Your current Fish tank Setups!

Geodude97AD · 4 Jul 2019 at 19:27

GTO656 said:
Also any1 here heat there new mixed salt water and put into tank or not?

If your setting it up you can do it cold and turn the heater on so long as there is no life in the tank, but to check the salinity you will need the new mix up to temperature. If for water changes put a tank heater in while it mixs up. You can speed this up by boiling some of the water for the mix before the salt.

NoobCannon · 4 Jul 2019 at 19:39

I usually mix 50ltrs in a water butt for a water change and add the salt cold and then heat it up as it mixes Usually with 2 x 400watt heaters

Wouldnt recommend boiling the water unless you have a dedicated kettle (could use a huge saucepan i spose but sounds like a lot of grief) as the whole point of using ro is to remove all the guff in the water, if you then boil it in a kettle full of limescale you just wasted your time.

Would also have to ensure theres no copper anywhere whilst your boiling your water in the pan or kettle etc.

Geodude97AD · 4 Jul 2019 at 19:47

If your kettle is full of limescale fill it up and add lemon juice and leave it over night and it will be good as new in the morning.

rebel rebel · 4 Jul 2019 at 20:16

Add the salt, mix it overnight, and then bring it up to the correct temp before adding it.

Unicorn · 4 Jul 2019 at 21:35

Im struggling to find a colour i like with my ecotech radions. Its running on an ecotech schedule at the moment i think its coral+ but i don't like how blue it is.. Im looking more at the 14k preset as what i want it to look like? How much do blue's matter in coral growth and anemone health

NoobCannon · 4 Jul 2019 at 21:40

Unicorn said:
Im struggling to find a colour i like with my ecotech radions. Its running on an ecotech schedule at the moment i think its coral+ but i don't like how blue it is.. Im looking more at the 14k preset as what i want it to look like? How much do blue's matter in coral growth and anemone health

Am sure ive read somewhere that corals only really use the blue/voilet light.

The whites are purely for us and are barley used.

The evolution
What most people do not know is that the marine organisms have also undergone evolution over the years so that they can best utilize what is available to them. For better photosynthesis process, these organisms have adapted to utilize the blue and violet parts of the light spectrum. The reason is that these two will easily penetrate deep into the water making it available for most marine organisms.

Unicorn · 4 Jul 2019 at 21:42

NoobCannon said:
Am sure ive read somewhere that corals only really use the blue/coloured light.

The whites are purely for us and are barley used.

Yep i thought this was case. I could ramp up white and get my temperature at the cost of algae but i don't want that fight. Coraline is outdoing most algae's except one patch of gha which lives in a poor flow area behind some rock against my overflow (but my crab eats it so i don't cut it back)

PiKe · 4 Jul 2019 at 21:47

Thinking about getting a 120l Jewel Lido (unless any other suggestions for the money) but wondering what substrate to use, is it worth using aquasoil topped off with gravel?

NoobCannon · 4 Jul 2019 at 21:49

Unicorn said:
Yep i thought this was case. I could ramp up white and get my temperature at the cost of algae but i don't want that fight. Coraline is outdoing most algae's except one patch of gha which lives in a poor flow area behind some rock against my overflow (but my crab eats it so i don't cut it back)

Im having a diatom outbreak at the moment as i culled too much random algae growing in my fuge. Starting to get on my natch.

I personally use the AB+ profile for my ai hydras. I believe this is an radion profile that also works for the hydras. Am getting fantastic growth on my nems and softies, only have one lps (elegance) that appears to be doing great aswell.

Lost most of my corals early last year when my tank crashed due to brook so pretty much started over late last year

Unicorn · 4 Jul 2019 at 21:51

NoobCannon said:
Im having a diatom outbreak at the moment as i culled too much random algae growing in my fuge. Starting to get on my natch.

I personally use the AB+ profile for my ai hydras. I believe this is an radion profile that also works for the hydras. Am getting fantastic growth on my nems and softies, only have one lps (elegance) that appears to be doing great aswell.

Lost most of my corals early last year when my tank crashed due to brook so pretty much started over late last year

AB+ is the same as coral+ on radions iirc. Iv googled it the ramp is identicle along with the colours and % roughly same. Growth is great! Just its very.. blue

NoobCannon · 4 Jul 2019 at 22:02

Unicorn said:
AB+ is the same as coral+ on radions iirc. Iv googled it the ramp is identicle along with the colours and % roughly same. Growth is great! Just its very.. blue

How long have you been using the profile for?

I hated it at first but have grown to really like it. Had to dial it right down on the intensity initially, havent really found a reason to up it tho altho probably could.

Unicorn · 4 Jul 2019 at 22:47

NoobCannon said:
How long have you been using the profile for?

I hated it at first but have grown to really like it. Had to dial it right down on the intensity initially, havent really found a reason to up it tho altho probably could.

A month roughly now and dialed it right back myself even at 10" or so above waterline. Growth and colours on anemones have certainly improved rapidly! They have the bubble tips looking nice again now too which is good to see as i know they lacked good light before

NoobCannon · 4 Jul 2019 at 23:20

Unicorn said:
A month roughly now and dialed it right back myself even at 10" or so above waterline. Growth and colours on anemones have certainly improved rapidly! They have the bubble tips looking nice again now too which is good to see as i know they lacked good light before

Have you got a screenshot of your profile!

You got me thinking about mine and thought id try the saxby profile. Have just sent it over to the lights and stuck them on 50% acclimation for a month to get used to it. See what happens!

Spook187 · 4 Jul 2019 at 23:36

PiKe said:
Thinking about getting a 120l Jewel Lido (unless any other suggestions for the money) but wondering what substrate to use, is it worth using aquasoil topped off with gravel?

No need to top the soil off with gravel, I use tropica aquasoil, have used ada soil on past tanks.

rebel rebel · 4 Jul 2019 at 23:37

Shouldn't it be a case of having all the colours peaking during the middle of the day, and then blues in the evening?

NoobCannon · 4 Jul 2019 at 23:55

rebel rebel said:
Shouldn't it be a case of having all the colours peaking during the middle of the day, and then blues in the evening?

No. Reds =algae
Whites = useless to coral

This is the profile im trying now, you can select different times and see the colours/intensity for yourself

http://www.aquaillumination.com/signature/

rebel rebel · 5 Jul 2019 at 00:04

NoobCannon said:
No. Reds =algae
Whites = useless to coral

This is the profile im trying now, you can select different times and see the colours/intensity for yourself

http://www.aquaillumination.com/signature/

I knew about the reds, but not the white.

The zig zagging up and down is new to me. I'm so far out of the hobby now, i'm gonna have to start slowly.

AAC's produce the best frags, I wonder what their profile looks like..

NoobCannon · 5 Jul 2019 at 00:09

Not everyone runs the rest periods.

I prefer to have them as i believe it gives the coral a break and simulates clouds in a way.

rebel rebel · 5 Jul 2019 at 00:13

Yeah I can remember having random clouds. Was cool because the Pink Scooter Blenny/Dragonet would bury itself and you would just see it's eyes popping out of the sand.

Unicorn · 5 Jul 2019 at 10:44

NoobCannon said:
Not everyone runs the rest periods.

I prefer to have them as i believe it gives the coral a break and simulates clouds in a way.

I don't run a rest period. I'll get you a profile shot later as it doesn't show it as a chart via mobile. But I do use simulated cloud cover setting in ecotech so I'm assuming it will do similar over course of day