Setting Up The 29g. Totally Psyched I Have Saltwater In My Living Room

[kj23502]

did my first alk test; was 8.3

when i was working in my tank the tips of some of hair touched the water That sucks. I put junk in my hair every morning...

Running carbon and fish are out as normal. Unfortunately it was after my water change (that water was the last premixed sw I had, not even any more RO on hand )

 

[seffieuk]

those gobies are stunners

seffie x

 

[kj23502]

thanks and they're still alive, despite my hair that has hair product in it touching the water.

I've never had my water this clear before!!! I love carbon.

 

[kj23502]

I think I've decided my final stocking

drum roll........










canary wrasse and......














flame angel




But my fishy upgrade stuff may be put on hold for awhile. Having a Realtor out to look at our house on Tuesday to see what she thinks it could sell for. Want to upgrade in house and it could be a good time to sell it w/the 8,000 tax credit offered to first time homebuyers. Hoping we can sell for 100k and make 40k on it. If not, we'll stay put.

Don't want to set up a larger tank to have to move it shortly after....that would suck.

 

[Buddyboy67]

oo missed all this...those yashas are beautiful...one of the nicest gobies available

 

[kj23502]

thanks.

 

[Musho3210]

In all respect to Ski, i know someone who can help you with what bulb other than him.

http/www.manhattanreefs.com/lighting

It has a calculator, plug in what your light is running on, and it will tell you the best bulb to use, as well as the levels of PAR other bulbs output.

Different ballasts work better with different bulb, so there is NEVER a set answer on what bulb is better without first knowing what bulb matches your ballast.

 

[Musho3210]

I wasnt in a cannabis house I swear, it was a tv program I watched...promise.


YF

All high powered light systems are used in grow houses, for ALL growable plants. You have to remember cannabis is nothing but a plant, and it requires the same things as other plants. So hydroponic grow houses growing lettuce would probably use the same light as hydroponic grow houses for cannabis.

This is related to reef aquariums though. Countries are cracking down on high powered grow lights (T5HO, Halide, Sodium Vapor, LED). Australia keeps an eye on everyone buying high powered lights. And closer to home in America, cops do have the right to search your house if they feel you are a suspect in growing cannabis, and by seeing a high powered light shining out of your window is good enough for them to get a search warrant.

<a href="http/stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/544/so...ana_grow_lights" target="_blank">http/stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/544/so...ana_grow_lights</a>

^^^^ article: A little bit of guilty before proven innocent, its not America but it's still serious

Someone in my LRC has a few tanks all in one room, with i think 4 halides (2 250s and 2 150s I think), there was a window to the room, and at night the light would shine out. It was a small house, but it racked a very large electricity bill. Cops got suspicious, I dont remember if they issued a warrant but they did have a talk with the house owner.

Same thing happened with someone who had the smell of chemicals from her reef room, except that time they were looking for a meth lab, only to find a 54 year old woman and a fish tank. She sued.

<a href="http/www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=509182" target="_blank">http/www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=509182</a>

Unrelated to fish tanks, many times cops have issued wrong warrants or got to suspicous of innocent people, and those innocent people die during "drug raids." I dont find it a laughing matter so please do be careful with reef lighting.

<a href="http/www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ST2008080103916" target="_blank">http/www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ST2008080103916</a>

The world is too paranoid IMO

Oh yeah, these links are for its articles, not for the other things you may find on it.

 

[kj23502]

wow this light thing is interesting Musho. Problem is I don't know what this stuff means.

So my search is

Watts 250w
Ballast Type It says HQI
Ballast Manuf. Only option is PFO lighting
Ballast Name PFO 250w HQI (M80) is my only option
Sheilded Y (I take it this means that bulb is shielded?)

I don't understand what the results mean ??



So what is PPFD? CCT?

 

[kj23502]

This pic is from about a week ago, maybe? But yuck

And I haven't seen my second goby for about a week

I doubt they are switching off...lol I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two.

 

[SkiFletch]

PPFD is similar to PAR in terms of a lighting scale. CCT is another lighting scale similar to lumens.

 

[kj23502]

thanks ski

Some things I got some pictures of:

Curly que worm

Why I'm considering that melanus wrasse.

 

[SkiFletch]

Oooh, are those flatworms? If so, the Melanarus would make QUICK work of them

 

[kj23502]

wow I really butchered the species name of that wrasse Was trying to go by memory..lol

Yep those are flatworms. Have had them for a few months now and are slowly reproducing.

Did you see my giant aiptasia? lol Joe's juice is now coming in the mail. Been putting it off...

 

[Musho3210]

wow this light thing is interesting Musho. Problem is I don't know what this stuff means.

So my search is

Watts 250w
Ballast Type It says HQI
Ballast Manuf. Only option is PFO lighting
Ballast Name PFO 250w HQI (M80) is my only option
Sheilded Y (I take it this means that bulb is shielded?)

I don't understand what the results mean ??



So what is PPFD? CCT?

like what ski said, cct will be how bright it is (lumens) and ppfd will be how much of the light corals will utilize for photosynthesis (PAR). Times the efficiency by 10 and that is how much % of the wattage is used in light energy, the remaining is heat, everything else should be a given or unimportant.

Hmm, does it use double ended bulbs? Or single ended bulbs? Shielded is whether or not there will be a glass UV shield between the light and the tank (a must for HQI systems).