How has the change affected your tank temp?

I need to get over and check this out! It's one thing to see one over coral (I still haven't) but yours is also a large tank and you're doing 2 rows which i most certainly would need to.

Your pics look better in my eyes!

Woah, that's sweet!!!!!!!!!!
Levi do you have any tips for saving zoas/paly's? I'm getting to my wit's end with them melting for no apparent reason. I lost my Jason Fox Blood Shot's and now my Space Monsters are melting away :cry::cry::cry::mad::mad::mad: I don't have spiders, nudi's or pox or anything I can tell that's bothering them. I do have asterina stars but they never go anywhere near my zoa's/paly's. I did notice something a couple weeks ago, there was something strange looking on the inside stalk of my space monsters(notice the dark lines inside the far left play, this is also the one that melted on me a couple days ago) They also look skinny and so do a couple other of my paly frags.
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Dude I'm still waiting on what the frags I gave you look like under LEDs lol hint hint

Try putting a bit of flow on them I find mine opens right up when I direct some flow on them

They're opening just fine, I made them close for this pic(taken a couple weeks ago).

Sweet tank! I'm assuming your loving the Radions? How did you acclimate the tank to the LED's?

I've just started the switch, and I can tell everyone these Radions are really underrated IMO. Right now I have one side by side with a high end 400W 20k radium, and at 100% the Radion is brighter! I'm starting at 33% as to not bleach anything.

Do a water & carbon change and see if that helps. I see allot of mystery rot both online and in my tank I have a feeling it's either some sort of coral pathogen or bacteria/ fungus, IME once the mat starts to melt it's game over so fragging the healthy location is required.

Peroxide, Fresh & Coral RX dips might help but I find stressed coral responds badly to dips regardless.Watch the zoas @ night as well, I think you might be surprised where those safe little star fish end up.

GAH! I did it again, you will just have to see them in person :razz:.

On full intensity they severely ****ed my zoas off, I dialed the first set back from 30% up to 100% over the span of 3 weeks. Everything is happy now, I will be doing something similar with the back row.

What are the dark purple centered palys with the whitish skirts called Levi??



Everything is so bright and shiny now :lol:!
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Still sitting @ 78 during the day dropping to 75 @ night, I will get Devo to check again tonight.

Tankkk Tourrrr!!!!
But ya, right after new years I should be good whole family is deathly ill at the moment :neutral:.

The ones in the front right? I think they are PPE (Purple People Eaters) not 100% on the ID though.

Looking great levi love the colors Man, bit of $$$ there in LED's Santa thought that you were good/

Thanks Mike! No coal in the stocking this year :razz:!

Don't really need any coal regardless, the swap took us from 1650W between the two fixtures to 708W (@100% intensity) between 6!

No more bulb replacements, daily heat swings, or high power bills :biggrin:! Could not be happier with the units both visually and with how they work.

Holy cow talk about growth batman, I added these directly after adding the radions so the only light they have recieved is the splash from my rear halide and the radions themselves:

Got these paly's on 11-03-2011
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Not bad growth for just under 2 months in the system:
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And who said LED's couldn't grow coral?

Boxing Day Snag
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Very impressive Levi! Looks great!

Thanks Greg!

Finally got around to setting this puppy up, time to grow some frags!

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Hurry up already!

ya i need 1 of each like 2-3 polyps each at my deal price or you get the
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you need the Deltec 702 on there

SOMEONE SAY FRAGS!!!

BAH! Don't rush me these things are poisonous! Interested to see what my growth is like under a 400W plant grow bulb with 2 54W actinic supplements, I anticipate pest algae :neutral:.

Pretty sure the rest of Calgary is going to be a little peeved at you if you nuke ma house Mike :lol:. Long standing Canreefers will get the cheapie prices, everything is going via Red Coral though (All three locations will have first dibs). I will make sure to arrange something with Kevin when everything is ready, I plan to take and post WYSIWYG photos and then drop them off.

I wiiishhhhh! That thing is the definition of beast skimmer's, I do enjoy my Vertex though :biggrin:!

Frags are a limited time offer for people who haven't won every contest in Canreef existence :lol::lol::lol:.

Haha, JK buddy you have two things I'm missing! Grow out please, then it's trade time! You have any photos of your winnings yet?

hmmm i would like some frags lol, can you hook a brother up lol, and i'm still waiting for photos of the zoas under your light lol

I took one today, forgot to post it though :neutral:! I will get Devan to throw it up tonight.

No photos or frags yet, Wes is taking great care to make sure there is no algae that he has a touch of on them. I guess the Candy Apple Reds are up to 8-9 heads now though.

What 2 are you missing?


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CAR's and the Space Monstas, I will have Jason Fox Blood Shot Palys ready by then.

Well I will do my best to not melt them and hook you up with some. I would imagine that they will grow better in your tank then mine any how.


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I've melted the only polyp I've ever had of CAR's :neutral:. Single polyp frags is not a good idea, 10 polyps of them is the perfect size to start a real colony.

Sweet, you and Wes must feed you zoa's the same steroids & most of the frags should be 6 heads or better. :biggrin:

from what Im hearing the space monsters grow like a weed( I certainly hope so).......my single head CAR frag melted as well.....I have a three header now that seems to be doing ok.......


man with that frag tank lighting you should get a wee bit of growth.....but ya, you may need a small army of critters and fish to keep things in check....


so, how are you liking the 6 radions?.....do you think that is enough for your footprint now?.....Im not a student like you so I cant afford a whack of them at once:razz: but I did pick up one for the upgrade today.....

Steriods :eek:... Who slipped the secret!


I transfered my Stary Blenny and Long spine urchin to the fuge for cleaning duty, so far so good I'm just waiting for the dreaded cyano :neutral:.

Couldn't be happier with them at the moment, all of the corals in the tank are looking plump and healthy and SPS that was brown under my halides is finally making a color up. Foot print wise I would say 6 is perfect for my tank, I just need to come up with a better mounting rack as they sit really crooked at the moment.

*Cough* GREG MASTER WELDER *Cough*

I like the effect with the grow light on but it really messes with the white balance yielding some funny colors.

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1674/mg5624.jpg

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Couple top downs:
Red Planet, The Chalice.
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Anyone elses fish follow them around the tank? Makes it hard to snap good coral shots when I have 50 fish begging for food at all times.

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Just for Victor, Space Monsters little sister:

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Sounds like you need an aluminum hanging rack for the Radions? Do you want it hangable or rest on tank? Send me a PM with tank dims, spacing between each fixture, hight above tank & spacing on tank. I will draw something up.

I will grab you everything tomorrow when I'm over @ the tank, Thanks Greg!

Exposure on that first shot is rad. Just see 2 white glows under each fixture. Looks like the UFO invasion.

They do mine have doubled in size.

All ready for the invasion, picked myself up a copy of Space Invasion for Dummies.

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:lol::lol::lol:

I need to pick up some Space Monsters, I wonder why they are so freaking expensive if they grow like crazy :razz:. For now these will do, similar color but a tad bit smaller.

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Damn that looks good lol, shey sure dont look like that in my tank lol. Thanks for the pic man lol, looks like radion it is for my lighting upgrade lol. Good thing I still have a large colony of it lol

:pound:

The rock structure on the right side of the tank collapsed so a "small" reaquascape was warranted..."small" :neutral:. 6 hours of bristleworm stings later and I think I'm finally happy with the outcome.

I would call this photo binging:

UFO's!!!
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Installed a mirror beside the tank, my HPS Retinadestroyer 5000 now has a reflector to increase retina burn while I work around the fish tank. These photo's are all early morning right as the mangrove grow light is turning on.

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Where's Waldo?
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Radioactive dragon eye's and Eye of Rah:
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Darth Mauls:
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Dragon Eyes/ Radioactive's:
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Not sure on an ID, looks similar to Udder Choas:
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ID?
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Oxides:
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Flash (acanthurus auranticavus)

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New Aquascape:
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