Craigars 300 gallon mixed reef

[Craigar]

Me too who knows may have to get another one but it's only another 400 bucks

 

[ShelbyJK500]

Green with envy bro...can't wait to see the AI's on there!

 

[miwoodar]

Count down begins I get my LEDs monday!!! I know what I'll be doing Tuesday night lol

LEDs suck. They aren't bright enough to grow anything and the colors are terrible.

Oh, wait a minute, this is 2011.

LEDs rock. I just converted my whole tank. (I'm going to forever miss my MH/VHO combo though...we had such a good run and I really, really, really liked them).

Looking forward to seeing the AIs on your tank.

 

[ShelbyJK500]

Let's see 'em!!

 

[Craigar]

Tonight I will get em on I got all the brackets made last night and went to bolt them on and the screws I bought was 1/4" to short and ace hardware was closed by the time I got there last night(730) what hardware store closes that early! There the only ones that have 10/32 stainless steel screws

 

[ShelbyJK500]

Tonight I will get em on I got all the brackets made last night and went to bolt them on and the screws I bought was 1/4" to short and ace hardware was closed by the time I got there last night(730) what hardware store closes that early! There the only ones that have 10/32 stainless steel screws

Frustrating isn't it!! I love Ace because they have tons that HD and Lowes don't carry...BUT...they close so freakin' early!! Can't wait to see them though!

 

[Boogie]

you are slacking! I'm gonna tell santa!

 

[Craigar]

you are slacking! I'm gonna tell santa!

Tell Santa that I need some vortechs next lol

 

[miwoodar]

I like ACE better too. It's a good compromise between the modern big box places and the seldom-available mom and pop shops.

That said, Home Depot doesn't have stainless steel 10/32? I was rummaging through my local HD the other day and they had two drawers of SS bolts.

 

[Craigar]

He only goes to 2 " I need 3"

 

[miwoodar]

LOL

 

[Craigar]

Lol so update I hung the fixture 7" from the water and the spread wasn't quite right so I took the shelf out of the canopy and moved them 15 which was the recomended height I got so we will see!!!

 

[Craigar]

Some pics


100 blue
100 royal blue
100 white

0 white
100 blue
100 royal blue

Mounting

 

[Boogie]

phenominal looking tank! What do you think of the light coverage? Tank is 8'x2'x30"tall? wow it looks good in the pics. details man details! lol

 

[Craigar]

The tank is 6' I was hoping to get away with leaving my shelf in there but with it that close there were a few shadows but after raising it up the coverage is amazing! I love em!!! I think I'm going to start my percentages at 35 white. 40 blue 40 royal blue ramp them up 5 percent every week-2 weeks

 

[Craigar]

This pic is of the settings I'm starting with
35 % white
40% blue
40% royal blue

 

[Craigar]

Pic

 

[miwoodar]

Nice....real nice, Clark. I like it.

Edit to add - can you comment on visual differences between running them 40/40/40 vs 100/100/100? Does the color temp look similar between these two settings?

 

[Craigar]

It's pretty close truethfully just a heck of a lot brighter

 

[kmcmurtry]

It's beautiful - enjoy your next Xcel bill! I wish I could tell them where to go too. My spouse put in a woodstove and now we don't pay Xcel much but the grocery store sure loves us (those damn $5 packs of wood).