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Topic: New guy with JBJ 28g LED tank Posted: December 11 2009 at 11:21pm |
Hello all,
This is a great place. Anyway just purchased the JBJ all LED tank. This will be my first reef tank and I'm pretty excited about it. Any tips or tricks are appreciated. I'll be looking for livestock soon too (hint, hint). Just waiting for the cylce to complete with live rock and sand. The 3 snails I put in are doing good eating the hair algae that srung up.
I've also noticed random little things growing out of the live rock that look like coral, and an anenome, and maybe a red sponge?
The LEDs look like a metal halide to me.
The reasons I wanted to try LED are.
1. Low heat, so I don't have to buy a chiller
2. Low power consumption
3. The shimmer, and similar PAR to metal halide
4. No bulb replacement for 50,000 hours
5. No mercury
I guess if they last anywhere near as long as they are rated I'll have saved a bunch of money on bulbs. So far I've gotten some mixed reviews some people saying they don't think they will work and others excited about their place in reef keeping.
Thanks for the help
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Posted: December 11 2009 at 11:25pm |
I dont know how these are going to be but I think LEDs are the way to go for nanos
re read your post I hope your anemone looking thing isnt aptaisa or majonos might not be spelled right but you should look for pics and get rid of it if it is
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Posted: December 11 2009 at 11:28pm |
I think that most of us are interested in LED tanks.. so create a tank setup and blog, and take all of us along for the ride. We have only seen a couple local complete LED setups, and i for one am looking forward to seeing the progress of yours.
Also welcome to the WMAS, great club and friends that will help you every step of the way
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Posted: December 11 2009 at 11:32pm |
jpndave has a 8 gallon nano that he put leds in months ago now if he can just aquascape it and fill it he will have a killer nano
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Posted: December 11 2009 at 11:33pm |
Welcome!
Do you have any pics? I'm interested in following the progess of your tank. I think LEDs look better for reef tanks all the time. I would like to setup a tank with them but right now I only have room for the one tank.
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Posted: December 11 2009 at 11:49pm |
Thanks, for the welcome. I will post pictures when I get my new camera (old one got drowned). So far it looks great. I looked for LED aquarium lights online and finally found this one that wasn't a billion dollars. Snelson brought it in for me and set it up and I can hardly wait to get some corals in it to see how they do.
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Posted: December 11 2009 at 11:56pm |
Glad to see you found the site and glad the snails are alive!
Can't wait to get you some fish and corals next time you drop by.
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Posted: December 12 2009 at 1:18am |
Welcome!
LED's seem to be on the leading edge of lighting right now so I'd be interested in seeing your set up.
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Posted: December 12 2009 at 6:17am |
Lots of tips and tricks and links to other tips and tricks can be found here:
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Posted: December 12 2009 at 9:40am |
Welcome Phyre3,
Good to see another Utah County Reefer in the mix. I have the JBJ 28G CFL and recently saw the new LED model. I got in about 8 months to early.
When your ready I'll set you up with a few good frags cheep. I really want to see how they grow under the LED's.
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Posted: December 12 2009 at 9:46am |
Good luck with the tank. I am also very interested in how well these LEDs work. Welcome to the board!
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Posted: December 12 2009 at 11:17am |
Oh trust me it is a nice tank. It has a lot of glow to it. I think that he will be able to grow anything he wants in this little tank. I think I am going to get a nano going again after seeing his. Oh welcome to the board, I am glad to see you made your self an account.
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 11:25am |
I am starting to look at reef tanks and the LED tank looks like a really good possibility. I am curious where you purchased it.
Thanks, Steve
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Posted: January 08 2010 at 2:41pm |
Snailson on this board gave me a great deal. He is a dealer for these and runs a maintenence company as well as selling livestock. I can forward you his contact info if you need it message me.
I really do like this tank and so far (1 month set up about) my tank seems to be doing good.
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