ZEOvit/200G Build Journal - 34G Solana

wisesam · #1 02-16-2009, 07:54 PM

Hey Justin,
Where did you get the poles for the lights? I need something like that for my 45G cube.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #2 02-16-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wisesam

Hey Justin,
Where did you get the poles for the lights? I need something like that for my 45G cube.

Home Depot. Should be in the electrical section. Just ask for conduit piping and fittings. Make sur eyou get a pipe cutter too

Or you can borrow mine if you like. I think they are only about $12.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #3 02-16-2009, 11:55 PM

I have decided to try an HQI ballast with my 400 watt 20K's instead of the regular ballast I have been using. Should burn the bulbs a bit whiter.

So I picked up the same ballast today (PFO dual 400 watts) but the HQI version. I will see if I am able to get good pictues of the difference when I get home.

Anyone else running 20K SE bulbs on an HQI ballast? I am curious to know what you think.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #4 02-19-2009, 05:14 AM

Haven't hooked up the new ballast yet to check the color difference but I have started the transfer

Just took the sump off line from the old tank and got it under the new stand. Then I was able to put in the vertical center support of the stand and start to fill the tank up. For now I have about 30G from the sump in the new tank and about 20G of new water. I also have added the "new" LR that I had been cycling for the past month. Tomorrow I am going to go ahead and move everything else over and hopefully get the sump hooked up. Might be Friday though before everything is running properly...I have a lot of work to catch up on

One thing I wasn't sure what to do with was the ZEO reactor. So I have it in a rubbermaid of tank water and a bit of LR. Its just turned on for now. Is this a good or bad idea? I figured I should keep it going to preserve the bacteria colonies in the rocks until I get it hooked back up in the new sump.

I won't be able to take pics for a few days except with my Camera Phone since my fiance is down in LA for work again and took the camera

On a side note though, she is doing the make up for a Calvin Klein shoot! I am very proud of her

Its kind of the first real big time freelance job she has had outside of working on TV shows or movies.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #5 02-19-2009, 05:36 AM

GreenSpottedPuffer · #6 02-19-2009, 05:53 AM

GreenSpottedPuffer · #7 02-19-2009, 05:55 AM

Anyone know why the XM 20K bulbs are getting such LOW PAR ratings on Sanjays charts??? I was told they are one of the better 20K bulbs all around. Well them and the Radiums but after checking what they are putting out with my ballast (or any ballast on the list), I am finding them to be incredibly low. The Radiums would have been a much better choice