Smite's UNS 75g Peninsula
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Honestly a little too soon to tell. There hasn't been a major change positive or negative so far.
- under daylight it looks different because I'm now 14k compared to blue's AB+
- XHO/Radion - Looks very similar to all blue with maybe 50-75% UV/RB added. I'll say it's just as colorful as under my radions all B/RB/UV ramp down. I'd say more but I'm factoring in for the drastic change 14k/XHO.
- I experience immediate polyp extension increase 24/7. That fact that it was immediate tells me I was probably running my g5 blues too intense overall
- My consumption took a hit with the change. It dropped from 70 ml/m to I think around 50 ml/m on my kameor but has been steadily raising weekly. I'm back up to 60 ml/m now. I'm not sure if that's due to the lighting change or the too large for the tank tangs I added. I did notice my nitrates and phosphates were registering after adding them. Either way I'm writing it off as a change. My photoperiod is also shorter now because I'm not dimming the xho for ramps.
- My fans run about 50% more than with the radions. The fans are keeping the tank within 78.5-79.2F. My low is about 78F
I was able to speak with Tullio and he recommended I run the XHO along side the MH photoperiod to get teh best of both worlds. That was last week, prior I was just running xho 1 hour before and after and the 14K alone for 8 hours.
Overall I'm very happy with the swap so far. I feel like the tank looks more natural during the day and the fish look amazing. I don't need filters to take a picture during the day either, its a true representation of the coral. The fixture really does run true to their word as well, warm to the touch. Tullio said I should be okay running this on the 50x38" footprint but I think I'm going to stick with my original plan with the lumenbright large pendants.
- under daylight it looks different because I'm now 14k compared to blue's AB+
- XHO/Radion - Looks very similar to all blue with maybe 50-75% UV/RB added. I'll say it's just as colorful as under my radions all B/RB/UV ramp down. I'd say more but I'm factoring in for the drastic change 14k/XHO.
- I experience immediate polyp extension increase 24/7. That fact that it was immediate tells me I was probably running my g5 blues too intense overall
- My consumption took a hit with the change. It dropped from 70 ml/m to I think around 50 ml/m on my kameor but has been steadily raising weekly. I'm back up to 60 ml/m now. I'm not sure if that's due to the lighting change or the too large for the tank tangs I added. I did notice my nitrates and phosphates were registering after adding them. Either way I'm writing it off as a change. My photoperiod is also shorter now because I'm not dimming the xho for ramps.
- My fans run about 50% more than with the radions. The fans are keeping the tank within 78.5-79.2F. My low is about 78F
I was able to speak with Tullio and he recommended I run the XHO along side the MH photoperiod to get teh best of both worlds. That was last week, prior I was just running xho 1 hour before and after and the 14K alone for 8 hours.
Overall I'm very happy with the swap so far. I feel like the tank looks more natural during the day and the fish look amazing. I don't need filters to take a picture during the day either, its a true representation of the coral. The fixture really does run true to their word as well, warm to the touch. Tullio said I should be okay running this on the 50x38" footprint but I think I'm going to stick with my original plan with the lumenbright large pendants.
A few of the newer coral additions:
Z's Prize
Draw Jopper - Lost a bit of color from shipping but is starting to get some back on the tips
Hawkins Enchinata
A torch. Was very hard to find a spot in my tank where it wouldnt get blasted by light or flow. I'm hoping to get it out more in the open once I know it's adjusted
I can't get enough of this one under MH
Z's Prize
Draw Jopper - Lost a bit of color from shipping but is starting to get some back on the tips
Hawkins Enchinata
A torch. Was very hard to find a spot in my tank where it wouldnt get blasted by light or flow. I'm hoping to get it out more in the open once I know it's adjusted
I can't get enough of this one under MH
Damn major oversight when adjusting my calcium reactors needle valve. I closed it a little too much and my pH stayed at 7.4 since the night before last. DKH is currently 6 by salifert. Not good! I’ve done this once before with minimal casualties but it just sucks it happened again. Could be weeks before I see the aftermath.
my reactor keeps getting co2 (possibly air) stuck at the top. Then it gets sucked up and makes my pump stall momentarily and get loud.
I turned it off co2 for the night and must have not adjusted properly when I opened it back up in the am.
I’ve also noticed my bubbles aren’t one larger one like I’m used to. No matter how I adjust I get two to three smaller bubbles in a group now. PSI is 15. I tried lowering it to 10 and think maybe that’s where the mistake occurred.
my reactor keeps getting co2 (possibly air) stuck at the top. Then it gets sucked up and makes my pump stall momentarily and get loud.
I turned it off co2 for the night and must have not adjusted properly when I opened it back up in the am.
I’ve also noticed my bubbles aren’t one larger one like I’m used to. No matter how I adjust I get two to three smaller bubbles in a group now. PSI is 15. I tried lowering it to 10 and think maybe that’s where the mistake occurred.
Gotta try and bring that dkh up nice and slow and cross my fingers.
