Nano Adventures Part 2 ( Or How I Let My Tank Go And Started Again.)

[mutantbigman2000]

And don't think anyone could say your led's aren't penetrating the water, I think it's the future for reef lighting. Low heat, shimmer effects and efficiency too boot, a few more years development and it may become more affordable also.

I paid full price for a pair and got my 2nd pair as 2 singles of ebay.

Think of how many bulb replacements you should do in 5 years and see how unaffordable they aren't.

 

[mutantbigman2000]

So while the photos take a while to progress i'll run you through the rest of the kit.

So we have a juwel lido 120 litre tank in dark wood effect.
Stock lighting removed and replaced with 3 x marine white and 1 x marine blue aquarays.
Internal filterbox removed before filling.
Heater is a fluval e200 with led temperature readout.
A koralia 1 and koralia 2 supplying the flow. (3800 litres per hour approx.)
Av120 nano skimmer.

Approximately 20kg of live rock. No sand bare glass bottom.
a pyjama wrasse and yellow tail blue damsel transferred from the tank from hell.

On a trip to a great not so local fish store last friday i came home with a skunk cleaner shrimp, 2 true turbo snails, A rock with metallic gsp (£30) as seen above and another small rock which contained 3 striped mushrooms and a piece of what i believe to be finger coral and 2 bright blue sponges.(£5 lol)

 

[mutantbigman2000]

Latest full tank shot. All lights blazing.

What you can't see in the pic is the shimmer that the lights cause on the rocks.

 

[Craig B]

It's looking really, really good Adam

What's next?

 

[mutantbigman2000]

A couple of weeks of water changes. Maybe scour all local fish stores for any scabby frags I can rescue.

 

[mutantbigman2000]

went to a lfs today and fell in love with a maroon clown.

 

[Craig B]

went to a lfs today and fell in love with a maroon clown.

Did you buy it Adam or have you scratched it up as a future purchase?

 

[mutantbigman2000]

She is happy in her new home.

Lovely deep colour and interesting key hole marking on one side.

 

[bae1994]

and the pics XD

so did you get money back on the light

 

[Harry1996]

your tank is looking good. i heard that one of them is the same as a 24W t5 with reflector. why didnt you get the hd 1500 ones? was it price? i am thinking of getting 2 500s for the shimmer.

 

[mutantbigman2000]

The main reason I didn't get the hd1000 is because I already owned the 4 aquarays.

The tiles do look great but on advice from tmc I decided against them. For optimal use they need 4 inches of water clearance. I can't do that in my closed top.

I would probably need 2 side by side too.

If I see some on eBay one day I might have a go.

 

[Harry1996]

ok
do you think the aquarays are better than t5s?

 

[mutantbigman2000]

I don't know of they are better or not.

What I do like are the positives the aquarays offer me.

5 year instant replacement guarantee
Run pretty cool
Shimmer effect
No expensive bulbs every 6 months.

 

[Craig B]

Harry, you should also take a peek at THESE, they appear to be very good VFM but you'll have to do a little digging for some real world reviews.

 

[Harry1996]

thanks craig b and mutantbigman2000