My 240g updated

[LegoZ81]

moving these down so they are all on one page and back to back

 

[Saltgator]

Awesome looking. Making me want to keep my 125 for a frag/sump attached to my 240.

 

[twinspots_goby]

nice photos

 

[LegoZ81]

 

[LegoZ81]

 

[LegoZ81]

Thanks for the kind words!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Very nice! Love how you trimmed out the wall around the tank and what a great idea to add the stained glass panels above! :bigsmile:

 

[coralcity]

love the top glass canopy art.

 

[endy0430]

good looking tank...how do you like the AI's?

 

[LegoZ81]

Very nice! Love how you trimmed out the wall around the tank and what a great idea to add the stained glass panels above! :bigsmile:

Thank you! The goal was to try and trim out the tank to match the rest of the house to draw it together as much as possible. I still wish somewhat that I would not have done the glass panels and all of the blue really throws off the color the tank lighting looks to your eye.

love the top glass canopy art.

Thanks.

good looking tank...how do you like the AI's?

Thank you, So so at this point, I have changed lighting to 100% on the whites for an hour a day then 50% for the rest so:
50W-65B-35RB and 100W-65B-35RB is how they are currently running. I'll have to see what this does for colors and growth. Visually I like how it looks and if I can will work this up to the entire photo period I will.


I still have some ways to go figuring out flow as I keep sticking things in bad spots, SPS is too low of flow locations and LPS in WAY TOO high flow areas...
Right now my orange plate is beat to snot from too much flow, I really need to get it moved before I kill it!

 

[Xavier305]

Nice setup bro (y)

 

[angelvmax]

like ...

 

[LegoZ81]

Thanks need to get the frag tank cleaned up and get some pics here at some point.

 

[LegoZ81]

Got the APEX setup and running and logging. Still have a bit of work to go but it's a start!

 

[LegoZ81]

Did water tests tonight for the first time in a long time, whoops... Used Salifert and my Hanna checkers (calcium checker arrived a couple of days ago)
SG 1.025
Hanna Calcium - Test #1 445ppm Test #2 445ppm
Salifert Calcium - Test #1 380ppm Test #2 400ppm

Hanna Alkalinity - 142ppm (7.952dkh)
Salifert Alkalinity - (142.85ppm) 8dkh

Salifert Magnesium - 1380ppm

Pictures of the Apex installed and my Hanna testers and my build up of supplements!

Apex iPhone application

The dip in the middle is due to the AI's dimming for a thunderstorm.

 

[LegoZ81]

Started a log in a daily planner:
7/30 50g water change and replaced dosing lineset for dosing pump

8/1 9p
"Full" testing
Hanna Checker Calcium 447ppm
Hanna Checker Alkalinity 142ppm (7.952dkh)
Hanna Phostphate (HI9371) 0.02 mg/L PO4
Salifert Magnesium 1410ppm
SG 1.025
Temp 81.2F
pH 8.22

LED settings:
T4 3:30p 60m
W54 B75 RB45
T5 8p 15m
W87 B80 RB50
T6 9:15p 15m
W52 B72 R42
T7 11p 60m
W5 B5 RB5
T8 12a 15m Lunar
W2 B2 RB2

 

[LegoZ81]

Coming soon Super Reef Octopus XP8000 External Cone Protein Skimmer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[btldreef]

nice setup. the apex is one of the best investments I have made for my tank. what is yours????

 

[LegoZ81]

nice setup. the apex is one of the best investments I have made for my tank. what is yours????

This is!

 

[LegoZ81]

Don't get me wrong though, the Apex rocks, this is just more shiny