JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire - Page 52

rmlevasseur · 01-08-2008, 11:57 PM

I searched Home Depot and Lowes sites and don't see that product

I'd love to look into it.

JFK_Jr · 01-09-2008, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by rmlevasseur

I searched Home Depot and Lowes sites and don't see that product

I'd love to look into it.

You have to go in person... you won't see it on the website.

JFK_Jr · 01-09-2008, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JFK_Jr

Don't know if it's going to make a difference or not, but I just ordered a 192 watt PFO retrofit PC kit for my reef.

I currently have 942 watts and have seen spectacular growth over the past year. This upgrade will bring me up to 1134 watts. I'll be adding some more 7200k blue bulbs.

Maybe it's cause I have the space and not much left to tinker or add to my system?

We'll see... I'll keep everyone updated on the impact... if any... on my reef.

I received my PFO PC retrofit kit and added it to my current lighting. I added 2 96 watt 7200K bulbs to give me a total wattage of 1134W. Definitely makes a difference visually... let's see if it does anything to my corals.

BTW... I'm very impressed with the quality of PFO products... the dual ballasts come in a really nice (solid) enclosure with dual switches. The cables are also top notch...

Frankie · 01-09-2008, 12:33 AM

Nice JFK! Look forward to the growth

JFK_Jr · 01-09-2008, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankie

Nice JFK! Look forward to the growth

Thanks Frankie...

From your keyboard to God's ears!

Techno-Vicki · 01-09-2008, 12:38 AM

Your monties are beautiful and I have read that when you frag them on the same rock next to each other, they grow faster? What are your thoughts? I have a frag from prow and soon I hope to frag his red with my green. I think I will also frag two of my greens to get a comparison on what I have read. Great job with your pics, fishes, corals and tank!

Craig Manoukian · 01-09-2008, 01:40 AM

Your cap and toadstools make great tank ends!

JFK_Jr · 01-09-2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Techno-Vicki

Your monties are beautiful and I have read that when you frag them on the same rock next to each other, they grow faster? What are your thoughts? I have a frag from prow and soon I hope to frag his red with my green. I think I will also frag two of my greens to get a comparison on what I have read. Great job with your pics, fishes, corals and tank!

Thanks Vicki...

I've never heard that before...

Make sure you document your green cap frags... I'd be interested in seeing if there is something to that claim.

If you look at my last FTS, you can see several orange cap frags all over my tank. They seem to do well anywhere I place them as long as they get direct light and good indirect flow. Give them good light, flow and provide an adequate supply of calcium and they will do fine.

michael_cb_125 · 01-09-2008, 10:03 AM

Ypur tank is one of the best looking tanks I have seen in a while. I hope that mine will look half as good. I have your Name on my top reef GODS list!!

~Michael

framerguy · 01-09-2008, 10:06 AM

Jr., you have my favorite tank on RS! I just love it. (no offense to all the other awsome ones) I've got a long way to go.

rmlevasseur · 01-12-2008, 02:49 PM

Well I went to Lowes and Home Depot and no Bonsai American natural sand. They must have discontinued it? I can also find no referance to it on the net either.

ReefGuy69 · 01-12-2008, 03:08 PM

Yeah JFK you do have the best tank on RS. I basically used it to show my wife so she would let me get back into the hobby. Whenever she says lets look at pictures of tanks. I always go to yours. She always asks will ours look like that one day and i always say i hope so... i hope so.. Sorry to get mushy at the end there.

JFK_Jr · 01-12-2008, 10:26 PM

Thanks everyone for the nice comments about my reef... it really is motivating to hear...

Here's my FTS for today... My corraline had started to take hold again, so I did a little scraping to get it back to pristine looking condition.

tbittner · 01-12-2008, 10:29 PM

Hey JFK. If it's ok with you, I'd like to copy the link to this picture over to my chronicle and tell everyone "Here is my latest FTS. I've had some fantastic growth over the past few weeks."

Is that ok???

mps9506 · 01-12-2008, 10:35 PM

Is that last pic with the new PC actinics? They really make a difference, colors seem to pop more in the photo.

01-08-2008, 11:57 PM	#766 (permalink)
rmlevasseur Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 924 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire I searched Home Depot and Lowes sites and don't see that product I'd love to look into it.

01-09-2008, 12:33 AM	#769 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 7,119 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Nice JFK! Look forward to the growth __________________ Bruce: Today's meeting is Step 5: Bring a fish friend. Everyone brought a fish friend? DIY=DO IT YOURSELF! If we ignore the environment maybe it will just go away....

01-09-2008, 12:38 AM	#771 (permalink)
Techno-Vicki Dancing Mandarins Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sanger, CA (on Kings River) Posts: 1,089 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Your monties are beautiful and I have read that when you frag them on the same rock next to each other, they grow faster? What are your thoughts? I have a frag from prow and soon I hope to frag his red with my green. I think I will also frag two of my greens to get a comparison on what I have read. Great job with your pics, fishes, corals and tank! __________________ AKA - "Speedy" Extreme Reef Addition Videos of Mandarins, reef tank, and "His Majesty's" DIY water changer http://www.murrayproductions.org/Ree...RM_videos.html "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)

01-09-2008, 01:40 AM	#772 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 17,903 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Your cap and toadstools make great tank ends! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

01-09-2008, 10:03 AM	#774 (permalink)
michael_cb_125 Manta Ray Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Charlotte,NC Posts: 3,219 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Ypur tank is one of the best looking tanks I have seen in a while. I hope that mine will look half as good. I have your Name on my top reef GODS list!! ~Michael __________________ 240 Gallon MIXED REEF SUPER TANK Well at least thats what I want it to be 240 Gallon Custom Made Starphire Tank Life Reef Custom Sump,Life Reef Skimmer, Little Giant Return, 2 1200gph Koralias, 2 1580 GPH Tunze Turbelles, 1 Vortec, 72" Solaris I series, PM Kalk Reactor, Custom Made Fug, way to many more things to list Jose say hello to your NEW LITTLE FRIEND!!!!!!!!

01-09-2008, 10:06 AM	#775 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,326 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Jr., you have my favorite tank on RS! I just love it. (no offense to all the other awsome ones) I've got a long way to go. __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 390gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 150g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

01-12-2008, 02:49 PM	#776 (permalink)
rmlevasseur Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 924 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Well I went to Lowes and Home Depot and no Bonsai American natural sand. They must have discontinued it? I can also find no referance to it on the net either.

01-12-2008, 03:08 PM	#777 (permalink)
ReefGuy69 Plate Coral Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 746 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Yeah JFK you do have the best tank on RS. I basically used it to show my wife so she would let me get back into the hobby. Whenever she says lets look at pictures of tanks. I always go to yours. She always asks will ours look like that one day and i always say i hope so... i hope so.. Sorry to get mushy at the end there. __________________ Dennis ________ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...journal-3.html 55gal AGA w/ built in overflow 15 gal acrylic DIY sump/fuge 75lbs Fiji Live Rock 45lbs of Live Sand 1-1/2inch (1) 96 watt Super Blue Actinic Power Compact (2) 96 Watt 10,000k Power Compacts (2) Ebo Jager 200 watt heaters Seaclone 150 Skimmer (2) Hagen 50's Power Heads for flow (1) Hagen 70 Return Pump DIY ATO system (5 Gal) Mini Aqua Lights for fuge (10k/Actinic03) TLF 150 Phosban Reactor 12X turnover rate 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Peppermint Shrimp, Neon Green Hairy Mushrooms, Red Zoanthus Polyps.

01-12-2008, 10:26 PM	#778 (permalink)
JFK_Jr Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hallandale Beach FL Posts: 2,108 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Thanks everyone for the nice comments about my reef... it really is motivating to hear... Here's my FTS for today... My corraline had started to take hold again, so I did a little scraping to get it back to pristine looking condition. __________________ *JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire*

01-12-2008, 10:29 PM	#779 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Hey JFK. If it's ok with you, I'd like to copy the link to this picture over to my chronicle and tell everyone "Here is my latest FTS. I've had some fantastic growth over the past few weeks." Is that ok??? __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

01-12-2008, 10:35 PM	#780 (permalink)
mps9506 They misunderestimated me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,143 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: JFK_Jr's 150 Gallon Starphire Is that last pic with the new PC actinics? They really make a difference, colors seem to pop more in the photo. __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors

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