Derek's Custom 180G SPS Reef Tank

[Poseidon]

yea looking good man,
that wp25 working out for you?

 

[spyd]

Definitely! That thing is the perfect size for my 40G tank. I can run it at full power and it produces a nice 1" plus wave across the tank. It was well worth the trade than buying another unit.

 

[jroovers]

Very nice Derek!  I need to get out sometime and see this set-up in person, I love the thought of a plumbed in frag tank. 

 

[davesolo29]

Wow.... just went thru the last few pages of this thread... i really havent been to your place in awhile now.  so much has changed.  gonna have to stop by soon and have a visit. 

 

[spyd]

Finally got my Actinic LED supplement lighting hooked up and powered!  I will snap some pics tonight along with some progression shots. Corals have really been taking off now that I have my PO4 in check again. It has been a little high. Not high enough to cause damage but enough to slow down the growth of my SPS. Now, things couldn't be better.

 

[jroovers]

Finally got my Actinic LED supplement lighting hooked up and powered!  I will snap some pics tonight along with some progression shots. Corals have really been taking off now that I have my PO4 in check again. It has been a little high. Not high enough to cause damage but enough to slow down the growth of my SPS. Now, things couldn't be better.

Good to hear, looking forward to those pics!

 

[davesolo29]

awesome.. cant wait to see them

 

[teebone110]

Hey Derek,

Just curious what do you have for current livestock and how much of what were you feeding? What are you feeding now?

 

[spyd]

Finally a few spare minutes to post some pics of the modified lighting. Forgive the super purple pics but it is very hard to shoot pics with solely RB LEDs going:

Here is the modified fixture with the RBs running.

Here's a FTS with solely RBs running:

Here's a FTS with my Actinic T5's and RB's running:

Here's a FTS with all my T5's and RB's running:

Here are a few stand out corals with solely the RB's running:

Absolutely insane colour on my Rainbow Lobo!!

Darryl sure named this coral correctly: The DV Glowstick:

Tyree Pink Lemonade. The polyps just glow like crazy!

Here is my Tubbs Pink Jade:

Here is my ORA Hawkins growing nicely!

And of course my Tyree Red Dragon:

 

[reeffreak]

Wow! Nice stuff, keep it up.

 

[jroovers]

Looks awesome. The rb's certainly do make certain corals glow. It is weird, some that you think would look incredible under rb's don't glow at all, but still look nice with the rb effect when the fuller spectrum lighting is on.

 

[Darryl_V]

wow....looking great.  I will have to get over and see how you did those LED some time. 

Hope you dont mind but I took a bit more blue out of your FTS.

VS.

 

[Duke]

looks amazing. growth looks really great too what fish are you trying to catch? and what camera are you using?

 

[BIGSHOW]

Tank looks amazing Derek. 

 

[Reef Hero]

:jawdrop:
Great job Derek!!
You will have to teach me how to take great pictures like that!
Very neat way to hang the LEDs onto the fixture.... Looks very professional.

 

[Thanh]

very nice

 

[spyd]

Thanks everyone. I am trying to catch these darn blue streak cardinals. 2 down, 7 to go. Lol. I want to remove them and get some Flame Wrasses. As for camera, I am using a canon T1i.

Thanks for adjusting that photo Darryl. It was definitely far too blue. I still need to get down to Henrys to buy a white balance cap one of these days.

I took a pile of pics but a lot of them came out far to white.... I find my best photos are solely with the Blue Plus lamps running.

 

[teebone110]

Keeps looking better and better!

Which LEDs are those?

II think everything looks better with RBs

 

[Duke]

Thanks everyone. I am trying to catch these darn blue streak cardinals. 2 down, 7 to go. Lol. I want to remove them and get some Flame Wrasses. As for camera, I am using a canon T1i.

Thanks for adjusting that photo Darryl. It was definitely far too blue. I still need to get down to Henrys to buy a white balance cap one of these days.

I took a pile of pics but a lot of them came out far to white.... I find my best photos are solely with the Blue Plus lamps running.

i use anything i can find for a white balance cap.. just use a tripod and hold whatever you have available in front of the lens while getting most of the tank in the photo, switch to manual focus and make the photo as out of focus as you can and use the set custom white balance feature on your camera. pringles lid, ziplock containers, cereal box bag, anything that has that grey/white translucent look to it. try setting this with all your T5's turned on only, then after you set it, your photos should be free of blue.. almost too much, then flick your leds on and i bet you get a perfect photo.

 

[jmonker]

I would love to come look at this tank in person?  Love the leds, Im pretty sure I have the fixture, Hopefuly We can figure something out sometime... Keep up the sick work bud..