gone solar - Page 29

cbianco · 01/26/2011, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mrabolli

what did you make the base rock/reefs out of?

If I remember correctly, TexReefer used the black pond foam. I'm not sure what he used for inner support though, possibly "egg crate."

Christopher

mrabolli · 01/27/2011, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hobogato

thanks guys.

here are the frags i have had in the tank for a while

this was in december of 2009(notice the redbugs-nice welcome back gift for me)

same coral today

got the next two about two weeks ago - they have browned out a bit, so it will be interesting to see what they do

this is a new sea world blue stag that i got a few days ago

here is a fts from today

What is that light blue "tree" on upper right? gorgeous!

mrabolli · 01/27/2011, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbianco

If I remember correctly, TexReefer used the black pond foam. I'm not sure what he used for inner support though, possibly "egg crate."

Christopher

thanks! I thought it might be marine cement but it does look different.

mrabolli · 01/27/2011, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrabolli

What is that light blue "tree" on upper right? gorgeous!

nevermind I found it. What a great spec. I see they are difficult. I will consider this if I decide to get one. Havent seen one at the LFS.

LoneRanger · 05/08/2011, 03:09 PM

Bump for updates to the smaller tank?

L.R.

hobogato · 05/08/2011, 08:38 PM

sorry, i havent updated this thread in quite a while. that tank is no more as i sold off most of the inhabitants and put the rest in the coral grow out tank in my classroom. i have started a new adventure with a 250 deep dimension tank in the same location under the solar tubes. it will be similar to mobert's tank in that i am raising an entire clutch of **name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder** clowns to put in it. everything that goes in the tank will be captive born or aquacultured - mostly a clown and bta tank. doesnt really fit at all here in the sps forum tho.

OceanDweller · 07/22/2011, 02:46 PM

Hobo, I live in Longview Texas and your tank and thread has been a real inspiriation to me. We will be building in the next couple of years and have decided to go big, mainly because of this thread. I couldn't viably see myself paying 125 a month extra in halide bills and am going to go for a 400 with 3 tubes and 4 25watt actinic t-5's. I am shooting to have a low watt low maintenance setup at the lowest cost possible, minus skimmer, lights, flow and tank. I am looking into a wavebox though it wont be enough possibly paired with tunze or vortech. That said, it is going to be a challenge keeping the running watts under 400, though still much better than an extra 800 or so 8 hours a day. Thanks

Brad

hobogato · 07/22/2011, 05:13 PM

thanks brad

marrstarr · 08/12/2011, 03:41 PM

Hope this catches on.

hobogato · 08/28/2011, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marrstarr

Hope this catches on.

there are many people using sunlight in their tanks now, look back in the advanced section and there are some long threads of solar tanks that were put together long before mine.

i started a thread for my current tank (still under the solar tubes) here in case anyone is interested. i even have a couple of frags of sps that are coloring up nicely and growing

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2062633

Flip777 · 12/22/2011, 04:30 PM

Tank looks great haven't seen any new pictures what happened partner

hobogato · 12/22/2011, 05:27 PM

thanks, posting updates of my current tank under the tubes in the following thread:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2062633

it is very light on sps, so it doesnt really fit in in this forum

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flip777

Tank looks great haven't seen any new pictures what happened partner

DavidinGA · 11/18/2012, 03:04 PM

Man I wish there was a way to add these to a tank on the main floor of a 2 story house

hobogato · 11/18/2012, 04:26 PM

these are for a tank on the bottom floor of a 2 story house

luckily there was only a closet above the area for the tank.

here is a pic of the 250 that i have in that space now

a current fts

Lavoisier · 11/18/2012, 04:49 PM

Wonderful thread. I am in the middle of a new build with solar tubes. Following along.

reef_junkie96 · 01/26/2013, 01:46 PM

I know this is an old thread, but how are the corals doing now? Is growth pretty great, the colors look much better under solar tubes IMHO, I am looking to purchase a sapphire 280 build from a friend for 175!!!! And it has perfect seals, so I'm stealing it . I am going to ad an addition on to my house, and I would like to have a spot for my tank, I wanna do solar tubes and want to see how well it does. I uses halides now on my 55 gallon tank, LEDs on my 65 and t5s on the 50. I would like to do LEDs for the actnic lighting instead of halides or t5s, as a effort to reduce the cost and heat.

hobogato · 01/26/2013, 07:32 PM

the current tank is doing well, here is an updated fts. not much in the tank to make it sps keeper worthy besides some caps, a birdsnest, anacropora, encrusting monti, digitata, and a stuber stag.

colors and growth are good, but i wouldnt say they are better than they were when i used to run halides (it has been a long time since then tho)

Elliott · 01/26/2013, 08:30 PM

still looks good ace!

David - Miami · 01/27/2013, 01:00 PM

Looks great. Colors are still impressive.

philip mendes · 01/27/2013, 05:22 PM

wow awesome pic of the day time lasps of tank..have u been through the winter yet with the tubes? wondering how it will mdo then?

loki69 · 01/27/2013, 08:11 PM

Tha is the neatest thing I have seen I might do the same is the alge real bad

hobogato · 06/02/2013, 11:44 AM

thanks phillip. the current tank has been up for about two years, so yes, it has been thru the winter. the par drops considerably during the winter, so the supplemental light is key then.

thanks loki. it does get slight cyano bloom in the early spring and late fall. nothing terrible, and it only lasts about 2 weeks. i think it is because the intensity of light coming in the tubes changes quite a bit at those times of year.

this tank doesnt do well with most sps, but it seems to suit encrusting montis and caps pretty well.

i was taking some pics yesterday and noticed that the lighting in the tank was changing a bit because of the quickly moving clouds. i shot a video to try to capture that effect. this video is a bit different from others i have posted as i kept the camera still in each view for a long time to try to show the shifting light effect. it shows a bit, but is much more dramatic in person. sorry it is so long.

jdm18honda · 02/23/2014, 08:23 PM

my tank is getting here next weekend 72x24x17 plan on doing 2 14" or 2 21" have not made up my mind yet any thought

Reefski's · 02/25/2014, 07:39 AM

bigger is better!

Arch4ngel · 04/20/2014, 01:19 PM

New to the forum, hobogato can you possibly lend a hand in tracing down a frag of the coral you listed as "seaworld sa blue tip teal stag"

05/08/2011, 03:09 PM	#705
LoneRanger Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ocala, Fl Posts: 261	Bump for updates to the smaller tank? L.R. __________________ Profanity Makes Ignorance Audible Current Tank Info: 300+ Room Divider

07/22/2011, 02:46 PM	#707
OceanDweller Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Longview Texas Posts: 294	Hobo, I live in Longview Texas and your tank and thread has been a real inspiriation to me. We will be building in the next couple of years and have decided to go big, mainly because of this thread. I couldn't viably see myself paying 125 a month extra in halide bills and am going to go for a 400 with 3 tubes and 4 25watt actinic t-5's. I am shooting to have a low watt low maintenance setup at the lowest cost possible, minus skimmer, lights, flow and tank. I am looking into a wavebox though it wont be enough possibly paired with tunze or vortech. That said, it is going to be a challenge keeping the running watts under 400, though still much better than an extra 800 or so 8 hours a day. Thanks Brad __________________ Brad

12/22/2011, 04:30 PM	#711
Flip777 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Akron,IN Posts: 53	Tank looks great haven't seen any new pictures what happened partner __________________ Flip's Family Shop Current Tank Info: Fresh and salt water tanks Both 75 gal.

11/18/2012, 04:49 PM	#715
Lavoisier Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 1,030	Wonderful thread. I am in the middle of a new build with solar tubes. Following along. __________________ "...for it is not necessary that these hypotheses should be true, or even probably; but it is enough if they provide a calculus which fits the observations..."--Introduction (attributed to Andrew Osiander) to On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Sphere by Nicolaus Copernicus. Current Tank Info: 600g DT, 140g sump, 200g Cryptic, 90g Refugium, 3-400w MH, 2 Reeflo Barracudas, and 3 MP60s

01/26/2013, 08:30 PM	#718
Elliott Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,849	still looks good ace! __________________ Rodney Dangerfield - "I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get." TOTM, March 2015 Current Tank Info: tank video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1dI7mdnGU ,900g in wall mixed reef, another 500g sumps, 19 AI Sol LED's, 2 CL's w/VFD's controlled pumps to 24 eductors, 2 Tunze WB's, 2 Barr 5220's and RK2 25PE and BK500, etc

05/08/2011, 08:38 PM	#706
hobogato Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,517	sorry, i havent updated this thread in quite a while. that tank is no more as i sold off most of the inhabitants and put the rest in the coral grow out tank in my classroom. i have started a new adventure with a 250 deep dimension tank in the same location under the solar tubes. it will be similar to mobert's tank in that i am raising an entire clutch of name removed because of legal threat from trademark holder clowns to put in it. everything that goes in the tank will be captive born or aquacultured - mostly a clown and bta tank. doesnt really fit at all here in the sps forum tho.

07/22/2011, 05:13 PM	#708
hobogato Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,517	thanks brad

08/12/2011, 03:41 PM	#709
marrstarr Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 69	Hope this catches on.

11/18/2012, 03:04 PM	#713
DavidinGA Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,393	Man I wish there was a way to add these to a tank on the main floor of a 2 story house

11/18/2012, 04:26 PM	#714
hobogato Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,517	these are for a tank on the bottom floor of a 2 story house luckily there was only a closet above the area for the tank. here is a pic of the 250 that i have in that space now a current fts

01/26/2013, 01:46 PM	#716
reef_junkie96 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 60	I know this is an old thread, but how are the corals doing now? Is growth pretty great, the colors look much better under solar tubes IMHO, I am looking to purchase a sapphire 280 build from a friend for 175!!!! And it has perfect seals, so I'm stealing it . I am going to ad an addition on to my house, and I would like to have a spot for my tank, I wanna do solar tubes and want to see how well it does. I uses halides now on my 55 gallon tank, LEDs on my 65 and t5s on the 50. I would like to do LEDs for the actnic lighting instead of halides or t5s, as a effort to reduce the cost and heat.

01/26/2013, 07:32 PM	#717
hobogato Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,517	the current tank is doing well, here is an updated fts. not much in the tank to make it sps keeper worthy besides some caps, a birdsnest, anacropora, encrusting monti, digitata, and a stuber stag. colors and growth are good, but i wouldnt say they are better than they were when i used to run halides (it has been a long time since then tho)

01/27/2013, 01:00 PM	#719
David - Miami Aquanot! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Falls Church, VA Posts: 661	Looks great. Colors are still impressive. __________________ Whatever Happens...Happens!

01/27/2013, 05:22 PM	#720
philip mendes Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: erie pa Posts: 73	wow awesome pic of the day time lasps of tank..have u been through the winter yet with the tubes? wondering how it will mdo then?

01/27/2013, 08:11 PM	#721
loki69 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: indiana Posts: 12	Tha is the neatest thing I have seen I might do the same is the alge real bad

06/02/2013, 11:44 AM	#722
hobogato Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,517	thanks phillip. the current tank has been up for about two years, so yes, it has been thru the winter. the par drops considerably during the winter, so the supplemental light is key then. thanks loki. it does get slight cyano bloom in the early spring and late fall. nothing terrible, and it only lasts about 2 weeks. i think it is because the intensity of light coming in the tubes changes quite a bit at those times of year. this tank doesnt do well with most sps, but it seems to suit encrusting montis and caps pretty well. i was taking some pics yesterday and noticed that the lighting in the tank was changing a bit because of the quickly moving clouds. i shot a video to try to capture that effect. this video is a bit different from others i have posted as i kept the camera still in each view for a long time to try to show the shifting light effect. it shows a bit, but is much more dramatic in person. sorry it is so long.

02/23/2014, 08:23 PM	#723
jdm18honda Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: jacksonville fl Posts: 327	my tank is getting here next weekend 72x24x17 plan on doing 2 14" or 2 21" have not made up my mind yet any thought __________________ Chris from the middle of no where Current Tank Info: 110 rimless with 75 gallon sump/refuge and 24 gallon frag tank all custom by reef savvy

02/25/2014, 07:39 AM	#724
Reefski's Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Topanga Posts: 3,016	bigger is better!

04/20/2014, 01:19 PM	#725
Arch4ngel Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: moreno valley Posts: 9	New to the forum, hobogato can you possibly lend a hand in tracing down a frag of the coral you listed as "seaworld sa blue tip teal stag" __________________ Using Tapatalk Current Tank Info: 65g show with a diablo dcs150 4xt5, upgrading to a 125g jebo bow front converted to reef ready just saving for my sump.