1 year of growth

[big t]

 

[DonW]

Thats a beauty. The pictures realy dont do it justice though. How are the new lights looking?


Don

 

[Katchupoy]

Awesome growth... Now Im really thingking og going VHO instead of MH

 

[big t]

Why do you want vho? I really like the halides a lot better.

 

[Montanarocknreefer]

Corals look really great bigt~

 

[reedman]

Nice growth. I now see the base out that you were telling me about at the meeting. Pretty sustantial colony you have now. I like the Halide look much better! Keep up the great work. Maybe we'll trade some corals later.

 

[mojoreef]

Excellent Tom, just excellent

Mike

 

[NaH2O]

WOW!!! Looks Great!

 

[ReefShack]

Those pics are great, Tom. Are you running a calcium reactor?

 

[big t]

As of that last pic from the end of January I had been running a calcium reactor for about 3 weeks. Before that I just dosed calcium daily. Now that I have a reactor, I would never go back, makes it much easier to keep the calcium and alk at a good level

 

[ReefShack]

Were you using a two-part additive or kalkwasser? I've been having trouble keeping my calcium level where it needs to be just adding kalk. It's now running in the 275mg/L range which as you know is too low. I'm thinking it's time for a calcium reactor.

 

[big t]

I was starting to have problems keeping up w/ my cal also w/ a 2 part and that was when I decided to go ahead and make a reactor. I really don't have much money in it, I am borrowing the pump and the regulator/bottle. I think other then that the plastic cost me about $10 and the plumbing cost about $35-40 w/ all the JG fittings. It works like a champ, and now I have no problems w/ keeping up.

 

[oregon gorge]

Watch out for those that took Anthony's words to heart. They may be carrying a hammer behind their back.

Very nice!

Chris

 

[ReefShack]

Tell me a little more, if you could, about your reactor because if I could save some money building one I think that might be the way to go. Did you use acylic tube for the main reactor chamber?

 

[big t]

I made the square one that DJ88 designed. There is a thread on RC that has over 500 posts on this reactor. It is working really good for me. So here is a link http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144438

It will involve several days of reading, but it is a good read none the less.

 

[big t]

And this pic is from today

Here is a pic taken today, to show how it looks under the new lights. There has been a little growth in the last 3 and a half weeks.

 

[esmith]

Looks even better with the halides vs. the VHO.

Eliyah