troypt

What kind of 250 watt bulbs? How much use? Double ended or single?

I have some eagle eyes. Blue mouth, red center, green skirt.

Vinegar is a weak acid. Acetic acid.

I haven't done a lot of testing on different tanks with my PAR meter yet, but it is very interesting to see the different reading from different lights. Also having the pumps running makes the reading fluctuate a ton. If you are interested in me coming and testing your lighting let me know.

Troy

Where do you live? I have a par meter and I am willing to test peoples lights for a fee, but that fee depends on how far away you are from me and the time it takes.

I am going to do that. I got the meter a few weeks ago and have been trying it and also life just got busy. I have done my tank with 250 watt MH and a friends (Woods) tank with LEDs. We are planning on posting those numbers. We put the sensor next to each coral and got readings and what I have found most interesting is that the par can change drastically within an inch or two either up/down or sideways.

I am planning on keeping the price reasonable (though that depends on your definition) it took about an hour to hour and a half to do our tanks

I will hopefully post something soon, but you can always just send me a message

Now that I have my par meter, I want to get one and test it against my phoenix 14k's. I just replaced them, so it should be interesting to see what the difference is.

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I have had one for 5 years. I bought it with 3 bubbles left that were bleached white. It has grown to be almost volleyball sized and a beautiful green. It is in a low flow and lower light (50-90 par)

Once I use it and get an idea of how to best work it, I will be offering to come to peoples houses and measure the par of their lights for a fee. Haven't figured it out exactly how I am going to do that. Want to use the meter a few times and then I will let you know for those who are interested.

Troy

Par meter came today. Will be interesting to see what my halides are doing.

Just bought the par meter. Should ship on Monday and be here by the end of next week.

If you read any of Dr. Shimek stuff-he states that the majority of asterina stars are reef safe and don't eat coral. He does say that they are many different kinds of asterina stars, and some will eat coral, but they are not common in aquariums.

I used to have so many that they covered almost the entire front glass of my tank. They never bothered any coral. Now I did get a harlequin shrimp because I think they are cool and it ate them all.

Troy

My birthday is next Saturday, so I should be getting the PAR meter in 1-2 weeks. Still haven't figured out all the details of how I am going to work things. I will post and let everyone know soon

Troy

_{I am at work right now but will try to get some pictures in the next day or two. I read lots of Eric Borneman stuff and decided ~5 years ago to stop using a skimmer. I have no mechanical filtration. I have a tank that prof (did a great job by the way) custom built for me for my fuge which is divided into 4 sections. Each section has a different make-up- cheato, DSB, crushed coral, live rock-but less light, to try to have slightly different habitats for biodiversity. I wish the compartments were bigger, but I couldn't fit anything bigger in the stand. I didn't do water changes for ~2 years, but have since started doing a ~10-15% water change once a quarter. My tank has issues every now and then, but I don't think it is related to be skimmerless. I had a hair algea outbreak ~1.5 years ago. It lasted for a few months and is gone. I recently had an outbreak of cyano on my sand bed for a few weeks, but it is also pretty much gone (I think that was from cleaning out part of my fuge and stirring up some stuff.)}

_{In my opinion there are many ways to run a tank that work. Some people like lots of different equipment and so forth and it works for them. Personally, I don't like to have to do a lot to my tank, but look at it and enjoy it. Somedays, I get in the mood to do more and then I can, but somedays I don't want to have to clean this or do that. My daily routine is to feed the tank and dump in 1 gallon of kalkwater (pickling lime added to the water) for top off. I also just mix the kalkwater up and dump it straight in.}

I have a 125 gallon tank. Right now it has 14 fish including 2 hippo tangs and haven't run a skimmer in almost 5 years, no problems

I went 2 years once without doing a water change and things were fine. I have since started doing a 10-15% water change once a quarter. I don't run a skimmer or any mechanical filtration and my tank is doing pretty well.

Troy

For those who are interested, what would you consider a fair price?

I like Patrick's idea, there would be a base rate. Then depending on how far away-for gas and time there would be some variance. I live in Cedar Park, so if I had to drive to South Austin, that would take much more time compared to someone who lives closer.

I would of course consider coral frags as part of payment, would depend on the coral.

I think knowing the PAR of your own tank is important, but I also want to know the PAR of the tank where I get a frag from, so I can know where to place it in my tank.

I am also considering switching from MH to LED and am interested in the PAR difference.

I am thinking of getting a PAR meter for my birthday in the next few weeks. I am wondering if people would be interested in me coming to their house and measuring their PAR? I would not be interested in loaning out the meter as something could happen, but would be willing to go to people's houses.

If you are interested, would you be willing to pay for this service? How much would you pay?

Troy

i still have an 8lb rock with ~25 blue mushrooms on it of various sizes. Will sell for $60.

This is an old picture. My phone ran out of batteries before I could get a picture, and the lights turned off before the phone was ready.

I can probably get ~10-11 singles or a big rock that has ~15.

I have some blue mushrooms, I am at work right now, so I can't get a picture until later this evening. I can probably get some individual ones, or I have a bunch on a rock.

Troy

Don

That would be great. I think I will wait for a few weeks until I get my PAR meter and then I can compare the bulbs. I will contact you again if a few weeks.

My current bulbs are about 8 months old, so I am not in a big hurry, just been thinking about light.

Anybody know the PAR for the bulbs. I am going to be getting a PAR meter in a month, but don't have it yet