The why, oh why, 38 stair, 290 gal build revised

[reefwithareefer]

The mess of wires etc still to deal with....getting better, but man, I can see how this "hobby" consumes so much time, energy and moola...





I kept the reefkeeper that came with one of the original tanks I bought and use it to run the sump lights etc. Can't get much money for them anymore, so might as well use it for something.

I bought a used "cheap" brand LED light and tried it beside my halide/T5 fixture to see how it would do. After 3 weeks, my zoa garden looked pretty bad, softies were so so. I do not have a par/pur meter so not sure if it was set right for the depth or etc etc. I tied a few different settings but to no avail, so down to the sump room it went