My 90 gallon updated video

[johnsutter71]

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Just a update clip

[allan]

Looking good, John.

[LuckySingh]

looking nice....like the aquascape:)

[johnsutter71]

Thank you. I drilled the rock with a 5/8th masronry bit and used 1/2 inch pvc for the towers.

[johnsutter71]

It is very blue so I've been contemplating switching out one of my blue bulbs. At the moment I'm using 4 ATI blue plus, 1 Giesemann midday sun, and 1 KZ fiji purple. I've been thinking about either adding another midday sun. Anyone have any suggestions?

[avilamillar]

It is very blue so I've been contemplating switching out one of my blue bulbs. At the moment I'm using 4 ATI blue plus, 1 Giesemann midday sun, and 1 KZ fiji purple. I've been thinking about either adding another midday sun. Anyone have any suggestions?

Looks good, you might want to try the ATI coral plus. I loved the color.

[johnsutter71]

What's the kelvin rating on the coral plus. I almost went with the coral plus's before but when I bought my bulbs they were to new to get any real feedback. right now I'm not getting the desired growth I'm seeking for my corals so I'm thinking another full spectrum bulb would help.

[avilamillar]

What's the kelvin rating on the coral plus. I almost went with the coral plus's before but when I bought my bulbs they were to new to get any real feedback. right now I'm not getting the desired growth I'm seeking for my corals so I'm thinking another full spectrum bulb would help.

I would say it's around 17k, I would change a blue plus for a coral plus or an aquablue special. I have 2 blue plus, 1 purple plus, 1 true actinic, 1 coral plus, and 1 aqua blue plus with great results.

[johnsutter71]

I'm thinking about adding a coral plus and another Giesemann midday sun. That combination would be 2 blue plus, 2 midday sun, 1 fiji purple and 1 coral plus. I like the blue but it seems to me that the coral plus still leans heavy towards the blue spectrum. As much as I like blue I prefer the 5000k cool white look. I have LED light bulbs throughout my house at the 5000k rating and I love the natural light it renders. I'm not into the 3000K warm white color. To yellow for me. The midday sun's are 6000K which is close enough for my liking. Was also looking at the Pure Actinic but my Fiji purple does the same thing. If I had the capitol to try out different bulb combinantions I would, but at 20 a pop give or take I can't afford it. I'm patting myself on the back for spending the extra dough to get the Sunpower ATI light fixture. At the time I had sticker shock but I think it was 600 bucks well spent.

[avilamillar]

that combination sounds perfect if you don't want it too blue. The coral plus does lean towards blue, it would be between the midday and blue plus leaning more towards the blueplus. The sun power is a great fixture and well worth it, your corals will be happy :)

[Zack]

Love the aquascape and just how clean the tank looks in general. Keep up the good work!

[johnsutter71]

Thanks Zack. I had a lot of trial and error before I got to this point. Months of planning and consistant water changes. I would just like to add for anyone just starting that I take a very conservative approach and use very few chemicals. I do weekly 10 gallon water changes with kent salt and only use RO water. I haven't even installed a RO filter yet because I live within 2 miles of a Oasis water store and 10 gallon refills only cost me 3.00 My ammonia, nitrate, nitrite and phosphate are at undetectable levels. I have consistant flow around all my life rock with no dead spots, and I only feed my fish every other day. I also drilled my rock so if anyone has any questions I'd be happy to share my experiences.

[Zack]

I just actually switched to kent marine salt. How are you liking it?

[johnsutter71]

Funny you should mention it. The reason I used Kent is because I buy it in bulk 200 gallons worth so I don't have to buy more for 5 months at a time. I'm very consistant with my 10 gallon weekly water changes. I purchased a refractometer I found from city of Industry California that cost me only 20.00. At first I thought it might have been a scam until it was delivered a week later. Same one they sell at Marine depot for 60.00. Well Anyways I keep my salinaty at 1.026. Aside from PH buffer I don't ever add anything else. My PH usually runs around 8.0. I don't take elaborate steps in my water preperation. I just do a quick mix of 5 gallons RO with 5 scoops salt and pump it into my refugium. I check my levels once a week and might add 30ml of pro buffer DKH on occasion, maybe twice a month. My total water volume is about 115 gallons with my fuge. Even with a Tridacna clam my calcium levels are optimal. I have green, yellow, purple, and white sponges all over my tank that began appearing all over my rock after I moved from my old 55 gallon. I have hundreds of those crappy little feather dusters that provide natural filtration and thousands of copapods. Some of my pods in my fuge are close to a cm in size.