My 29 Bio Cube build thread - Page 23

Craig Manoukian · 11-14-2007, 08:15 PM

Cool beans!

tippMANn98 · 11-15-2007, 09:14 AM

Read Below the picture for more....
THE BEFORE PICTURE!!!!!!

I get home from work by 4:45, I reset my timers so the lights would go off and cool before I got home(and so everybody could get some light as I worked on originals) They weren't off. Oh well, shut em' off, have a beer, chill for a minute. GOOD TO GO! Start working at 5:30. All is going smoothly until i have to install the stock bulb clips back on................MISSING A MACHINE SCREW!!! Off to Lowes!!! Here is a picture while I am shopping...

I get back from lowes install stock clips, back on track. Yea, By this time it was 7:30. Fish wires through holes drilled in the hood, screw new heat shield with endcaps down into hood, replace splash shield. HOOD IS COMPLETE! Now on to the ballast and electrical. Fiance was on the phone, so I told myself "I will wait to drill the side of this box out, and just wire the ballast" WRONG ANSWER!!!! I had to fish wires through first... Used connectors that came with kit...BACK TO LOWES to get new pigtail connectors...ENJOY PICTURE.....

Back from lowes again, connectors in hand...It is now 9:00pm whew I am getting tired, have had a headache all day long, all through the building process, its because of a cool front on its way today. Anyway, Finish drilling out ballast box, and completed wiring the power switch, ballast to endcaps, power switch to power cord and fan ac/in. 10:15pm OK!!! ALL DONE!!!! Plugged everything in and started the light show!!!! I like the way it looks, and I think it will perform quite well. HERE IS THE AFTER PICTURE!!!!!!

BigAl07 · 11-15-2007, 10:34 AM

Awesome lights and work buddy! Be sure to take some "close-up" shots or your corals so you can determine increases growth.

Also note you may get a mild algae bloom with the increased bulb pack and new bulbs.

tippMANn98 · 11-15-2007, 10:40 AM

Yea, I was expecting that, I was going to wait till today or tomorrow for close up pics of the corals again...let them get used to everything, They had limited light yesterday....Will do...and I still have to replace the 2 old bulbs VERY SOON!

Craig Manoukian · 11-15-2007, 02:02 PM

I don't see any cupping mushrooms!

tippMANn98 · 11-15-2007, 02:09 PM

dont jump the gun craig, I only had the lights on for a minute, just to see what they look like...TODAY is reckoning day!

Craig Manoukian · 11-15-2007, 02:13 PM

OK, but they looked open and happy!

tippMANn98 · 11-15-2007, 02:15 PM

thanks....we will see tonite! all the corals are pouting of light shortage yesterday

tippMANn98 · 11-19-2007, 09:57 AM

Had a nice long non busy weekend. Clean algae and did water change (4 gallons) on Friday. Also cleaned the skimmer pumps and main pump, all working nicely. Coralline starting to grown on display glass. My soapdish refugium is working flawlessly, chaeto is about ready to be cut back a little, growing out of soapdish. Well, here is what you have all been waiting for!! PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!!!! I moved almost every coral, I WAS GOOD and WORE GLOVES!! Put all the rics as low as possible.....in adjustment to the new lights, I started out with only 6 full hours of sunlight. then have been upping that by 15 minutes both ways on the time scale, a total of 1/2 hour each day....seem to be adapting VERY WELL.

My Prized Blue Rics, There is now 4 total blue rics, all this gorgeous color.

The rest of my rics on the RIC ROCK!

This is my second favorite Ricordea, Neon green mouth, with dk green center polyps, to blue polyps around the disc, and then to dk green around the very edge.

Red Micro Zoas: They are in the middle now, nice and bright:

**These next ones gotta go, Im selling them or trade..I will post a thread later...Olive Green Button Polyps. VERY FAST growers in my tank.

Ring of Fire zoas(fragged once already, bout ready to go again, frag was sent to MichealCB in Round Robin #2)

Blue ric and Round Robin #3 frag under actinics:

Craig Manoukian · 11-20-2007, 12:24 AM

Fantastic lookin' stuff Daniel!

tippMANn98 · 11-20-2007, 08:58 AM

Does every thing look ok, They seem to be ok, adjusted well to the new lights...

BigAl07 · 11-20-2007, 08:59 AM

They look VERY well buddy. Sometimes it's hard to "appreciate" lighting in our pics but your critters look happy in the pics. Are you pleased with the new bulbs?

tippMANn98 · 11-20-2007, 09:25 AM

yea, but looking at the old actinic against the new actinic, its very displeasing, i can see the intensity difference. That is the next absolute have to have on the list, is new replacements for the old stock ones. ASAP, so when it comes time to change them next time, I can do them all at once....just start buying new ones a month in advance!

BigAl07 · 11-20-2007, 09:33 AM

I would not try to replace all at once. I would do it in stages that way you have a more "Even" spread instead of going from a full set of OLD bulbs to a full set of new ones. That's how I do mine. I am trying to get on a schedule to "Stagger" the bulb replacement so that I don't shock the tank every 8 months or so. Does that make sense?

You know if we went with LED we could spend our time talking and thinking about more important things

tippMANn98 · 11-20-2007, 09:46 AM

it makes sense. Now with LED's, dont you need a WHOLE TRUCK LOAD to come anywhere close to PC's let alone MH?

11-14-2007, 08:15 PM	#331 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread Cool beans! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

11-15-2007, 09:14 AM	#332 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread Read Below the picture for more.... THE BEFORE PICTURE!!!!!! I get home from work by 4:45, I reset my timers so the lights would go off and cool before I got home(and so everybody could get some light as I worked on originals) They weren't off. Oh well, shut em' off, have a beer, chill for a minute. GOOD TO GO! Start working at 5:30. All is going smoothly until i have to install the stock bulb clips back on................MISSING A MACHINE SCREW!!! Off to Lowes!!! Here is a picture while I am shopping... I get back from lowes install stock clips, back on track. Yea, By this time it was 7:30. Fish wires through holes drilled in the hood, screw new heat shield with endcaps down into hood, replace splash shield. HOOD IS COMPLETE! Now on to the ballast and electrical. Fiance was on the phone, so I told myself "I will wait to drill the side of this box out, and just wire the ballast" WRONG ANSWER!!!! I had to fish wires through first... Used connectors that came with kit...BACK TO LOWES to get new pigtail connectors...ENJOY PICTURE..... Back from lowes again, connectors in hand...It is now 9:00pm whew I am getting tired, have had a headache all day long, all through the building process, its because of a cool front on its way today. Anyway, Finish drilling out ballast box, and completed wiring the power switch, ballast to endcaps, power switch to power cord and fan ac/in. 10:15pm OK!!! ALL DONE!!!! Plugged everything in and started the light show!!!! I like the way it looks, and I think it will perform quite well. HERE IS THE AFTER PICTURE!!!!!!

11-15-2007, 10:34 AM	#333 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Addict (hopeless) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 12,797 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread Awesome lights and work buddy! Be sure to take some "close-up" shots or your corals so you can determine increases growth. Also note you may get a mild algae bloom with the increased bulb pack and new bulbs. __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...(-NO3=WC%) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Now in STORAGE and Dry-Docked BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-15-2007, 10:40 AM	#334 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread Yea, I was expecting that, I was going to wait till today or tomorrow for close up pics of the corals again...let them get used to everything, They had limited light yesterday....Will do...and I still have to replace the 2 old bulbs VERY SOON!

11-15-2007, 02:02 PM	#335 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread I don't see any cupping mushrooms! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

11-15-2007, 02:09 PM	#336 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread dont jump the gun craig, I only had the lights on for a minute, just to see what they look like...TODAY is reckoning day!

11-15-2007, 02:13 PM	#337 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread OK, but they looked open and happy! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

11-15-2007, 02:15 PM	#338 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread thanks....we will see tonite! all the corals are pouting of light shortage yesterday

11-19-2007, 09:57 AM	#339 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread Had a nice long non busy weekend. Clean algae and did water change (4 gallons) on Friday. Also cleaned the skimmer pumps and main pump, all working nicely. Coralline starting to grown on display glass. My soapdish refugium is working flawlessly, chaeto is about ready to be cut back a little, growing out of soapdish. Well, here is what you have all been waiting for!! PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!!!! I moved almost every coral, I WAS GOOD and WORE GLOVES!! Put all the rics as low as possible.....in adjustment to the new lights, I started out with only 6 full hours of sunlight. then have been upping that by 15 minutes both ways on the time scale, a total of 1/2 hour each day....seem to be adapting VERY WELL. My Prized Blue Rics, There is now 4 total blue rics, all this gorgeous color. The rest of my rics on the RIC ROCK! This is my second favorite Ricordea, Neon green mouth, with dk green center polyps, to blue polyps around the disc, and then to dk green around the very edge. Red Micro Zoas: They are in the middle now, nice and bright: **These next ones gotta go, Im selling them or trade..I will post a thread later...Olive Green Button Polyps. VERY FAST growers in my tank. Ring of Fire zoas(fragged once already, bout ready to go again, frag was sent to MichealCB in Round Robin #2) Blue ric and Round Robin #3 frag under actinics:

11-20-2007, 12:24 AM	#340 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,352 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread Fantastic lookin' stuff Daniel! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

11-20-2007, 08:58 AM	#341 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread Does every thing look ok, They seem to be ok, adjusted well to the new lights...

11-20-2007, 08:59 AM	#342 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Addict (hopeless) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 12,797 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread They look VERY well buddy. Sometimes it's hard to "appreciate" lighting in our pics but your critters look happy in the pics. Are you pleased with the new bulbs? __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...(-NO3=WC%) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Now in STORAGE and Dry-Docked BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-20-2007, 09:25 AM	#343 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread yea, but looking at the old actinic against the new actinic, its very displeasing, i can see the intensity difference. That is the next absolute have to have on the list, is new replacements for the old stock ones. ASAP, so when it comes time to change them next time, I can do them all at once....just start buying new ones a month in advance!

11-20-2007, 09:33 AM	#344 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Addict (hopeless) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 12,797 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread I would not try to replace all at once. I would do it in stages that way you have a more "Even" spread instead of going from a full set of OLD bulbs to a full set of new ones. That's how I do mine. I am trying to get on a schedule to "Stagger" the bulb replacement so that I don't shock the tank every 8 months or so. Does that make sense? You know if we went with LED we could spend our time talking and thinking about more important things __________________ ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...(-NO3=WC%) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Now in STORAGE and Dry-Docked BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

11-20-2007, 09:46 AM	#345 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 29 Bio Cube build thread it makes sense. Now with LED's, dont you need a WHOLE TRUCK LOAD to come anywhere close to PC's let alone MH?

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