150gallon Build Zoas And Palys

[manuel]

Hey every one been on the TFT for a few months now so i want to share with you my tank. It is 60"Lx24"Wx22H euro brace coast to coast with beananimal right now am running a 48"t5 4bulb right now waiting to buy leds i hope some of you can point me to the right led fixture. I love zoas and palys and already have collected some am trying to make my tank into a flower tank lol lots of colour i have a square back anthies 3 blue green chorims a lawnmore blenny and a pink spoted blenny. I have a cad lights skimmer but not liking it at all so am in the market for a new one if any one can give me their expérience on what skimmer to get that would be great. Here is a photo and will post more.

 

[EricTMah]

Welcome.

Pics or it didn't happen lol

Love the dimensions of the tank. Once you go to leds you won't look back. Especially if you want your flower garden to really pop. The sky is the limit with leds. Your best bet is to determine your budget for leds then choose the best ones that fit.

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[manuel]

For some reson i cant put up pics cause it says image to large can any one give me pointers

 

[EricTMah]

Use a photo hosting site like photobucket.
It's super easy to upload to their site then copy and paste the image link

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[Shooter000]

Or go into your phone photos and slightly crop the pic it will drastically reduce the pic size

 

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[jeffopentax]

Nice tank! How'd ya make the rock background?


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[manuel]

So i got how to put up pics lol as for budget for leds i dont want to spend too much i know kelo led is cheaper then kessil but do they use creed leds? Or how about the black box a.k.a sh#t box led are they good for sps aswell as zoas and palys? Lets say i have a 800$ budget on lights and 500$ on a skimmer what would you boys and girls would do if your in my shoes lol..

 

[manuel]

The rock back round i bought from favio from a shop in milton he got it but too bad he is no longer in business.

 

[zoomster]

Nice looking setup and welcome to the Frag tank!
Keep us posted on progress!

 

[EricTMah]

Cool rock/foam wall. They're really easy to make. I made my own.

800 for leds. In your size tank you'll probably want to go with three of the full spectrum Chinese leds. They do work for SPS. I have them over my frag tank. My only complaint is that they don't quite have enough blue/actinic/uv light. You could add a led light bar on top of them to add additional pop in colour and still be around your budget

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[jeffopentax]

For lighting, i would highly recommend Dsuny leds.

http://www.ebay.ca/ulk/itm/331601443431

I have had mh, t5, led floods, and chinese black box leds. By comparison these are amazing! I have the freshwater version, which just has a few different led colours than the marine version. Basically you'd buy one fixture which would include a controller, then buy additional fixtures. I'm thinking you'd need 2x 36" and 2x 24". They all daisy-chain together. The included controller is great. Also, they arrived at my door from china in 7 days! Here's a review of someone using them on their reef.

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[Poseidon]

that back rock wall will look awesome when its covered in zoas!
Welcome to TFT,
I ran Chinese LEDS and they did great on my zoas and lps ... never tried sps under them

 

[manuel]

Hey thank you all for your input am going back and forth with leds so many of them out their but i want to make sure its a one time buy. I was looking at kelo led light and am willing to bring up the budget so i will be very happy with the leds i buy and dont have buyers remores. As for skimmers any input on what i should get? Thanks every one i think this forum will be my new friend and i hope i meet new friends here as well

 

[Poseidon]

no problem at all! input and advise is the whole point of an online forum
skimmers are not my forte, though i have been very happy with Vertex IN series, i used the 180 for years and it did a great job

 

[manuel]

So today i stoped by R2O ( rivers2oceans) ryan got a great shipment of corals from Indo from zoas LPS and SPS. The doors opened at 1pm and their was over a dozen ppl waiting for him like a mob lol. I picked up a rainbow tourch and 2 types of zoas i know one is majestic and the other one i dont know but i will put up pics. Ryan did i great job and prices was amazing. 1 head of a black tourch was 60 bucks where i seen ppl selling for triple the prices. All i have to say Ryan knows his stuff and knows what to bring in..

 

[Shooter000]

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