Chris's Red sea max

Madfish

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Reefmack said:
Madfish - I replaced the RSM hood with a Current Outer Orbit Pro in October 2007. It's a raised fixture - 150W HQI (a 14k lamp now), 48W of 420 actinics, 48W of 460 actinics, 6 blue & 6 white moonlights.
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He there !

could you take a picture of the lighting systhem for me ? Form the front to see how your max looks like and from "below" to see the lightbulbs and neons ?

I am looking for the best way to change that as well.

good night

Chris
 
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Madfish - these are old pictures - the tank contents have changed but not the light fixture!

From the front. There is obviously some glare from the lights, but the TV is about 8 feet to the right of the tank, and me and the wife got used to it and it doesn't bother us any more. Some day I may mod a flap to hang over the front. You can see the layout of the MH in the center, and the 4 actinic bulbs - 2 front (420 and 460nm) and 2 in the back (420 and 460nm). The moonlight LEDs are not on in the picture, but you should be able to see 6 on each side of the MH lamp - 3 white LED and 3 blue LED on each side:

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From farther away:

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Showing how the back section of the RSM is uncovered. I do get some algae growth back here as the back section gets a good amount of light from the rear set of actinics. The fixture has a single large fan on the right side and is very quiet - the fan only comes on when the Metal Halide lamp is on - not needed when the actinics are on. The ballast in the 150W MH model is in the hood - the 250W MH models have an external ballast. For me the 150W seems more than enough light. Old picture - I still have the RSM skimmer in the back. To the right of the skimmer is a dual cooling fan that blows over the tank - I only need to run that in the summer, and I get by with no chiller by keeping the house cool. Lots of top off though, but I have an ATO to handle that.

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4 cords - 1 cord for the 4 actinics, 1 for the MH lamp, 1 cord for the blue LEDs, and 1 for the white LEDs - the LED power cord plugs have a small AC to DC transformer on the ends. Lots of cords, but it makes it possible to adjust the timing on the light sequence.

It comes with a 10k MH, which I then switched to a 20k, and later to a 14k - I like the 14k the best.
 
Mavjoy

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RM- Thanks for all the info about your MH set up. It looks really nice and soo bright. I really don't want to use a chiller and I don't have any ATO yet, so I'm gonna hold off on the upgrade but the Orbit lights is definitely a good mod for the RSM.
 
Madfish

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Thank you very much for these pictures. Now I see how I can improve my tank.

By the way, what is the price for such a sys ? And if I understood right, you use a chiller ?
 
Reefmack

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Madfish - if you click on the link in post #20 above you'll get an idea on the US price - $423 USD in the above case. Not cheap, but what is in this hobby? There are cheaper Chinese fixtures available, but they have posed problems for some - cheap ballasts and fire hazards. No - I don't use a chiller. In the summer I run the dual cooling fans on the back (evaporative cooling) and I keep my AC in the low - mid 70F range (I hate heat LOL!) and the tank will max out at about 79-80. A raised fixture IMO runs cooler than a closed hood, and the fixture fan removes most of the heat from the lights/ballast. But, that's just what I've found under the conditions I have in my house. If these tanks are kept in rooms that get hot I think a chiller will always be needed, no matter what your light setup is.
 
Madfish

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Last saturday, there was a very small convention in Lausanne Switzerland. One of my buddys solde frags and I gave him a hand. Of course, I ended up going home with a few as well.

I took 2 acroporas. Any of you holding, successfully, acroporas in his Max ??

Of course I put them 10 cm under the light to make sure they would have a maximum of it.

I am done with my studies and well perpare my tank for pictures. You will get them in the next 10 days.

take care
 
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Madfish - I've seen several RSMs with stock lighting and successful Acropora growth. redseareefer has a tank thread and is having great success with them, as well as others here on Reef Sanctuary and on other forums. Yes - usually kept up on the top portion of the rock.

nornicle - yep - those were old pictures - that was before I went to the Remora hang on skimmer on the back. Now that I have the Tunze 9002 skimmer in my sump, the only thing I have in the skimmer section now is my Lifereef overflow and the return tubing.
 
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This is one of the most beautiful Max's I have seen. Absolutely stunning. Congratulations on a superb aquarium.
 
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I meant to ask- how did you get such great quality photos? Any advice for someone who can't ever get a decent picture?
 
Madfish

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Thank you guys,

My camera is a Canon EOS 400 with and 3 leg stand. I take my pictures with the manuel mode. I am not very good at it. Many reefers in Switzerland are great photographers. Specialy with Macros.

The Yellow fish are Gobiodon okinawae.
 
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Fantastic! What lenses do you use with the Canon 400? I think that's the same as my Rebel XTI over here in the states. I have to struggle to take pictures like you have.

MatthewJ - I think those might be similar to Yellow Clown Gobies, but I'm not sure.
 
jjohnson3

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:drool: You RSM people make me sick! Especially you Chris...Just kidding! That just may be one of the most beautiful RSM's I have ever seen! Any agression with your fish bioload? It seems kindof high...
 
Madfish

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jjohnson3 said:
:drool: Any agression with your fish bioload? It seems kindof high...
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Hello,

With bioload you meen to high population ?

Well yes the pop. is high but they do not realy interfear with each other. The tank has reach it's limits and I would not put in more fish.

The thing is the that:

The clowns never leave the anemone. -2

The Yello fish (Gobiodon Okinawae) are smaler then an inch

The green banded Goby is less then an Inch

The Serranus is less then an inch

The magnificas are a couple and are respected by the angel and the Gramma Loreto.

No realy, there is no problem. The only advise I would give to anyone that want to have a hi populations is Match caracters.

If I had to do it again, I would never put in an Dwarf angel ! He is the little boss in the tank.
 
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