If you are nocturnal like me, you'll grab a flashlight to see what the corals are doing in darkness. I've used a few different flashlights over the years, but by far my favorite is the all blue one that Frag Junky / Orphek released at MACNA last year. It's so incredibly bright blue that corals pop with color. Left to right: Maglight, Reefs Magazine LED, Red Critter Torch, and Orphek's LED chip. ...
Updated 02-16-2014 at 01:43 PM by melev
Back in 2011, I spotted a nice bowl-shaped Yellow Scroll coral at the frag swap. No-one was buying it, and I figured it must be expensive. To my surprise, it was $20 and yet not a single buyer. "Done," I said, handed him a $20 bill and walked away. I picked it up at the end of the event, and the seller told me he was glad I bought it because he knew it would do well in my system. It quietly grew in ...
Saturday night, just after lights out... I was in the kitchen with the overhead lights on. The reef was already heading into sleep mode, but I noticed my Peppermint shrimp was out and about, very active. I'd noticed a few days ago that she was carrying eggs, and I had a feeling she was getting ready to release them. I'd not witnessed this in a very long time, and quickly dashed off to get my camera to capture the event. The tank light was off, so I relied on the flash. Starting off ...
So I finally decided to take the plunge into LEDs and after much debate I have chosen Ecotech Radion Pros. I picked up a couple Gen 1 standard models back in October but they didnt seem like enough for my tank so I went ahead and upgraded them to Pros in November. So what I have now is three Radion Pro Gen 2s over my 210 gallon mixed reef which replaced my three 14k Phoenix 250 watt Metal Halides. The used lights actually came with the hanging ...
Updated 02-18-2014 at 12:53 AM by melev
60g lit by one Radion Gen2 LED fixture End of tank view of the 400g in 10,000K mode. Front of 400g in 10,000K mode. In other news, I've been updating the shop area of my website to make it easier to find products. Here's the link: http://melevsreef.biz/catalog