixture of (Alteranatively mix equal parts together Red Sea Coral Pro and Sybon Reef, Coralife and Sybon Marine)

Skimmer:
Royal Vertex Alpha Cone 200

Food:
Rod's Food, PE Mysis, cyclopeeze