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75 Gallon-RR Update Lighting

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Hat39406
, 08-11-2011 at 08:55 AM (2689 Views)
So finally I decided to work on my lighting again. As most can recall I bought a Current USA 4-T5 light fixture. I took the canopy completely out and been running that fixture. But, the ultimate plan was to put that fixture in my canopy. Curent USA makes the fixture to fit in most canopies.

My son came over to visit me yesterday and he helped me put the fixture in the canopy. I have two 110 VHO bulbs in the front and now have the 4-54 watts T5s in the back.

Needless to say the reef looks a lot brighter and my corals glow more. I'm hoping my corals grow a little faster with the added wattage. I still need to hook up timers for the VHOs. Maybe I will do that today.

So, what's next for this setup? I need to install new sump, protein skimmer, sock holder, mag 5 pump and NextReef reactor in stand. Then I need to put new fuge grow light fixture in stand. Last for now, I need to put stand pipe I made in my overflow.

Can't wait till all that's done! LOL By the time I do all that I will probably be upgrading my whole system...hahaha.

HAT

Let's see if I can get this video to work. Something for y'all to look at:

Check out this video on YouTube:


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Updated 08-11-2011 at 10:22 AM by Hat39406

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Comments

  1. agsansoo's Avatar
    We need pictures too !
  2. Hat39406's Avatar
    Hahah I knew someone would say that. ;-p Im alway on this site with my iPhone. I can't upload pics to the site with it though. I need to send the pics to my computer. I love using my iPhone because I can make my fonts bigger. My screen reader for my computer will not work on my new computer.

    I will add pics in a while.
  3. Hat39406's Avatar
    Marc, what am I doing wrong with the tube URL? I never used tube before.
  4. Hat39406's Avatar
    I figured it out. I hop y'all enjoy the video!
  5. gist41980's Avatar
    Great stuff. I love videos. You have inspired me to shoot some video and get it up here some time in the next couple of days!
  6. Hat39406's Avatar
    That's cool Gist! This is my first one. never used Utube before. Pretty cool once you use it.

    Here is a question for y'all out in Reef Addictville. What program do ya use to edit, add music and add words to a video?
  7. agsansoo's Avatar
    Tank is looking real good !
  8. Hat39406's Avatar
    Thanks Agsansoo, I really appreciate it!
  9. melev's Avatar
    On the Mac, I use iMovie for clips that I edit on the machine. Directly from my iPhone to YouTube, there's no editing although you can buy an App to do so. On my PC, I've used Microsoft Movie Maker.

    To see better on your PC, hold down CONTROL and press the + button to increase the font size. Pressing the - key decreases it. You can toggle it up and down until you are content.
  10. melev's Avatar
    Your tank has lots of color in it. The bigger those grow, the nicer it'll be.
  11. Hat39406's Avatar
    Marc, thanks for the infor about movie editing and making the fonts bigger. I didn't know you could make ya fonts bigger like that. Can't wait to try that.

    All the corals I've been buying the last few months were deliberate. (For color) I wanted different colors and not greens and browns. It seemed that was the only color I was getting. I still want some more blues in the tank.
  12. matt_longview's Avatar
    Christmas Favia Envy!!! :-)
  13. Hat39406's Avatar
    You like that coral Matt?
  14. matt_longview's Avatar
    Absolutely!