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chilly05willy
07-19-2004, 10:42 PM
Just wanted to post some pictures of my new setup. Hope you like it!

chilly05willy
07-19-2004, 10:45 PM
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07-19-2004, 10:48 PM
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JDubb
07-19-2004, 10:54 PM
excellent job Will....nice tank:D

brahm
07-19-2004, 11:09 PM
nice, aren't you glad you kept it.

JeromeBaker
07-19-2004, 11:38 PM
nice. SO what do you all have now for Lighting, filteration, ext, ext? Lets hear the tank specs.

chilly05willy
07-20-2004, 07:58 AM
I got 2 x 400w 20k's on, running on e-ballasts (nice and cool :))
Same skimmer (G2 w/ sedra 5000)
I have two HOB refugiums, only about 7 gallons of water, but I think it should be fine.
I got a 1/4 HP custom aquatic chiller from a friend through a trade, tank stays at 79 at all times
Have a knops HD calcium reactor
I think that's about it. I'm thinking about adding some more actinic to the tank... what do you guys think? (like 1 or 2 96w 03 PC?)

suver569
07-20-2004, 08:01 AM
Looks great will. I notice your running 20k's, and you have some great looking SPS.

Have you always been running 20k's, and if so, how's the growth rate on your SPS with the 20k's?

suver569
07-20-2004, 08:05 AM
Originally posted by chilly05willy
I'm thinking about adding some more actinic to the tank... what do you guys think? (like 1 or 2 96w 03 PC?)

Go with t5's bro. I am switching out to t5's on my 55, and I've replaced 1 of my 96 watt pc's with 2-24 watt t5's, and my tank looks 100% better. After my vegas trip (and depending on if I win) I'll be switching to 4x 54 watt t5's for sure.

I'm a t5 fan now. They run much cooler (MUCH cooler than pc's), and they light output is great. They are also MUCH cheaper tan PC's, and you have to replace them half as often, so your overall cost is much lower.

chilly05willy
07-20-2004, 08:18 AM
That sounds awesome :) where can I find them for a good price? also, what ballasts run these bulbs? I have two workhorse 5, would those work? T5's sounds great too, cause I'm running out of room in my canopy due to the spider reflectors, ha. anyways, thanks for the input.

Actually, these are my first 20ks ever. And I'm sort of a newbie to sps, haha.. but some of the sps I had before really colored up in about a week after I put on those lights, so I guess thats a good sign. about growth... I have no clue, but whenever I break off frags, it heals itself pretty rapidly (lol, i'm such a newb) hope that helps a little bit.

I have a question though, how long do these XM 400w 20ks last? Hope for a while, haha, they're expensive as hell!!

suver569
07-20-2004, 09:58 AM
Check here for T5's.

http://diyreef.com/shop/index.php?cPath=41&osCsid=5d616361217e862fd54df8f98f777178

These guys are awesome, and have cheap t5's. The workhorse 5 will run up to 2 - 54 watt t5's, so you could get 4 total. The workhorse 7 ballasts are dirt cheap from this guy too, and you can run 4 54 watters off the workhorse 7. I have 3 workhorse 7's and I'm working towards 4x54 and 4x24 more than likely.

Those 20k's look very nice. I went with the 10k's because I HEARD they were really good for SPS, especially the XM 10k. I dont like the white look, but with enough T5 actinics, It has a nice balance.

[Cruzer]
07-20-2004, 02:21 PM
yup totally agreeing with suver.. I like my t5's. Didn't have to get
a bigger hood. Doesn't heat up the room at all. ( although the
entire room is hot now cuz of this freakin summer weather but thats
a different story). But you can try reefgeek.com, where I got mine.

Richie

MarLooney
07-20-2004, 04:53 PM
i have to disagree with both of you. don't go T5... don't go PCs either. i wouldn't add actinics to that set up. it's already too blue as it is IMO. nice corals though... http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

chilly05willy
07-20-2004, 05:26 PM
The picture makes the tank a lot bluer than it actually is. Kinda weird.. 20ks looks awesome though, but if there was a little more blue in there, I think it'll look better. Also, with T5's or PCs, I can cut some time off the halides, and save some electricity!

JeromeBaker
07-21-2004, 11:18 AM
Originally posted by chilly05willy
The picture makes the tank a lot bluer than it actually is. Kinda weird.. 20ks looks awesome though, but if there was a little more blue in there, I think it'll look better. Also, with T5's or PCs, I can cut some time off the halides, and save some electricity!

agreed. I'm thinkin about hooking up some VHO actinics, although these t-5's I keep hearing about sound good too. I think 20k's are the best halide bulb to run but no metal halide bulb has enough blue iMO.

Eternal780
07-23-2004, 06:12 PM
Man thats a nice setup will the 80 gallons looks much better .....btw were you at D&Bs last night i could of swear i saw you there .... but i might be wrong hehehe good job we still gota drink up :D :D

chilly05willy
07-24-2004, 01:14 AM
hahaha, yea man, thursday I was there at D&B. Had a blast!!

joe_bui
08-01-2004, 12:08 AM
Will,


Good to see you at Tong's! You have a very nice tank as well bud.


Joe

chilly05willy
08-01-2004, 01:17 AM
Hey Joe, thanks! Yea, it was nice meeting you too :) Did you and your friend end up getting that huge ancan?? if so frag me a peice! hahahha, j/k

chilly05willy
08-02-2004, 04:13 PM
Just got the yuma that I've always wanted!!!

chilly05willy
08-02-2004, 04:14 PM
another shot

Flamehawk
08-02-2004, 04:55 PM
put me on the waiting list once that yuma split!!! hehehheh THanks

joe_bui
08-02-2004, 07:53 PM
Will...SHHHHH!!!

You are going to get Marloney & Brahm coming up looking for it...:D

But if you want Blue zo's...I would go to Anthony...He always seems to get nice pieces of blues that are reasonably priced...

Here's his link:

http://www.aquadesignz.com/zoanthids.htm

He's local enough to make the trek to his house...


HTH's,



Joe

chilly05willy
08-08-2004, 05:21 PM
Picture updates :) LOL, my girlfriend told me to take pictures of my new corals before they all brown out.... hahahaha

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08-08-2004, 05:22 PM
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JDubb
08-08-2004, 05:34 PM
Damn Im jealous....Love the way the tank looks Will;)

T. VO
08-08-2004, 05:35 PM
Originally posted by chilly05willy
Picture updates :) LOL, my girlfriend told me to take pictures of my new corals before they all brown out.... hahahaha

LOL! Tanks too full.. time to upgrade. :)

Eternal780
08-09-2004, 05:22 PM
Its time to upgrade again ..... maybe frag all that stuff that you have in there hehehe

colindoug3
08-09-2004, 08:53 PM
They're right, looks very full and complete. Muy bien!

JeromeBaker
08-11-2004, 09:56 AM
I give it three months before Will turns his front room into a lagoon:p and the funniest thing is it wouldnt suprise me.

Your tank looks awesome Chilly!!!

chilly05willy
08-11-2004, 10:46 AM
LOL, yea, i'm outta control hahaha... thanks for all the nice comments :)

MarLooney
08-18-2004, 08:09 AM
Originally posted by chilly05willy
Picture updates :) LOL, my girlfriend told me to take pictures of my new corals before they all brown out.... hahahaha

brown out my @$$! well i hope not literally, but you get the point. tons of color in there. good work man.

chilly05willy
08-19-2004, 03:12 PM
Summer vacation is killing me (money wise...) I've got so much time to kill that I end up going up to LA every other day, LOL! Here's some of the corals I got this past couple seeks :)

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08-19-2004, 03:14 PM
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JeromeBaker
08-19-2004, 03:22 PM
ok ok you win.

brahm
08-19-2004, 03:24 PM
Nice Will, Soooo much cooler then your nano... Aren't you glad I didn't end up buying your tank!!

I haven't been over since you set the 80 back up.. I've gotta see this thing in person!!.

:)

PonE619
08-19-2004, 05:05 PM
You gotta see it! It looks so much nicer in person!

Will you got one of the best looking tanks out there! :D

T. VO
08-19-2004, 05:11 PM
Holy Crap that thing is stocked. I'd like to see what you'd do with a 180!! Beautiful tank.

colindoug3
08-19-2004, 09:12 PM
killer updates, muy bien.

Bickmade
08-20-2004, 04:49 AM
tank is lookin good! you got my vote for TOTM.

GAD
08-20-2004, 07:18 AM
Thats an amazing tank...

chilly05willy
09-12-2004, 06:20 PM
Some people wanted me to post up some recent pix of my tank. here are some shots :)

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Bickmade
09-12-2004, 09:00 PM
How long you'v had your tank for will?

colindoug3
09-12-2004, 09:00 PM
nice updates. :-) is that branching hammer or the other kind. it kind of looks like the other kind. i dont know what its called. im going to call it wall hammer. either way it looks good.

[G]h0s']['
09-12-2004, 10:33 PM
Wow, very nice tank there bud. how long has it been established?

chilly05willy
09-12-2004, 11:27 PM
I had a 40g and a 37g with one sump setup for about 6 months prior to the 80g. I've had the 80g set up for almost 3 months now. I've had some of the corals in there for about a year, but most of them I got this summer.

colindoug3: yea, its a hammer wall. Reefcollection sells them pretty often for like 34.99 or something. Ask for the owner, and bargin with him :) haha, he's a nice guy (Frank).

T. VO
10-16-2004, 07:57 PM
bump, because I want new photos. lol

[G]h0s']['
10-16-2004, 08:02 PM
heh heh, Fred. Damn Wil, I have to say again, those photos are great, man!

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:31 PM
thanks :) Here's an update

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:32 PM
zos

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:33 PM
more zos

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:34 PM
okay, one more..

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:35 PM
my blue ric colony :)

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:37 PM
my maxima

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:38 PM
some acros

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:40 PM
more zos, pink blasto, weird green plating sps (if someone can ID it for me, that would be great)

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:42 PM
some more acros

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:44 PM
and more acros...

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:52 PM
my orange/pink yumas

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:53 PM
orange plate

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:56 PM
orange cap. these things grow soooooo fast!!!!

chilly05willy
10-16-2004, 09:57 PM
okay, last one, my caps and frags :)

Daniel
10-17-2004, 12:08 AM
aw man, is that a bird's nest in the back of one of those pix?

sexy... lovin the nice pics will :)

--Daniel

MarLooney
10-17-2004, 02:52 AM
Originally posted by chilly05willy
more zos, pink blasto, weird green plating sps (if someone can ID it for me, that would be great)

i already told you what that was! i think it was Pavona varians. if i'm wrong i'll look harder and find it again.

over all the tank's looking great. i love the zoos. hopefully when i get my 90 going it'll some day look as good as your tank.

chilly05willy
10-17-2004, 10:13 AM
oh yeaa!! haha, I forgot :) Thanks for the nice comments!

elai
10-17-2004, 11:32 AM
hello almighty WILLY!!!!! a wise man must pass pn his knowledge, if not what is knowledge for... it will just die with you......... meaning HOOK ME UP and TEACH ME!!!!!!!

T. VO
10-17-2004, 12:07 PM
Originally posted by elai
hello almighty WILLY!!!!! a wise man must pass pn his knowledge, if not what is knowledge for... it will just die with you......... meaning HOOK ME UP and TEACH ME!!!!!!!

You don't have to teach me Will, just hook me up. :)