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i love my radions.
as you say. the corals just pop
have u seen that latest study showing how ramping up and down over 6hrs can increase growth and colours.
Yes I have it on watch, interesting indeed.
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i love my radions.
as you say. the corals just pop
have u seen that latest study showing how ramping up and down over 6hrs can increase growth and colours.
Can you put up a link please ???
Looking great Les. I think the lights look great
That's an impressive tank there.
Nice video of the controllers.
This got me thinking about a conversation I had with the wife a while back.
It came about with the latest purchase of a Jebao DCP4000. And the following conversation of electric bills.
As it happened that was easy, I was replacing an Eheim 3000, so the consumption is lower.
But, back on topic. Thinking back to my previous tropical setup with fluorescent lights, external canister filters, old style heaters and lots of power heads. The new LED lights, low watt heaters/pumps and circulation heads have in real terms reduced my electric use significantly. I now don't panic looking at the electric meter turning quite slowly with the newer equipment, whist I used to have a heart attract if I looked at it with the old setup.
So I suppose in a rambling roundabout way, I'm asking, have you found that the outlay in the newer equipment your running is actually being offset by a reduction in power consumption and subsequent lower bills.
I've been into this fish keeping hobby for about 30 years now, and think it's becoming hugely accessable for the newbies with all these developments.
Anyway enough talking rubbish.
Great tank!!
Mike
It's the only way I can look or is that not look at it (the cost) just go with the best deal I can get.Not a bad way of looking at it. I found a pretty decent deal with EDF last time, averages out at £49 a month for electric. You do have to dig through the sites a bit to find the cheap ones though.
Mike
Pre HQI light I ran Mercury vapour lights and pre them T12s lolyeah, i never had the pleasure of running metal halide hahha
while some are going back to t5, leds are the cheapest to run id say.
Tanks looking great Les, nice video,
I took a leaf out of your book a few weeks ago and bought two royal grammas, it looks like I was lucky enough to get a male and female, they have now paired up and built a nest in a small cave.
pretty chuffed. Looks like 2018 may start better than 2017 ended.
Doug.
Nice, one of my favourite corals and super easy to care for,
had mine six or seven months and it's easily four times bigger than when first bought.