- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Looks great Rich. Interesting that you raised the color temp to 14K for photography. I modified the AB template for 3 hrs. of 14K at the height of the program--- I need my non-blue viewing hours )
Im officially an LED user :/
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Looks great Rich. Interesting that you raised the color temp to 14K for photography. I modified the AB template for 3 hrs. of 14K at the height of the program--- I need my non-blue viewing hours )
Thanks Vincent!
Thanks Randy. What K is the standard AB+ template? Looks like toothpaste lol. Corals respond well to it, but looks much more blue than a 20k radium halide. I might have even been 13.5k for this video, don't remember, just looked at the tank for the best spectrum to my eye.
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- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Ha. Yeah it is too blue for me probably closer to 18K for most of the cycle. Corals do like it though. I figured if I used the template settings for 3 hrs on each end and I gave them 3 hrs of 14K during my prime viewing hours we'd have the best of both worlds. So far so good. I do think the 14K setting is very nice. FWIW Sanjay runs 12K ( which is all channels at 100%) exclusively with tremendous results. 12K is a little too white for me.
- Location
- North Shore Long lsand, NY
Looks good R-dog.....as usual...what's your fish count?
- Location
- New Jersey , 07057
Looks great!
Tank looks like it's enjoying the new lighting
Tank looks like it's enjoying the new lighting
Had 17 for a long time, just added 2 more wrasses the other day. I'm trying to keep my nitrates 10-15ppm but currently struggling to get them above 5ppm.
Thanks. Time will be the real test.
- Location
- lindenhurst,ny
Looks good man ...
I just put them on 12k 100% to see what it looks like ....... WOW!!! Super Bright! I don't know how Sanjay doesn't burn his corals. He must have a very high nutrient level or have these lights far from the water surface.
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
He does have a high nutrient load. I'm not exactly sure how high off the water he hangs his lights I'll find out.
- Location
- brooklyn 11220
Sanjay Does keep very high Nutrients !!
His parameters are Alk 9-11, Ca 400, Mg 1350-1440, No3 20-40, PO4 .12-.22, Sr 9
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Sanjay's Radions are hung about 9" above the tank. He runs 8 G4 over his 500g.
They were saying that he does keep a high nutrient tank. My nitrates have been creeping up... currently somewhere between 10ppm-25ppm. Phosphate still low .03 Corals responding well.
Im at the 8 week mark with the Radion G4, still going well. Growth is not the best that I ever had, but it's decent. Colors are not the best that I've ever had, but they're decent
IMG_2103 by rich colombo, on Flickr
IMG_2099 by rich colombo, on Flickr
IMG_2098 by rich colombo, on Flickr
IMG_1962 by rich colombo, on Flickr
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- Location
- massapequa long island
Corals looks good.. are you still running the AB+ default template?
I am but getting sick of the overly blue color. I need a lower K template to run.
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