My new toy..

[Bob 1000]

Still working out all the balances and wire lay outs but it's been steady for 3 days now.. In about 3 weeks I'll know if it's enough for a whole tank or I need to lower it..

 

[D1J8Z]

thats cool whats the schedual like?

 

[Bob 1000]

I have been playing with the timer to make it sit on the ends for about a minute....

 

[D1J8Z]

IT rotates back and forth?

Wouldnt it makes sense for it to rotate more like the sun ?

 

[Bob 1000]

It goes from left to right across the tank..

 

[Zuska]

wont it stress out clams and corals?

 

[cali_reef]

Been there, done that. Ain't worth the saving in electricity..

 

[muntai]

Been there, done that. Ain't worth the saving in electricity..

ditto
the rollers may b a good idea for dawn dusk effect but this tank is too long n deep n w/ 1 light looks too gloomy.

 

[Bob 1000]

Been there, done that. Ain't worth the saving in electricity..

How come you didn't post on my other thread when I was asking would this be a good idea???? I hope the colors remain bright and deep... If not I'll be one pissed off camper,,lol

 

[Bob 1000]

ditto
the rollers may b a good idea for dawn dusk effect but this tank is too long n deep n w/ 1 light looks too gloomy.

Yeah, it is dark on one side.. But I think I can deal with it for now, I plan on getting 2 6' super actinic vho's.. What do you guy's think of that???

 

[jhale]

the vho's would make the viewing better and the fish might feel more 'normal'

maybe if you had two lights on a slow crawl it would be more natural, like the sun coming in and out through the clouds.

 

[Bob 1000]

My fish have not shown any signs of stress... i think it's because my light is 14" off the tank... Hope my corals don't brown out fish seem more comfortable My black tang ate pellets off of my arm while picked up the seagrass...

 

[jhale]

ok I'll bite, why were there pellets stuck to your arm? new feeding technique?

 

[georgelc86]

I think with the VHO's providing "background" lighting and the pendent doing its slow crawl that would be a cool effect. Tobin, how long does it to go from A to B.

 

[georgelc86]

ok I'll bite, why were there pellets stuck to your arm? new feeding technique?

Maybe its something like the peanut butter and a dog thing. :splitspin

 

[Bob 1000]

ok I'll bite, why were there pellets stuck to your arm? new feeding technique?

I had just fed the tank when i got the call that someone wanted all my seagrass from the display tank... Re-aquascaping again... Found some nice things under all that grass too...

 

[Bob 1000]

I think with the VHO's providing "background" lighting and the pendent doing its slow crawl that would be a cool effect. Tobin, how long does it to go from A to B.

Really slow... I got the fastest one 10 rpm's... It takes about 6 minutes to go from left to right and back again.. I can set it to go faster though..

 

[georgelc86]

Wouldnt slower be better.

 

[Bob 1000]

Yeah, but it's a new toy so I gotta push it..

 

[masterswimmer]

I'm very confused. Wouldn't you want the pendant to go across the tank only once in a lighting cycle (one day)?