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Curious... what PAR are you looking for?
Brian's ADA 60P (Ver. 2.5) + Ecoxotic E-Series (Starts Pg 34)
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40-50 but my tank is 22 inches deep plus the distance off the water, its a long way for those little LEDs to go.
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ya im not sure two would quite cut it, that would give me the par i need in a few spots not the whole tank. I think im going with the finnex ray 2, for now anyway, maybe if they come out with something alittle more powerful I will switch, love the remote and the different modes. too cool.
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Cool... well I know both Current and Finnex are in the works for a more powerful plant specific LED system. Might be worth waiting. But if you're in need now of a high PAR LED lighting solution, I'd go with a BML (buildmyled) fixture as my first choice -- I like the Dutch version personally... or the Marineland Aquatic Plant LED or 2x Finnex Fugeray Planted+. These have red diodes in the them to supplement the red wavelength (~620–740nm). Going with Ray 2's only, you'd have washed-out colors (it's very blue spectrum heavy). Red plants eventually fade to green... well that was my experience anyway, running Ray 2's on my 26g bow front (18" distance from light to sub). Go with full spectrum! 
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ya believe it or not I have 50/50 actinic compact flourescent right now. Hows that for not enough red. I have another LED thats more like 6000K. So that plus a ray2 and maybe a planted plus when it comes out will probably be my array. Of course now i see petco has the current lights 30% off. I emailed current and they thought I would need 3 to achieve a par of 40, still too rich for my blood.Cool... well I know both Current and Finnex are in the works for a more powerful plant specific LED system. Might be worth waiting. But if you're in need now of a high PAR LED lighting solution, I'd go with a BML (buildmyled) fixture as my first choice -- I like the Dutch version personally... or the Marineland Aquatic Plant LED or 2x Finnex Fugeray Planted+. These have red diodes in the them to supplement the red wavelength (~620–740nm). Going with Ray 2's only, you'd have washed-out colors (it's very blue spectrum heavy). Red plants eventually fade to green... well that was my experience anyway, running Ray 2's on my 26g bow front (18" distance from light to sub). Go with full spectrum!
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Muchas gracias
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Very nice tank! I like the sand contrast, which I was afraid to even try. The one thing I really like is the HOB and surface skimmer, they're barely noticeable.
She's going to be a beauty when she fills in!
She's going to be a beauty when she fills in!
How do you like the sunsun 301? I have some surface scum and this looks like a good solution as I can't find the eheim skim 350 anywhere yet.
You mentioned you made some modifications? Is this plugging up the lower intake making this a surface skimmer only?
You mentioned you made some modifications? Is this plugging up the lower intake making this a surface skimmer only?
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BigAl's has the skim350 for 23.99, in fact I'm receiving one from them today.
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Thanks dude... yeah I'm glad the HOB works out with the black background. The fluval c2 and sunsun are both black so it's perfect. I still might use my lily pipes by next year if I want to change things up. Maybe in a rescape.
I can't wait till it fills in, too! I'm starting to see the tops of the L. Aromatica turn purple. Glad, because I was a little worried the Sat+ wasn't up to the task. The HC was pearling too.
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It works really well... it's exactly like the Azoo Palm Filter in construction but just black and with the surface skimmer. It only comes with a sponge so I added filter floss and biomax.
Yeah I plugged up the bottom a bit with a black latex glove finger and rubber band to get more suction from the surface skimmer. I've seen another person in SCAPE plug up the bottom with filter floss. My method worked but then it started to sound like a sink drain because no water was coming in from the bottom...so I made a couple slits to allow "some" water in from the bottom but most from the top... it works much better now and is pretty quiet. The surface of the water is crystal.
I got it on Amazon for 9$ (+ shipping). If you can find it locally or have a LFS order it, you can probably save on shipping.
Edit: I also cut the extension tube with a dremel to shorten it by 1/2" so I can keep the water real high in the tank, while allowing more leeway for the water level to be low for it to still work.
Nice! which tank are you putting it in?BigAl's has the skim350 for 23.99, in fact I'm receiving one from them today.
And man I should have red your response before ordering the sunsun, although its only $14 on amazon with shipping, I'm sure I can find a tank to put it in.
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That's a nice one too... I didn't see that! Lol.. although, it would add a more bulkier unit inside the aquarium rather than the thin intake tubes of the sunsun. I do like how the eheim would be like a powerhead though for circulation purposes. Pros and cons.BigAl's has the skim350 for 23.99, in fact I'm receiving one from them today.
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We have HC pearling! I think Mikey likes it!!! Two Sat+ lights that is!
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Nice!We have HC pearling! I think Mikey likes it!!! Two Sat+ lights that is!
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It's in my 12 long, I'll post photos and impressions in the journal later tonight for anyone interested.
Looking good! Really nice pics, the clarity on that tank is outstanding. Seems like it'll be enough light then.
Looking good! Really nice pics, the clarity on that tank is outstanding. Seems like it'll be enough light then.
We have HC pearling! I think Mikey likes it!!! Two Sat+ lights that is!
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Yup... sure does!
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