28g Nanocube, Rimless, Kessil with T5 Supplement ! April 2016 video/pics page#11

[nanoman28g]

Update 09/22/2015: September photodump. I have noticed that the colors on my pictures were "meh" compared to other people using DSLR's. I'm using an SL1 from Canon, so I decided to tweak my camera some more and not just aperture, ISO, etc. I dug deeper into the settings, with some impressive results! Also I have already noticed some growth from all of my frags everything is looking very happy. Check it out!:




And a FTS:

[Reef Swimmer]

Man that is one nice looking tank. What do you use for a return.

[Zack]

Those are some incredible photos!

[nanoman28g]

Man that is one nice looking tank. What do you use for a return.

Thanks! On the left side is the stock accela pump(which is very quiet) and it's still working very well after 4 years. On the right side, the stock pump broke, so I replaced it with a MJ 1200, which I hate because it's very noisy! I made the mistake of getting a MJ made by Marineland, and everyone knows that you buy a MJ made only by Cobalt. It's very strong but I'll have to change it soon because it drives me crazy.

[nanoman28g]

Those are some incredible photos!

Thanks! It was well worth the effort to mess with my camera settings! And these are with the stock 55mm lens! One day I'll get me a used 90mm macro lens from Tamron so that I can take my macros to the next level.

[nanoman28g]

October Update! I added an ATI 4 Bulb Dimmable fixture (set at 100%) to supplement my Kessil. I'm not replacing my Kessil, since I still like the look better, and for some reason, I can take better pictures with the Kessil at intensity 100% and spectrum at 100%. I'm only going to bathe my corals with T5's for 2 hours a day for the first week, then increase it to 3 hours the next week, so that hopefully I can eliminate some of the areas of my colonies that are not getting light While the T5's are on, I turn off my Kessil. Also I hope to get more even growth from my SPS too. I bought the ATI used from a fellow reefer here and it even came with the bulbs that have about two months of usage. The bulbs are two Blue + , one Coral + and one Purple +.

I went to Home Depot and found some shelf rails that I put together in order to hang my light. Here is what it looks like T5's on only:


And now just an October FTS 10/05/15 with my Kessil light on only. Lots of growth!:

[nanoman28g]

Video of October 2015 update. Getting better at editing :

[nanoman28g]

November 2015 video update:

[nanoman28g]

January 2016 video and photo update! Picked up some nice frags from a local reefer that I have bought from before: A spongedode, neon green screaming birds nest, green birds nest (the thin branching kind), orange digitata and a very nice intense green digitata.

Pictures:

Neon green screaming birds nest (one of the new frags):



Intense green digitata:


Some of my other corals:

Seasons greetings made a full recovery after turning white in my other tank:



Green monti with blue polyps and purple rim( I also got this frag from my local reefer buddy a couple of months ago. The rim was already turning purple but has disappeared after I moved the frag):


Rainbow acan looking good:


Views of the tank:

Side view #1:


Side view #2:


Right side view from the front (top half):


Right side view from the front (lower half):


Left side view from the front (top half):


Left side view from the front (lower half):


FTS 01/08/2016:


And my January 2016 video update:

[KING]

That's looks nice man.