New tank with LED light - Page 16

fessoclown · 03/24/2015, 02:18 PM

Found your thread while researching Giesemann Matrix, I have a possibility of buying a used MatrixPlus Hybrid, doesn't quite look as slick as yours as it's a little older of a model but it has LED.
I am glad I found this, I love the aquascape.
Tagging along...

markalot · 03/24/2015, 03:41 PM

Nice tank and scape, subscribed.

Another damn Aussie, making me sick! Does Biggles have a water truck?

rodneyri · 03/26/2015, 11:23 PM

Light should be all good to go early next week...in the meantime some fishy pics

rodneyri · 03/31/2015, 09:58 PM

Light up and running again we are back in action!!, getting some color in my echinata

biggles · 04/01/2015, 12:24 AM

Now you're cooking with gas Rodney

I can see the blue and white speciosa but where's the echi at mate............

rodneyri · 04/01/2015, 01:53 AM

lol Andrew I thought it was echi...to me its a nice blue and white coral

sahin · 04/01/2015, 02:24 AM

Very nice! That Echinata/Speciosia is looking sweeeeet!

biggles · 04/01/2015, 02:26 AM

It's a beautiful acro Rodney, i have a bit but it's all horrible dull off blue colored and hates me atm lol. When it was happy it had the beautiful blue white contrast you are keeping so i'm very envious

I see it for sale very rarely and it's usually reddish brown branched with deep blue tips freshly arrived in the shop tanks so i'm pretty sure the amazing blue white contrasts many can pull is not what it typically looks like growing at the light level it prefers on the reefs - what do you think regarding the overall colors you can get as to whether we are pushing our acros beyond what they might actually prefer when it comes to light levels etc.

csantanavaz · 04/21/2015, 02:25 PM

looks really really slick and clean. what dimensions are the tank? how many us gals?

SneekaPeek · 04/22/2015, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rodneyri

Light should be all good to go early next week...in the meantime some fishy pics

The sexiest fish of them all!^^ Totally killer when a plan goes well doesn't it. great job and I am looking forward to seeing future updates.

rodneyri · 07/17/2015, 01:59 AM

Been a while, just letting the tank do its thing...I used dry rock so it went through many stages of algae and thats all gone now so the scape is nice and purple and live

Moved most of the corals to my bro's tank while mine went through the rollercoaster and ready to get it going now.

Here are some pics of a few corals I have in my tank

markalot · 07/17/2015, 06:04 AM

Those two acros look fantastic.

reefmutt · 07/17/2015, 07:42 AM

Nice! That echinata back a bit looks fantastic. Very jealous!
Fts anytime soon?

rodneyri · 07/17/2015, 08:30 PM

Nothing fancy yet but it will get there when I get my corals back

M007 · 07/17/2015, 08:36 PM

Hey, what happened to the Matrix?

cFloor · 07/17/2015, 08:40 PM

Absolutely beautiful display. One of my favorite aquascapes that I've seen!

rodneyri · 07/17/2015, 11:08 PM

Long story...so the Matrixx blew and was being tested / replaced etc..so in the meantime I bought a couple Hydra52 to keep the tank lit and was pleasantly surprised with the results after 2 months so added a couple more. Just waiting on a rail kit then ill run the lights in parallel - may add a 5th.

The Matrixx is sitting in its box as a back up light in case I change my mind on the LEDs.

Thanks cFloor was fun to make that scape, I still enjoy looking at it daily too.

cugly · 07/18/2015, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rodneyri

Long story...so the Matrixx blew and was being tested / replaced etc..so in the meantime I bought a couple Hydra52 to keep the tank lit and was pleasantly surprised with the results after 2 months so added a couple more. Just waiting on a rail kit then ill run the lights in parallel - may add a 5th.

The Matrixx is sitting in its box as a back up light in case I change my mind on the LEDs.

Thanks cFloor was fun to make that scape, I still enjoy looking at it daily too.

Ya i had great results with the hydra 52 but you do need at least 3 on a 48 maybe 4 . I like the look also with them. Specially when i added an 8 bulb i say it was the best combo for me

And i agree with Cfloor one of my favorite aquascape amazing.
And that echinata is beautiful. And that cherry blossom looking acro so hard to keep colors it looks amazing

reefmutt · 07/18/2015, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rodneyri

Nothing fancy yet but it will get there when I get my corals back

Thanks! Beautiful! Great scape and when it grows in, it'll be just fantastic.
Well, now the title of your thread makes sense again!
So, looking back, what is it that you think the mitras are lacking over radions and hydras 52s?

rodneyri · 07/20/2015, 04:11 PM

Thanks Matt, to be honest not sure why these are doing better than my old Mitras...maybe the lenses? are they newer LED? no idea. The Hydra52 are much brighter than my old Mitras LED, these are as if not brighter than my Matrixx T5 light - Im running whites at 60% max (at 20% for evening viewing) and the tank is fully lit and not dim at all.

Im getting 350 PAR on sand and 600 PAR at the main rock work overhangs when run full on. Where most go wrong with LED is not using enough, with 4-5 units the tank is getting flooded with light and no shadowing that LED usually has against it.

Now the waiting game to see how all the corals react and grow, my lights are only 3months old so havent formed a solid opinion on them yet but a happy camper so far

M007 · 07/20/2015, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rodneyri

Thanks Matt, to be honest not sure why these are doing better than my old Mitras...maybe the lenses? are they newer LED? no idea. The Hydra52 are much brighter than my old Mitras LED, these are as if not brighter than my Matrixx T5 light - Im running whites at 60% max (at 20% for evening viewing) and the tank is fully lit and not dim at all.

Im getting 350 PAR on sand and 600 PAR at the main rock work overhangs when run full on. Where most go wrong with LED is not using enough, with 4-5 units the tank is getting flooded with light and no shadowing that LED usually has against it.

Now the waiting game to see how all the corals react and grow, my lights are only 3months old so havent formed a solid opinion on them yet but a happy camper so far

^+1, it wasn't until I hung 4 Mitras that I felt the coverage was good. I don't run them over 50% intensity, which sounds kinda stupid, but anything higher and I start frying things. On a side note, when you get the Matrix back make sure it works perfectly. I had a similar situation with an LED system and just parked it because I switched to Mitras. A year later I unpacked the replacement fixture to sell it and surprise it didn't work properly. When I approached the vendor I basically got the finger, too bad so sad kinda deal. Lesson learned

rodneyri · 07/27/2015, 01:01 AM

While waiting for the AI rail to arrive (6 weeks) I decided to do a bit of DIY and whipped up a frame to hang the lights in parallel. Getting great coverage front to back, need another unit to get more coverage length wise in the meantime will add my corals within the light coverage. Interesting the tank looks crisper with the lights this way than run in a line as previous and the shimmer is like having halides thrown over the tank.

Getting some of my corals back

Lets see how this one grows...

biggles · 07/27/2015, 01:13 AM

Very cool looking display Rodney, going to look awesome once you get everything just the way you want it mate

I got the 'Lets see how this one grows...' joke btw, it's a seri so who cares right ?

rodneyri · 07/27/2015, 01:26 AM

Its just so cute biggles lol when moving corals in my mates tank it broke so took it to see how it does in my tank

biggles · 07/27/2015, 01:32 AM

It is a pretty color i suppose..........

03/24/2015, 02:18 PM	#376
fessoclown Dis-Membered Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Toronto Island Posts: 458	Found your thread while researching Giesemann Matrix, I have a possibility of buying a used MatrixPlus Hybrid, doesn't quite look as slick as yours as it's a little older of a model but it has LED. I am glad I found this, I love the aquascape. Tagging along... __________________ "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." Marx (Groucho) 80x20x20 Miracles Starfire Rimless, H&S A150-2001, GEO 612 CRx, GEO UMC420, Avast ATO, Gyre 150, Gyre 130, MP40, Eheim 1262, ATI

03/24/2015, 03:41 PM	#377
markalot ... Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Florence, KY Posts: 3,749 Blog Entries: 3	Nice tank and scape, subscribed. Another damn Aussie, making me sick! Does Biggles have a water truck? __________________ -- Mark 150G (72x18x27) \| 35G sump \| SRO-XP2000INT Skimmer \| ATI SunPower T5 / NanoBox LED hybrid 60" x 4 + 8 NanoBox v3.1 arrays

03/26/2015, 11:23 PM	#378
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	Light should be all good to go early next week...in the meantime some fishy pics __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

03/31/2015, 09:58 PM	#379
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	Light up and running again we are back in action!!, getting some color in my echinata __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

04/01/2015, 12:24 AM	#380
biggles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 3,904	Now you're cooking with gas Rodney I can see the blue and white speciosa but where's the echi at mate............ __________________ Andrew

04/01/2015, 01:53 AM	#381
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	lol Andrew I thought it was echi...to me its a nice blue and white coral __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

04/01/2015, 02:24 AM	#382
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,575	Very nice! That Echinata/Speciosia is looking sweeeeet!

04/01/2015, 02:26 AM	#383
biggles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 3,904	It's a beautiful acro Rodney, i have a bit but it's all horrible dull off blue colored and hates me atm lol. When it was happy it had the beautiful blue white contrast you are keeping so i'm very envious I see it for sale very rarely and it's usually reddish brown branched with deep blue tips freshly arrived in the shop tanks so i'm pretty sure the amazing blue white contrasts many can pull is not what it typically looks like growing at the light level it prefers on the reefs - what do you think regarding the overall colors you can get as to whether we are pushing our acros beyond what they might actually prefer when it comes to light levels etc. __________________ Andrew

04/21/2015, 02:25 PM	#384
csantanavaz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: West Midlands - UK Posts: 117	looks really really slick and clean. what dimensions are the tank? how many us gals? __________________ Reefspace 900 build started! Tank Filled & thread started! Follow along :) http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2525418 Current Tank Info: Reefspace 900 build started! Tank Filled & waiting for the cycle to finish!

07/17/2015, 01:59 AM	#386
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	Been a while, just letting the tank do its thing...I used dry rock so it went through many stages of algae and thats all gone now so the scape is nice and purple and live Moved most of the corals to my bro's tank while mine went through the rollercoaster and ready to get it going now. Here are some pics of a few corals I have in my tank __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

07/17/2015, 06:04 AM	#387
markalot ... Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Florence, KY Posts: 3,749 Blog Entries: 3	Those two acros look fantastic. __________________ -- Mark 150G (72x18x27) \| 35G sump \| SRO-XP2000INT Skimmer \| ATI SunPower T5 / NanoBox LED hybrid 60" x 4 + 8 NanoBox v3.1 arrays

07/17/2015, 07:42 AM	#388
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,876	Nice! That echinata back a bit looks fantastic. Very jealous! Fts anytime soon? __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 4x AI prime 6xt5 3x150w mh. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

07/17/2015, 08:30 PM	#389
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	Nothing fancy yet but it will get there when I get my corals back __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

07/17/2015, 08:36 PM	#390
M007 Acro Whore Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,631	Hey, what happened to the Matrix? __________________ Mixed reef emphasis on SPS. Tangs, Triggers, Bartlets, CBB, Goldflake Angel, and a Pigmy or two. Current Tank Info: 250G SPS Mixed Reef. ATLAS 84x28x24. SuperMarin 250. Cebu Sun 3 x 250WMH Radiums 4 x 80W T5. Profilux 3 w/GHL dosing CA-ALK-MG. Moved by Tunze and Vertex. Reef Octopus 5K return.

07/17/2015, 08:40 PM	#391
cFloor Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,543	Absolutely beautiful display. One of my favorite aquascapes that I've seen! __________________ 250g. SPS tank Instagram: @cfloorsaltwater

07/17/2015, 11:08 PM	#392
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	Long story...so the Matrixx blew and was being tested / replaced etc..so in the meantime I bought a couple Hydra52 to keep the tank lit and was pleasantly surprised with the results after 2 months so added a couple more. Just waiting on a rail kit then ill run the lights in parallel - may add a 5th. The Matrixx is sitting in its box as a back up light in case I change my mind on the LEDs. Thanks cFloor was fun to make that scape, I still enjoy looking at it daily too. __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

07/20/2015, 04:11 PM	#395
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	Thanks Matt, to be honest not sure why these are doing better than my old Mitras...maybe the lenses? are they newer LED? no idea. The Hydra52 are much brighter than my old Mitras LED, these are as if not brighter than my Matrixx T5 light - Im running whites at 60% max (at 20% for evening viewing) and the tank is fully lit and not dim at all. Im getting 350 PAR on sand and 600 PAR at the main rock work overhangs when run full on. Where most go wrong with LED is not using enough, with 4-5 units the tank is getting flooded with light and no shadowing that LED usually has against it. Now the waiting game to see how all the corals react and grow, my lights are only 3months old so havent formed a solid opinion on them yet but a happy camper so far __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

07/27/2015, 01:01 AM	#397
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	While waiting for the AI rail to arrive (6 weeks) I decided to do a bit of DIY and whipped up a frame to hang the lights in parallel. Getting great coverage front to back, need another unit to get more coverage length wise in the meantime will add my corals within the light coverage. Interesting the tank looks crisper with the lights this way than run in a line as previous and the shimmer is like having halides thrown over the tank. Getting some of my corals back Lets see how this one grows... __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

07/27/2015, 01:13 AM	#398
biggles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 3,904	Very cool looking display Rodney, going to look awesome once you get everything just the way you want it mate I got the 'Lets see how this one grows...' joke btw, it's a seri so who cares right ? __________________ Andrew

07/27/2015, 01:26 AM	#399
rodneyri Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 814	Its just so cute biggles lol when moving corals in my mates tank it broke so took it to see how it does in my tank __________________ Too poor starphire - 7ft Reef - Profilux 3 - GHL Doser 2 - Bubble King - RD3 Speedy - Vortech QD40 - Radion G4 Pro -P̵a̵c̵ ̵S̵u̵n̵ ̵

07/27/2015, 01:32 AM	#400
biggles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 3,904	It is a pretty color i suppose.......... __________________ Andrew

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