Ryan S February 7, 2012 Share February 7, 2012 (edited) LOL.... I went with LEDs Ecoxotic 50W Photon Cannons (2x 12k) & (2x453nm). Really indistrial looking and ALOT bigger than what I thought. First time I plugged them in I was looking straight at it and almost blew my eyeballs out!! $2200 on lighting! Ha! Makes my $1200 seem cheap! I am very interested to see them on your tank. "Photon Cannon" simply sounds badass! I am sure they are powerful as heck, but would only be nervous about spotlighting. If they give you spread over your tank then awesome. But if you have 4 beams of light shooting down into your tank, then yuck? Edited February 7, 2012 by Ryan S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amay121 February 7, 2012 Share February 7, 2012 (edited) Congrats Chris, forgot to tell you, you should never look directly into them. They're called Cannons and for good reason. Edited February 7, 2012 by amay121 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubberFrog February 7, 2012 Share February 7, 2012 ^ depends how you scape your tank. I have seen a few that were setup to be spotlighted and it looked awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi February 7, 2012 Author Share February 7, 2012 $2200 on lighting! Ha! Makes my $1200 seem cheap! I am very interested to see them on your tank. "Photon Cannon" simply sounds badass! I am sure they are powerful as heck, but would only be nervous about spotlighting. If they give you spread over your tank then awesome. But if you have 4 beams of light shooting down into your tank, then yuck? $2200 on Lighting is alot but thanks to Guy, I didnt spend anywhere even close to that There really is no spotlighting. At 14" above my tank it lights up everything and I mean EVERYTHING!!! I was thinking it was going to be like a Light Saber of light myself but its really not. Just dont look at it 10" away from your face!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds February 7, 2012 Share February 7, 2012 were on page 4 with no pics of the tank. come on now. we need pictures.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S February 7, 2012 Share February 7, 2012 were on page 4 with no pics of the tank. come on now. we need pictures.. ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k February 8, 2012 Share February 8, 2012 have fun with the photon cannons- mount 2 of the 12k's on the front of your truck and see how much area they light up. I lit the entire back yard up with one of the 453's. It's like a big blue spotlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S February 8, 2012 Share February 8, 2012 Chris - Do you have any fish in mind that you want for the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi February 8, 2012 Author Share February 8, 2012 have fun with the photon cannons- mount 2 of the 12k's on the front of your truck and see how much area they light up. I lit the entire back yard up with one of the 453's. It's like a big blue spotlight. Rob, did you sell yours or still got em? Yeah Yeah I am slacking on pictures. I dont really have a nice Digital Camera anymore. Someone stole my Nikon I had :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi February 8, 2012 Author Share February 8, 2012 Ok here are some crappy pics of my SRO 3000 and Aquatic Life 200GPD Unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi February 27, 2012 Author Share February 27, 2012 Ok.... wheeew been mad busy at work but here is an update of where I am now. I finished all my plumbing and layout. Now I just need to primer and cement everything into place. I used that Marcos Rock Mortar on my Pukani Rock to make some pretty cool sculptures. Great stuff if anyone is thinking of using it! I am currently waiting on my tax return so I can order my powerheads and actinic led cannons and I will be good to go I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S February 27, 2012 Share February 27, 2012 PICTURES !!! OMGAH !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi March 13, 2012 Author Share March 13, 2012 I am one week into my cycle. Here are my test results so far... Salinity: 1.024 Ammonia: .25 Nitrites: .50 Nitrates 100 dKh: 9.3 PH: 8.0 Phosphates: .02 Calcium: 430 Magnesium 1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 Woot! Pictures! Look at those cannons! Bam! Very nice Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi March 13, 2012 Author Share March 13, 2012 Woot! Pictures! Look at those cannons! Bam! Very nice Chris! Thanks Ryan. I am cycling with Live rock in my sump and using Micobacter7 & Bio Fuel to help speed up the cycle. What did you cycle with besides Shrimp and how long did it take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 I dumped in a bottle of Cycle too. The cycle took a month to complete. I love the 4 foot tank by the way. If you ever want to trade for a cube DD... cough... lmk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 I am one week into my cycle. Here are my test results so far... Salinity: 1.024 Ammonia: .25 Nitrites: .50 Nitrates 100 dKh: 9.3 PH: 8.0 Phosphates: .02 Calcium: 430 Magnesium 1200 Looks good, I like the scape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunWyrm March 13, 2012 Share March 13, 2012 That is a really nice aquascape. Lookin' great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi March 13, 2012 Author Share March 13, 2012 Thanks fellas. Yeah I didnt want a huge rock pile this time around. I am looking to fill everything in over that "Canyon" with lots of nice Acro's! Will look good I think in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi March 14, 2012 Author Share March 14, 2012 I have the Super Reef Octopus 3000 Cone External and this is one weeks worth of skim running only for 15 hours a day while my cycle is going. I love this thing!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novi March 26, 2012 Author Share March 26, 2012 I'm almost there Ammonia: 0.25 ppm Nitrite: 0.1 ppm Nitrate: 0.5 ppm Phosphates: 0.06 ppm I am now exactly at 3 weeks since the cycle began. Everything seems to be falling daily now so I am thinking by the end of the week I will do my first water change and might be ready for CUC on the weekend. I have quite a bit of GHA I'd like to start getting mowed down! Thinking I am also going to setup a Phos Reactor with some Rowaphos end of the week as well as adding a good portion of Chaeto in my sump to help bring down the Nitrates. I am so friggin ready to look at something other than 200 Gallons of zilch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S March 26, 2012 Share March 26, 2012 Yay! CUC soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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