Returning to what I love - My new 180 Rimless - Page 3

tatoofr · 06/06/2009, 05:08 AM

HI jOn,
You can really turn that fixture any way you want. The small dent can be in the back, Still hurts I know .
I have bulbs you can use if you want,
Frank

jbanks · 06/06/2009, 07:24 AM

Hey Frank,

I realized that last night, which made me feel a whole lot better

Thanks.. As for the bulbs, I would love to try one just to see how it looks all lit up. You have to post a picture of yours! Let me know if you will be around later tonight or on Sunday. Maybe I can swing through and purchase and/or borrow a bulb from you. Thanks Again!!

Poseidon · 06/06/2009, 09:29 AM

That is looking good! Just wait until the rock is all colored up purple, and covered in corals, it will look AWESOME!

CeeGee · 06/06/2009, 11:18 AM

for the price those fixtures cost it would be going back and a replacement would be sent. I would accept nothing less than perfect and I would insist that I be able to use the current one until the replacement is ready to be shipped.

jbanks · 06/07/2009, 08:32 AM

Thanks Poseidon.. I'm definitely looking forward to that...

jbanks · 06/07/2009, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CeeGee
for the price those fixtures cost it would be going back and a replacement would be sent. I would accept nothing less than perfect and I would insist that I be able to use the current one until the replacement is ready to be shipped.

CeeGee,

You're absolutely right... After getting a really good look at it last night, I realized some things that really bothered me and could possibly be a hazard.. I wrote the vendor last night.. I'm really confident that they will work something out for me... I'll be speaking with them tomorrow...

jbanks · 06/07/2009, 08:37 AM

I was really looking forward to posting some updates with the lighting, but as we all know, you have to take the good with the bad with this hobby and patience is truly a virtue... More to come soon.

jbanks · 06/07/2009, 07:07 PM

After a frustrating weekend of new equipment blues, there was a shimmer of light in it all (No pun intended to all the T5ers) LOL. I actually met two local reefers, "tatoofr", who has posted on this thread and his friend "ONEWAY". Meeting them both confirmed something that draws me to this hobby. It's largely about the wonderful people that are part of it that make it GREAT! I never met these guys before Saturday and they both welcomed me and gave me their assistance with some issues that I was having... Both of their tanks are true works of art and set the standard for well maintained tanks due to excellent husbandry. I wanted to publicly thank them for their help and also for validating one of my main reason for getting back in to the hobby, making new friends.

Let me not forget.... If there are any non-believers as to what T5s can or can not do with SPS, you NEED to see these guys all T5 systems... Extraordinary!!!!

jbanks · 06/09/2009, 12:26 AM

As I suspected, My vendor was right on top of the damage situation with the Fixture come Monday morning.. I really can't say enough about the guys at PA... We are in the process of working it all out.. In the interim, I took the opportunity to mount the fixture so that I could have the cables in place in case I decided to wait for another fixture... So, here are some preview shots:

Bulb combo until two bulbs are replaced- This Powermodule is BRGHT!

Let there be light!

Mounted 8 inches above the water line..

tatoofr · 06/09/2009, 06:02 AM

Hi,
Looks good jonathan, thumbs up.
Frank

SunnyX · 06/09/2009, 06:50 AM

The light fixture is looks great! Your corals will be growing out of the water.

E.intheC · 06/09/2009, 10:38 AM

I agree. Love the light fixture! Great job!

jbanks · 06/09/2009, 10:52 AM

Thanks guys,

You all have set some standard to follow..

I can't wait until I have some visible creatures in there....

jbanks · 06/09/2009, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tatoofr
Hi,
Looks good jonathan, thumbs up.
Frank

Frank, you and Anthony should come through soon so you can check out the Vortechs first-hand..

Rickyrooz1 · 06/20/2009, 05:43 PM

Very good light spread coming out of the ATI, do you have any dark spots?

ONEWAY · 06/21/2009, 06:59 AM

Hay Jon,
Looks great, I love that ATI fixture the tank is nice and bright. You will be happy with it. Can't wait to see you start stocking it. You're doing it right, slow and steady. Keep the pics coming. Two thumbs up!!

Anthony

jbanks · 06/21/2009, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rickyrooz1
Very good light spread coming out of the ATI, do you have any dark spots?

Thanks Rickyrooz1. The light spread at eight inches above the water is great with no visual dark spots. Since the Tank is 36 inches from front to back, I was really concerned about that. The nice part, is that the lighting at the very front and the back of the tank are perfect for LPS if you want to mix it up a bit. As bright as it is, I'm incined to believe that I could get away with clams and/or SPS at the very front as well.

Rickyrooz1 · 06/21/2009, 10:42 AM

Nice!

jbanks · 06/21/2009, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ONEWAY
Hay Jon,
Looks great, I love that ATI fixture the tank is nice and bright. You will be happy with it. Can't wait to see you start stocking it. You're doing it right, slow and steady. Keep the pics coming. Two thumbs up!!

Anthony

Thanks Ant! Your hanging idea worked out awesome! I learned a long time ago about rushing with this obsession of ours.

Thanks for your help.. I am soooo looking foward to getting some frags from your beautiful tank!

tatoofr · 06/21/2009, 11:15 AM

Hi Jon,
Sorry for waking you.
Ok cootie treatment is done, Fish bugged out a little but all in all everything went well. Corals and clams all look good. I dont see any flatworms at ALL. The stuff seems to work very well. Time will tell.
Frank

jbanks · 06/21/2009, 12:26 PM

Fantastic Frank! I'll keep my fingers crossed. You executed a solid plan. So, I am sure that things will turn out ok.. I was comatose when you called

I didn't get in until early this morning.

1DeR9_3Hy · 06/21/2009, 03:42 PM

Great looking tank, lets hope this one reaches its "grow out"

jbanks · 06/22/2009, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 1DeR9_3Hy
Great looking tank, lets hope this one reaches its "grow out"

Thanks 1DeR9_3Hy,

Yes, let's hope

jbanks · 06/22/2009, 11:34 PM

Hey everyone, I was messing around with my iPhone 3G S and took the following pics.. The damn thing actually takes really decent pictures to be a phone... The auto white balance is actually pretty good.

As an update, I am in my second week of dosing vodka.. The water is starting to get even clearer. At one point I noticed the tank looked a bit cloudy.. My guess was that I was adding a bit too much mb7, which I used to seed the tank. As soon as I backed off the MB7, the tank started clearing up day by day.. Please note that I never stopped dosing the vodka. I will restart with the recommended dosage of MB7 on the weekend coming up. As for equipment, I've added a Reef Fanatic Liquid Level controller or auto top-off purposes.

Please don't flame me about all the clowns.

They actually got added at different times, but the female True Perc took a carpet dive followed by one of the original seabae's. I replaced the fallen seabae and then I decided to go with Tomatoes.. They're really beautiful and seem to already be going through the stages of pairing. Everyone's getting along right now, but I know that wil not last so, the perc and the two sebaes will be removed this weekend..

With Dusk/Dawn lights (Korallin Fiji Purple and Geisemann true Antinic)

Hopefully, soon to be a new mating couple

All lights on...

Top down

leslie hempel · 06/25/2009, 07:40 AM

stunning.

06/06/2009, 05:08 AM	#51
tatoofr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,042	HI jOn, You can really turn that fixture any way you want. The small dent can be in the back, Still hurts I know . I have bulbs you can use if you want, Frank __________________ !20 tech tank ATI T5 Club Current Tank Info: 120 reef Last edited by tatoofr; 06/06/2009 at 05:13 AM.

06/06/2009, 07:24 AM	#52
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,481	Hey Frank, I realized that last night, which made me feel a whole lot better Thanks.. As for the bulbs, I would love to try one just to see how it looks all lit up. You have to post a picture of yours! Let me know if you will be around later tonight or on Sunday. Maybe I can swing through and purchase and/or borrow a bulb from you. Thanks Again!! __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator

06/06/2009, 09:29 AM	#53
Poseidon Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Swartz Creek Posts: 551	That is looking good! Just wait until the rock is all colored up purple, and covered in corals, it will look AWESOME! __________________ Just say no to CRABS! Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon, mostly SPS

06/06/2009, 11:18 AM	#54
CeeGee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lebanon, TN Posts: 3,200	for the price those fixtures cost it would be going back and a replacement would be sent. I would accept nothing less than perfect and I would insist that I be able to use the current one until the replacement is ready to be shipped. __________________ My algae WAS special. Current Tank Info: 75 gallon display, 40 gallon breeder sump, I-Tech 100 with Tunze 9410 Hydrofoamer, 6 X 54W ATI Powermodule, Neptune Apex, 2 X Tunze 6100 on a 7095 Multicontroller and 3 6045 Nano Streams

06/07/2009, 08:32 AM	#55
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,481	Thanks Poseidon.. I'm definitely looking forward to that... __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator

06/07/2009, 08:37 AM	#57
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,481	I was really looking forward to posting some updates with the lighting, but as we all know, you have to take the good with the bad with this hobby and patience is truly a virtue... More to come soon. __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator

06/07/2009, 07:07 PM	#58
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,481	After a frustrating weekend of new equipment blues, there was a shimmer of light in it all (No pun intended to all the T5ers) LOL. I actually met two local reefers, "tatoofr", who has posted on this thread and his friend "ONEWAY". Meeting them both confirmed something that draws me to this hobby. It's largely about the wonderful people that are part of it that make it GREAT! I never met these guys before Saturday and they both welcomed me and gave me their assistance with some issues that I was having... Both of their tanks are true works of art and set the standard for well maintained tanks due to excellent husbandry. I wanted to publicly thank them for their help and also for validating one of my main reason for getting back in to the hobby, making new friends. Let me not forget.... If there are any non-believers as to what T5s can or can not do with SPS, you NEED to see these guys all T5 systems... Extraordinary!!!! __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator Last edited by jbanks; 06/07/2009 at 07:42 PM.

06/09/2009, 12:26 AM	#59
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,481	As I suspected, My vendor was right on top of the damage situation with the Fixture come Monday morning.. I really can't say enough about the guys at PA... We are in the process of working it all out.. In the interim, I took the opportunity to mount the fixture so that I could have the cables in place in case I decided to wait for another fixture... So, here are some preview shots: Bulb combo until two bulbs are replaced- This Powermodule is BRGHT! Let there be light! Mounted 8 inches above the water line.. __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator

06/09/2009, 06:02 AM	#60
tatoofr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,042	Hi, Looks good jonathan, thumbs up. Frank __________________ !20 tech tank ATI T5 Club Current Tank Info: 120 reef

06/09/2009, 06:50 AM	#61
SunnyX Moved On Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 5,133	The light fixture is looks great! Your corals will be growing out of the water.

06/09/2009, 10:38 AM	#62
E.intheC Minimalist Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 5,047	I agree. Love the light fixture! Great job! __________________ -Eric 34 Gallon Solana BB cube. Radion \| Tunze/MP10 \| JNS WS-1 \| Apex \| Litermeter III

06/09/2009, 10:52 AM	#63
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,481	Thanks guys, You all have set some standard to follow.. I can't wait until I have some visible creatures in there.... __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator Last edited by jbanks; 06/09/2009 at 10:57 AM.

06/20/2009, 05:43 PM	#65
Rickyrooz1 Acropora Nut Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Posts: 2,093	Very good light spread coming out of the ATI, do you have any dark spots? __________________ 120 gallon SPS dominated, two 250 watt Phoenix 14K DE metal halides in Lumenarc stealth reflectors, Lumatek dimmable ballasts, Two 48" T5's, Vertex IN-180 protein skimmer with Bubble Blaster 3000 pump, Mag Drive 9.5 return pump, two Vortech MP40w.

06/21/2009, 06:59 AM	#66
ONEWAY Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oceanside, NY Posts: 175	Hay Jon, Looks great, I love that ATI fixture the tank is nice and bright. You will be happy with it. Can't wait to see you start stocking it. You're doing it right, slow and steady. Keep the pics coming. Two thumbs up!! Anthony __________________ Hope is not a plan. Pay cash and leave no papertrail!!!! Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon SPS

06/21/2009, 10:42 AM	#68
Rickyrooz1 Acropora Nut Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Posts: 2,093	Nice! __________________ 120 gallon SPS dominated, two 250 watt Phoenix 14K DE metal halides in Lumenarc stealth reflectors, Lumatek dimmable ballasts, Two 48" T5's, Vertex IN-180 protein skimmer with Bubble Blaster 3000 pump, Mag Drive 9.5 return pump, two Vortech MP40w.

06/21/2009, 11:15 AM	#70
tatoofr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,042	Hi Jon, Sorry for waking you. Ok cootie treatment is done, Fish bugged out a little but all in all everything went well. Corals and clams all look good. I dont see any flatworms at ALL. The stuff seems to work very well. Time will tell. Frank __________________ !20 tech tank ATI T5 Club Current Tank Info: 120 reef

06/21/2009, 12:26 PM	#71
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,481	Fantastic Frank! I'll keep my fingers crossed. You executed a solid plan. So, I am sure that things will turn out ok.. I was comatose when you called I didn't get in until early this morning. __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator

06/21/2009, 03:42 PM	#72
1DeR9_3Hy Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,567	Great looking tank, lets hope this one reaches its "grow out" __________________ I hope it never catches on, I like having the oldest tank on here and I don't have to worry about calcification, bio pellets, Vodka dosing, DSBs, Chaetomorpha (I don't even know what that is) Carbonite hardness and all of these other things many people worry about. If I had to think about all of that stuff I would get a stroke. My test kit came in a wooden box and the directions say to keep in a cool chariott. I throw some food in the tank, wave hello to the fish and go out with my wife and have a nice glass of merlot with dinner. Have a great day but most of all, have fun. -PaulB Current Tank Info: 27 Gallon DAS softy/fish reef

06/22/2009, 11:34 PM	#74
jbanks Lover of God's Creations Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 2,481	Hey everyone, I was messing around with my iPhone 3G S and took the following pics.. The damn thing actually takes really decent pictures to be a phone... The auto white balance is actually pretty good. As an update, I am in my second week of dosing vodka.. The water is starting to get even clearer. At one point I noticed the tank looked a bit cloudy.. My guess was that I was adding a bit too much mb7, which I used to seed the tank. As soon as I backed off the MB7, the tank started clearing up day by day.. Please note that I never stopped dosing the vodka. I will restart with the recommended dosage of MB7 on the weekend coming up. As for equipment, I've added a Reef Fanatic Liquid Level controller or auto top-off purposes. Please don't flame me about all the clowns. They actually got added at different times, but the female True Perc took a carpet dive followed by one of the original seabae's. I replaced the fallen seabae and then I decided to go with Tomatoes.. They're really beautiful and seem to already be going through the stages of pairing. Everyone's getting along right now, but I know that wil not last so, the perc and the two sebaes will be removed this weekend.. With Dusk/Dawn lights (Korallin Fiji Purple and Geisemann true Antinic) Hopefully, soon to be a new mating couple All lights on... Top down __________________ Jonathan Go ahead... Put the price on the bag. I don't have that problem any longer :) Current Tank Info: 180g Custom rimless Starphire, 48 X10 ATI PM T5 fixture, Vortech MP40w X3 with battery Backup, Bubble King Super Marin 250, Geo 612 Calc reactor, Profilux stand-alone Doser, Neptune Apex controller, Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator Last edited by jbanks; 06/23/2009 at 12:08 AM.

06/25/2009, 07:40 AM	#75
leslie hempel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gonubie,South Africa Posts: 302	stunning. __________________ Do things slowly as you get a quicker result that way... My Rimless 5ft http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2018550 Current Tank Info: 1.5m rimless with intergrated wavebox powered by a Tunze 6055.