quick pic....

[Fishieness]

hey everyone
the other week, i upgraded my 250 watt MH with an oldyellow bulb to a 400 watt with a radium bulb over my 40 breeder. here are just two very quick pics. sorry about the algae and coraline on the glass... also, i didnt take the time to get any good oens, but here are two that i thought at least looked okay...
let me know what you fellas think!
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/christiansreef/DSCF0200.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/christiansreef/DSCF0202.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/christiansreef/DSCF0201.jpg

[Reefscape]

i think they are some fantastic photo's there...the green shows through very radiant..quite a stark contrast in colour...

Niko

[Fishieness]

thanks. that's what i try to go for, jsut a lot of really bright colors... i never got all these people spending 50+ bucks on a brown, tan, or any other dull color coral...
now that my halides are on ill see if i can take any good ones of my sps

thanks for the compliment at :)

[Germanman]

always love the colors man!
hey shouldnt this be in the pictures section...lol...j/k

[Fishieness]

hey shouldnt this be in the pictures section...lol...j/k

no. i'm a rebel.... lol
actualy, i never really look at any of the other sections because ive only been interested in the marine section. and i know there are many others out there like that, so i didnt want to miss them :)
this is the reefing section, and my pictures are reef related, therefore, they fit ;)

[kandibrandy]

Well put REBEL... The new lighting makes everything more vibrant. Awsome!!! More pic's com'on...

[Rbishop]

Great color!

[Fishieness]

thanks bishop!!

unfortunatly, i think i have to work with the color ballance on my camera.... because everything under the halide is too bright so i cant get a good pick of any of my sps. ill try to take some okay ones tomorrow and post them :)

thanks again everyone
i love seeing pics, so it is fun to post some every once in a while

[5xevy]

unfortunatly, i think i have to work with the color ballance on my camera.... because everything under the halide is too bright
thanks again everyone


I know what you mean. They light up my whole fish room. Great pictures though!

[jojo22]

If you ever frag those Zoo's LET ME KNOW!!!!!!!!!!

[Fishieness]

haha. i have a few people in line.
im thinking of making some because they do grow super fast, they jsut have no where else to grow....

[Mr.Firemouth]

Fishy,
pay attention over the next 2 weeks at micro algea growth vs. coralline growth. If micro is increasing change the phos resin and add carbon. A new halide upgrade can affect the balance and take advantage of low nutrients the other lights were not utilizing.

Also, your new bulb should begin to color up your corals over the next 2 weeks also. Your mag, and calcium may also be affected by a growth spurt so just monitor everything closely.

Otherwise the tank is going to really look good in the coming weeks as everything adjusts to the new light. When I upgraded to the 400w lamps on the prop tubs things colored up amazingly fast! The same thing happened on my 250w MH's when I went to 12k lamps. I will be changing my lamps again in May cause my 12k's were about 4 months old and now they are about 7 months old. Make sure you leave a note to yourself on what day you installed the bulb so you know when to change it back out.

HTH, Rich

[Fishieness]

yup
ive been checking my levels a lot. my ALK is now about right while my Ca is pretty low, which is strange because ive been having trouble keeping up with both my ALK and Ca demand with twopart.
i also have noticed a bit of algae growth, which i thought was a little strange because i just replaced phosban a few weeks ago and carbon not too long ago... was thinking of doing it again today. i just did a 6 gallon (15%) watter change and will be doing another 5 later today.
the only thing right now that doesnt seem thrilled is my rainbow monti which is worrying me. under the actinics and/or halide, it looks like a nice blue (as does everything else), but when i looked in with a flashlight last night, i saw that there was a good amount of white :eek: im going to see if water changes help that, and if not, ill have to break it off of the rock it is on and move it down lower like i had to do with my superman when i upgraded to 250s.
but thanks for the heads up!

[skateroffallen]

omg! those are great pics! there so bright im actually seeing bright splotches and stuff like that when i look into the dark. very nice tank man.

[Fishieness]

thanks! :)