• Sea 140 liters

  • Ryan

I have translated the given text into English without adding any explanations, repeating the original text, or enclosing it in quotation marks. Here is the pure translation: Decided to post my sea, the quality of the photos is not very good, sorry, but we are happy with what we have. It all started with the fact that in the spring I saw a marine aquarium at an exhibition and wanted the same one. I searched the internet, found how the Arowanas were launched and read that I wouldn't be able to afford it, it's expensive. Then, reading the forum, I found Lion's topic about the mini-nemo and decided to try it with a 70l. Then I calculated and decided that in such a volume without experience it would be difficult to maintain balance and set it up for 140l (80x35x50), without a sump, on 4 T8 18W lamps, 3 marine day and 1 actinic. I salted with Instant Ocean salt, after a few days I put 9kg of live stones, after a month, when ammonia and nitrates were at 0, I launched the first living creatures, a fish (Chrysiptera), a coral (Sinularia) and a fan worm. Then I gradually added living creatures, set up a20k 150W MH light from BLV. After 3 months, the aqu

Angel628

Current status as of today: 2 MH at 150W, 20K, 2 T5 24W marine day and actinic. The fixture is great, very satisfied.

Cheyenne2747

How much did the lamp cost?

Crystal4879

What kind of glass does the lamp have?

Christopher

It turned out cool... but the cyan is still showing on the base.

Karen

He said that the tempered glass should be asked about from him, as he made it and knows better. And the cyanobacteria started after he hung the light, and the aquarium is currently overpopulated. He should set up a larger one; he ordered the light with the calculation for a bigger aquarium.

Jamie3553

More photos, links:

John

The lamp fits perfectly with the jar. And cyan is not an indicator; I also had a surge - I replaced the crumb with sand. And how long has the galaxy been living?

Larry9400

I want to hang the lamp on a cube 90x60x90. As for the cyan, I feel like there are too many fish and that's it. Did it start thriving when I replaced the gravel with sand? Or did it decline? The galaxea has been living since around mid-November 2006, when I had a shipment. About a week later, one little polyp died; there was a white spot, and now I can't find it anymore, it seems to have grown over.

Leslie

It started working when I replaced it, and I got a slight biological jolt. As for the galaxy, I said they don't live long; mine has already completely died.

Kenneth7331

It's better to have the right glass, but if the glass is not right, it can burn not only the corals but also the cornea of the eyes.

Ashley5975

The quality of the glass is usually what distinguishes cheap fixtures from expensive ones - and this is very important!!!

Cassandra7840

As far as I know, the incandescent lamps in foreign light fixtures are covered with quartz glass, if I'm not mistaken. How does it differ from tempered glass??? Except that tempered glass shatters upon impact...

Heather6148

In front of this lamp stood a 500W spotlight, with quartz glass, everything is working fine. After installing this lamp, the corals are responding positively, and the 150W MH bulbs are labeled UV-stop. P.S. I had a ready piece of glass measuring 35x65, I was satisfied with the size, and he made the lamp to fit this size. There is a round stamp in the corner of the glass; I need to read what it says.

Frederick

I may not know much about marine aquariums, but they look beautiful. If only the back wall were covered with blue oracal, the appearance would change significantly for the better.

Courtney4094

You don't need to analyze it too much here. I tried simply hanging a blue background on the back wall, but I didn't like it; it significantly reduced the visual volume (width 35 cm). I'm thinking about a larger aquarium, 90x90x60, and I will definitely paint the back walls blue there. P.S. The quality of the photos isn't great, but everything in the aquarium isn't as dark and gloomy as in the pictures; it's more airy.

Jennifer5784

Quartz glass has a peculiar property - it allows ultraviolet spectrum to pass through. Ordinary glass cuts off this wavelength. Therefore, lamps that operate in the ultraviolet spectrum are made from quartz glass, and they are sometimes referred to as quartz lamps. Tempered glass has the same properties as non-tempered glass, except for two main ones. Namely, it has increased resistance to high temperatures (which we successfully observe in the operation of halogen and metal halide lamps) and wear resistance (scratches, etc.). The latter is of little interest to us as aquarists.

Colin1418

By the way, continuing on the topic of quartz. It's not a fact that quartz protective glass will be good in all cases. There is a risk of damaging useful and beautiful creatures with a low-quality lamp (which has ultraviolet shortwave in the spectrum). Tempered glass is more acceptable.