[NYreefNoob]

ok now that i am on 2 weeks of the tank {will update with photo's} thing's are really starting to improve. some of my sps that looked like goners are coloring back up and corals never looked better softies and sps. ph has steadily been between 8.50-8.66 from day to night, been turning dsb tanks light on for 10 hr's a day opposite of mh. been using red sea coral pro salt { ty jim } have done 2 5g water changes so far, still need to hook ato up, ordered a prime 1\10th hp chiller should be here wed for my b-day , tank temps have been going from 77 - 84, i have a desktop fan blowing on top of tank water to help with heat, plan to get a fan to install on the ballast side of light fixture. but happy so far. this will be my on running diary of my tank

	MH Metal Halide Lighting, typically used for high intensity light demanding corals such as SPS. Bulbs come in varieties of spectrums (7k, 10k,20k), and intensity (175W, 250W, 400W).

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

[NYreefNoob]

ok i finally recieved my chiller going to hook it up today, like the fact it has a plug in for a heater also and it controlled by the chiller as well. also got a rose tip anenome for my b-day. loving the color with the green base in it, hopefully it stays put, has for the last 4 days

[NYreefNoob]

ok after my first treatment for redbugs things are looking pretty good, my acro's polyps are finally starting to come out, love the chiller, keeping temp within 1 degree, corals are coloring up and reef life is good

[Blue02celi]

looks good. I dont know how you guys do your aquascaping. my rocks just get piled on top of one another...

[camz28]

the tank looks great , i actually want to start a 12 gal AP, hopefully with in 2 months

[autoponicz]

looks great dude........what MH bulb are you running/?....i believe u got a sunpod 150?

	MH Metal Halide Lighting, typically used for high intensity light demanding corals such as SPS. Bulbs come in varieties of spectrums (7k, 10k,20k), and intensity (175W, 250W, 400W).

[NYreefNoob]

ok i decided to switch out lighting to a 250w mh, some of my sps need a stronger light and plan to get a 24x24x24 tank within the next few months anyways, built a canopy for it and plan to change the bolts holding the light out at a later date so i can raise and lower the fixture up to 4" differance, will post pic's later, and cam i didnt think i would be happy downgrading tank size but i really like this and only going to switch cause i cracked the back of tank tightning down a bulkhead doesnt seem to be a problem yet, but it's a reaon to get another tank

	MH Metal Halide Lighting, typically used for high intensity light demanding corals such as SPS. Bulbs come in varieties of spectrums (7k, 10k,20k), and intensity (175W, 250W, 400W).

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

[NYreefNoob]

ok lights finally came on and loving the 14k phoenix color, what a differance in a 150w and the 250

[autoponicz]

looks very nice....the 250w pheonix doesnt look as blue...but that looks better imo.....

[NYreefNoob]

it isnt as blue which i like like this bulb much better than the coralvue or the ushio as far as color goes it has a night brightness with enough blue to not need antics, plus my rpe zoa's never had this good of color