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Sorry to hear about the leak and corals. Which reminds me, that I also have to fix a leak as well. I totally forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder. lol

Thanks Thanks. Not at all. The stick-on bumpers raises the leds from the splash guard. So no heat issues. Not at all. I was running an ATI 8x80w bulb fixture on my 215 and the only difference in temp from the second floor temp, was 2 degrees. The led's barely give off any heat compare to the...

OK, so I've been slacking now that the tank is running. Not to its full patential, but running. I've been cleaning and organizing the basement a little. Trying to make the wife happy again. So about the stand. The stand is not bowing. The reason why the front panel is giving me a hard time...

Oh man, what a long weekend. I spent all weekend doing the move and finishing the light rack in the canopy. I'm still exhausted. Few problems that I ran into after the move. - Found one of my clowns behind the LPS tank dead. (not a problem but sad. I was and still am pissed.) - There is a leak...

That Mustard Tang is nice. Never seen one before.

Well, I think it is best for me to stay home and work on my tank. I know I will miss a great meeting. I was going to bring some corals for the raffle, but since I will not be attending, I was wondering if anyone near me can stop by and take them to the meeting tomorrow. You can pick them up...

Thanks guys. OK, I will add a pipe strap underneathe the sump. Better to be safe than sorry. Yeah, the par on tha AI's is pretty low. I still think even with that low of a par on the bottom of the tank, that any sps can grow down there. I can't remember, but I think Sunny has his led 16 inches...

Did the tank come with some type of dark plexiglass to cover the front of the overflow or will you leave it like that. Love that ATB skimmer you have in the sump. I miss mine. Though my Alpha 250 is doing a hell of a job on the 300 gallon of water volume that I'm running now.

Par Readings I'm not going to go crazy with this. I know the numbers are going to drastically change when I take par readings under the water. I took some readings last night. This will give me an idea anyways on how much these led's are putting out on this size tank. I took a par reading of...

LOL!. I installed all of the union ball valves at the beginning of my 215 setup. You know when you have these crazy ideas of setting up tanks in the basement and try to make a business out of it. Well, things in life change. Meaning.......... I started a family. LOL.

I was going to ask this very same question. I noticed that the Apollos and the Orphek fixtures have the led's all in a row. The AI's, what I have, has eight circular section of led's. This is one thing I hate about the AI's. When I was taking some par readings, I had to be right underneath one...

This is my sump. You can get an idea of how to set yours up. Starting from the left. The water from the tank drains into the sock in the first section of the sump with the skimmer. Than it overflows a single baffle into the middle section. Than it go's over three baffles into the last section...

Water change When my 215 was running, I was doing 50 gallon water change. Before doing the water change, I had too shut the return pump, skimmer, heater and CA off. I was draining the sump and refilling it with new water. I also had to make sure the temp of the new water was correct. I was...

Nice. This is exactly what I will be doing. I just wish that the cable attached to the vortech was detachable.

I think ca with two chambers are best and the ones that recycle the co2. They help the ph in the tank not to fluctuate drastically.

That tank does not look like it would fit through those doors. That thing is beautiful. How long did the whole process take from ordering to delivery to your house?

I think people try to plan for future upgrades and that is why they would want an led fixture that gives the most par. At what hight is the led from the water for it to cover 32"? Someone like me, I'm only able to raise it 5-6 inches from the water.

come on Jim. Your a pro. You know in this hobby things are slow. lol. Your sps are probably still in a state of shock. They will recover. At least they are still hanging on.

AAAHHHHH, I didn't see that post from downbeach. Well, you didn't have to rub that Vid in all of AI users (including me) faces. lol. just messing......

I was over at Aquatic Obsession this pass weekend and was talking to Wil about led's. He told/showed me this link where most of the led's on the market have been par tested. It is very informative and you will be surprised at some of the par readings. Link is below. Just click on the LED tab on...