Fish's new tank project - Page 26

Fish · #**251** 04-19-2007, 01:24 AM

I ended up going with the Tek 24" 4-bulb from Gold's. The tank is 30"x18"x18" and it provides great coverage.

- Chad

Fish · #**252** 05-14-2007, 11:52 PM

Well, sorry that I have been away for a while. Here are some recent photos of the tank. I have added some zoanthids and some rics and a pair of clowns. I think that the clowns will be the only fish I put in this tank - now to build it up with some more nice softies.

FTS (please excuse the diatoms on the bottom pane, I haven't cleaned the glass in a while - but there's some coraline growth there too):

blurry photo of the clowns - at least the rics were standing still:

This is the same zoo colony I posted before but I wanted to show how much the palys have colored up. This pic doesn't even do it justice - the skirts are an fluorescent green even under the daylight bulbs. I have never had a coral this bright before - I wish I could get the camera settings right so you could see what I mean:

- Chad

muck · #**253** 06-06-2007, 08:43 PM

Looking good Chad.
No need to adjust your camera settings.. just send me a frag of the palys so I can see in person..

nanopodreefer · #**254** 07-13-2007, 04:29 AM

I am really interested in hearing how your T5 lighting system is working with the coral growth and such, is it as good as you thought, or better!!?

Fish · #**255** 11-30-2007, 02:42 AM

Hey npr, sorry I didn't respond earlier. Actually I couldn't be happier with the t5ho. I only kept soft corals in my tank but I got excellent growth from my zoanthids. I was worried that I would miss the shimmer of halide but, among the current lighting options, I would still choose t5 - the colour, cost, and life of the bulbs is awesome.

Having said that, I have decided to part with this system. You can check it out over in the for sale forum... but unfortunately the lights are already spoken for.

All the best,

- Chad