Luke33's Acrylic 180g SPS Adventures

[luke33]

Hey Luke good to see that you are still in the hobby I remember you from another site a long time ago.

Glad to see you over here. It's tough to get away from the hobby once it's in your blood. Hope all is well.

 

[luke33]

Frag tank shots.

No name acro





Multi colored milli



Angels and demons milli



Red planet



No name



Unknown monti



Blue mammoth



Teal milli



Procorals rainbow

 

[luke33]

Couple pics under the blue led. New tenius are starting to color up nice. This one has alot of potential and the yellow is starting to get reddish polyps.

 

[gfox]

Corals are looking good Luke.

 

[McMullen]

Fantastic tank!

 

[luke33]

Corals are looking good Luke.

Thanks Gary!

Fantastic tank!

Thanks! It's starting to come together

 

[McMullen]

Are your 'no names' all coming from your LFS?

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

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This is gorgeous! What's it's name? [emoji7]

 

[luke33]

Are your 'no names' all coming from your LFS?

Some from a lfs and some on eBay, some from #motorcitycorals at the Indmas frag swap, pretty random

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This is gorgeous! What's it's name? [emoji7][/QUOTE]

That's the RR orange passion, same coral in blue led above, the pic you attached is daylight, and thx! It's a fast grower

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Good-looking collection!

 

[luke33]

Well it's time for an update. I've had some diatom issues for a bit and finally figured it out, they are slowly going away thankfully. Like a dummy I didn't check my rodi like I should have been. But the colors are really popping right now. Enjoy the daylight pics.









This is the bluest milli I have ever seen


RR OP


Walt Disney


Reefpets ultraviolet


Had this for about two yrs, very unique piece that's coloring up nicely.


Under blue led

 

[McMullen]

I love daylight pics!!

 

[luke33]

I love daylight pics!!

Agreed! I think the true colorful corals show up in daylight better than blue led glow sticks. I try to find sps that look good all the time

 

[McMullen]

Your Reefpets ultraviolet looks very similar to the 'reefpets' photos. What placement in your tank is yours? Mine does not have the white/cream branches, rather predominantly purple, but it's high up in tank.

 

[luke33]

I keep that guy high in the tank getting hit with around 500 par. Its under a mix of t5 and led's. My ati t5 has 5 t5's in it and 3 e5's.

Yea, its pretty similar to Gary's photo's. It took quite a while to color up, but once it colored up and started to grow its been consistently growing pretty quick. I look for it to double its size in the next six months. Its probably 5" right now. That being said I got a iron patriot at the same time and its still a 1" nub after 1.5yrs.......a nice color though! lol Gotta love the sticks, they are very inconsistent for me.

What kind of light is it under?

 

[gfox]

Looking good Luke.How are you liking the e5's now?Do they give you the blue pop like a Reefbrite would?

 

[luke33]

Thanks Gary. I have had two E5's for over a year now, they give good blue led pop. I added a blue led similar to the e5's that aquarium specialty makes. I honestly like that one better as it doesn't bow and gives off more par and seems brighter. That being said i'm still waiting for someone to come out with a led bar that has 3w led's in it that directly replaces a t5, i mean if we are going to do it, lets do it right......

 

[gfox]

Thanks Gary. I have had two E5's for over a year now, they give good blue led pop. I added a blue led similar to the e5's that aquarium specialty makes. I honestly like that one better as it doesn't bow and gives off more par and seems brighter. That being said i'm still waiting for someone to come out with a led bar that has 3w led's in it that directly replaces a t5, i mean if we are going to do it, lets do it right......

Is there a lifespan on the E5's?Still knocking around the idea of changing lighting from LEDS.I would love to go back to Halides not sure if i want to deal with the heat from them.

 

[luke33]

I put a 400w over my frag tank : ) no heat issue's. The E5's are suppose to last 8yrs. I will admit its nice to not have to switch out and throw away every bulb when i replace them.

 

[McMullen]

I keep that guy high in the tank getting hit with around 500 par. Its under a mix of t5 and led's. My ati t5 has 5 t5's in it and 3 e5's.

High up in the tank under LEDs. Unknown PAR. Maybe in time it will develop similar color.