Getting the ich!!!!!!

Well it has been awhile but I am getting the ich again. I have the 46 bow front sitting in my shed. I think I am going to start looking for some lights and skimmer to go with it. Any thoughts on it? I am thinking of LED lights but not sure yet.

I plan on comming to the swap to check stuff out!!!

Lol, you didn't last long. You want to buy some of your rock back?

I love my LED lights. Wish I had invested slightly differently (stronger) but they work rather well and are getting decent growth.

Come back, set up now and you'll be ready by the swap >.<

You being as crafty as you are u should DIY led for a bowfront. I'm sure u could make something sweet. If I recall u already have some led experience on your old tank.

It's going to be a little while before I get it going, I am going to do more research on the led stuff.

Ya Tiffany I might take you up on that when the time comes.

Swan- what kind did you get? and were?

its a panoramic from ecoxotic (or.. whatever, lol) Forget where I got it from. I like it, but really wish I had waited a few months and invested in another full strength strip for it rather than piddly away money on stunner strips. I really DO like it though. Worth the investment, for me. It comes out at about a 10,000 k the stunners have it at about a 12, I'd like to have it at 14-16.

Just in case you'd be interested, I know Joyce has her empty setup sitting at her place a few feet away from you. It has a skimmer and LED's already..you may get into that cheaper than buying seperately. However, I agree with Andre, you would be a good candidate for a DIY. It may be more fun to build your own.

yeah a 46 gal bow, Yep I'd go LED's Garrett, I'm looking at Jimmy's over at TCMAS LED work for my recovery tank for my portable fragging table I'm working on.if you ain't got the time like I haven't lately he's pretty fair and he can build them from 3 watt to 100 watt, I'm thinking of having him build me one with 2-10watt 20,000k and 1-3watt red it would be equal to a 68 watt MH, but then I'm looking for a nice luminescent coloration ,not a growth light.

I would go with 3w Cree LEDs. Seems to be the best for growth without the spotlight effect. I really like that power consumption is way less and bulb life is longer It sucks buying halide bulbs at 80 a crack and every 9 months

Cree LEDs are great ,but limited to 3w, Which my tank will only be 7" deep so 3w will do great but would have to use a lot more plus would have to use optics on each LED, the 10w chips jimmy uses I wouldn't need optics because they have a nice flare and great PAR readings on the bottom of the tank, plus less LED chips create less heat and longer Chip life and longer performance.one more thing I noticed was on the 3w verses the higher wattage LEDs the shimmer you get is from the light waves bouncing off the waters current, were the shimmer on the 3w still the same shimmer but you can see the breaks between the beams on each LEDs. I'm just basing this on what my eyes like and my cheap oh Milwaukee lux meter readings,coloration and growth.
and by far not bashing Cree's.
there again LED's,MH's, T5's,VHO's,PC's all are great aspects to our hobby for the type of reefing we're doing,it all depends on what one is looking for weather it be room issues,heat issues,power consumption issues, all do there jobs well and for this the Day after Thanksgiving I am thankful for the options we have now verses what we had 20 years ago.....LOL

I really like that power consumption is way less and bulb life is longer It sucks buying halide bulbs at 80 a crack and every 9 months

Amen! to that note.

So I been looking around and found these ones on ebay and they are comparable to cree.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-3W-Blue-HIGH-POWER-LED-Star-60LM-140-light-/120723765942?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1bb27ab6

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-3W-White-HIGH-POWER-LED-Star-170LM-140-light-/120723758390?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1bb25d36

2 of these
http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-26/Mean-Well-ELN-dsh-60-dsh-48P-dimmable/Detail

2-3 of these
http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-78/4.25%22-x-9%22-Aluminum/Detail

And these for optics
http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-195/55-Degree-CREE-XP-dsh-E/Detail

Any thoughts?

I like the idea of the dimable drivers Could get neat Simulation possibilities with that , I really don't know know much about them though

how about a skimmer what would be a good one for it?

I believe people are fairly satisfied with reef octopus. They seem affordable and I believe you can mod them up.

I have a 160 SWC cone and it's been flawless.