Nebthet's 20L led lit pygmy clown reef

[Nebthet]

My Boostled All Royal Blues came in the mail today.. yes... so I decided to check them out just to see what they would look like. I have to go to walmart and get a couple lamps that I can take apart and some more chain to I can put them up on Monday.

Front tank shot.
All RB only

2 All Royal Blue and the Nanocustoms 12000k in the centre



This is my GSP
All RB only

2 All Royal Blue and the Nanocustoms 12000k in the centre



Green Bottlebrush Frag - Looks more like an ORA Verde now
All RB only

2 All Royal Blue and the Nanocustoms 12000k in the centre


I couldn't get a decent shot of my red digitata frags. The red really really glowed under these lights, but I haven't figured out the setting on my camera enough to compensate for the lighting and exposure. I am going to have to get some tips on that.

My mind friggin blew when I saw my green bottlebrush under the all royal blues though. Seriously, it looks like it dropped acid at a hippy show.

So on Monday, when I get the other parts (which depends on my tax refund being deposited into my account), I am thinking of using the two Nanocustoms 12k bulbs in the centre and the two Par30 RB's on the ends to give a decent mix of lighting where I need it most. Considering the anemone I want to keep will be going in the middle of the tank.

On another note.. I removed the MJ1200 from the end of the tank, and added a new Knano265 or whatever it is. I put the K1 in the rear position because it is larger, so I can have more room towards the front.
Additionally, my two smaller clowns are no longer fighting with each other and have paired up and follow each other all over the place. LOL.

[Nebthet]

I finally got my Boostled all royal blues set up now. I also had the chance to go to my not so local fish supplier and get a few small corals for this tank since it is going to be a bit yet before I can have an anemone in here.

All five lights on at the same time.. it actually makes for a very nice looking tank and not too bright. The all royal blues get rid of the yellowish color from the Ice CooLed bubs... unfortunately, until I can verify the par value of the Royal Blues. I don't want to burn my corals.


New Acans



My dirty dirty rated xxx Torch


2 head branching Hammer



Updated pics of my sps





Snail

[silentcivilian]

I love how freaky Brandon Lee looks in the first shot.

But tanks looking good

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Nebthet

My dirty dirty rated xxx Torch

Very Niiiice Cool colouration under the new lights

[Nebthet]

It has been about a month since I last updated this thread with pics of the tank etc. I have added a few more coral frags and what not.

The juvi clowns are still in the hospital tank and are recovering nicely.
Here are some pics of them on 04-04-2011. Runt has a big belly after being a huge piggy and eating most of the flake food. Their appetites have tripled since being in treatment and I feed them as much as I can without affecting water quality too much.
Omen has darkened a little bit which is interesting. He isn't as dark as these pics suggest, but it depends on the lighting he is under whether he seems darker or lighter.





I have decided to forgo putting an anemone in this tank and instead have decided to stick with different euphyllia species as they seem to really love the led lighting. Hammers, frogspawn, torches etc.







I have also decided to add a mandarin after it was suggested I should try one because of the abundant pod population in my tank. There was hundreds of them visible while lights were on, and more so when lights were off. So here she is. She is a little shy right now, but is going around and eating and sticking to one side of the tank right now. I am going to get tiger pods to repopulate, and I do have my larger tank if I am finding I cannot keep the population up in this tank, so I can move her over to that one.


I added in some zoas to see how they do under leds and for the extra color pop, especially the reds.



The other corals I have had in there are doing great. I moved the Purple tipped digi and affixed it to a rock where it can continue to grow. The red digis continue to grow slowly as well. Xenia is happy, as are the acans. I moved the gsp to the top of the tank on a rock with lots of branching in it to see how it would grow. It looks interesting up there now. And the Green Monti has really grown since being in this tank, though day time colors are not as vibrant as the mother colony in the larger tank. Oh and the green bottlebrush has really encrusted onto the plug. Who says corals can't grow under leds?















Current Front Tank Shot 04-18-2011


I also have about 15 mangrove pods starting to grow in this tank as well that you might be able to see the bottom of the pods in the front tank shot.. Once the red roots start they will add a nice contrast to the black. I will be amazed if they all grow out, and if they do, thank god they are slow growers. LOL.

[Nebthet]

Here is a short video of this tank..

Let me know what you think.

20L par38 led lit euphyllia garden with mandarin goby

[silentcivilian]

http://www.youtube.com/v/NYTVCuMFIqY?hl=en&fs=1

I like the video.. try to find in the mess of code wasnt easy.. or not.. now its there... tricky...

Tank looks great!

[fishytime]

Video and tank look good Sarah.......lots of movement out of all those polyps..... whatcha got for flow atm in that wee tank of yours

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by Nebthet

I finally got my Boostled all royal blues set up now. All five lights on at the same time.. it actually makes for a very nice looking tank and not too bright. The all royal blues get rid of the yellowish color from the Ice CooLed bubs... unfortunately, until I can verify the par value of the Royal Blues. I don't want to burn my corals.

I really dig the use of PAR38 lamps for your build & the light hanging system reminds my of my own chain massacre DIY rig. The advantage of the chain to me is that I can easily raise it a few links to adjust the height. I've long been considering the switch to LEDs, PAR38s in particular since I don't relish the idea of gathering the various parts & soldering up a DIY array. My other option is to get MR16 base (traditionally used as Halogen spotlights) LEDs since they can be run directly from a 12 volt DC source, like a bank of batteries, perhaps powered by solar... but I digress. Here's a pic of my current MH/T5HO combo ghetto rig. I can envision those being replaced by a much cleaner, lighter array such as yours.

[DisneyCoralReef]

All your pictures are just sick! love it!