Shock's 55 Gallon - Page 9

Shock · 11-07-2008, 10:50 PM

Thanks GM. I start my new job monday, so maybe i will get back into buying corals again. After looking at your tank (love the videos btw) and helping my uncle just put a 150 in his wall. I want more!

Nereaga · 11-07-2008, 10:57 PM

Tank does look nice! I think your T5's look really bright! The coraline seems to like it aswell! What T5 fixture are you running again?

Rychek · 11-08-2008, 08:27 AM

Wow, I don't know how I missed those pics earlier, but your tank looks great! I too would like to know how you've got your lights setup.

Shock · 11-08-2008, 10:18 AM

Thanks Nereaga and Rychek! The T5s are defintly bright, I cant figure out how to take a picture of them without the camera messing up, either reflecting light, or making it too blue...

But anyways, Lights are now right around 8 months old I think. The coraline seems to be doing great, If i didnt have lenny the blenny picking at it all day, im sure the back of the tank would be layered with coraline.

Retro setup each with individual reflectors and the bulbs front to back are..

ATI Blue +
UVL Actinic
UVL AquaSun
ATI Blue +

I just need to master taking pictures of the tank without it looking blue and ill take some more.

Im not going to lie though... and this is gonna sound bad. I havent tested the water in 2 months or more

But everything is fine, maybe ill test the water today.

Rychek · 11-08-2008, 02:16 PM

That's a lot of blue. You're running the same bulbs as I am with the exception of the UVL Actinic. I swapped that for a non-blue bulb.

Shock · 11-08-2008, 02:31 PM

I have a 15K bulb... maybe ill put that in and try it out for size.

Shock · 11-09-2008, 02:52 PM

I put in the 15K bulb today, looks alot less blue, im not used to it at all, maybe ill take a picture later, Also i turned off all the pumps and squirted an entire block of frozen brine shrimp that sat in garlic at Kaylee today, She loved it, she ate a good amount of it. Im trying to fatten the poor girl up, i will probably give her a block every day or 2, then turn the pumps on and let the other fish clean up what she didnt get.

During todays feeding I accidently scared her, she was behind the rocks in the corner of the tank, so i squirted the food in the back corner with her, she was up against the rock, and out of no where 2 huge bristle worms came out and they where both practically next to her or sometimes even on her, and i didnt like that to much, i was worried she was gonna get hurt so i flicked the glass scared the worms away, but also poor Kaylee.