SPS Tank In Natural Light

[fijiblue]

Decided to snap a few shots of my tank with natural light screaming through the window. It is amazing how different they look under artificial and natural lighting.

[bkelley02]

Some beautiful color in there. Thanks for sharing!

[LobsterOfJustice]

My tank is in front of a window, and even with the blinds closed and the back painted back some light gets in around 12-3 before the halides come on. After 3 when the halides come on it drows out the natural light. Everything looks very drab and brown when only the sunlight and actinics are on.

[AquaristicA]

Amazing

[HBtank]

Nice, do you have normal FTS shot to compare?

It seems like anything close to pink really stands out under NSL...

[fijiblue]

HBtank - I don't have any recent shots, but this one is a month or two old...

[ahullsb]

Wow you have some very colorful SPS in there! It looks great! What bulbs are you running in that fixture? I don't like my Ushio 14k's. They wash out some colors. I have 4 t5's that I am running actinics on. Any bulb (spectrum) in particular that you think adds some color to everything? For example, my purple is washed out and almost grey...

[fijiblue]

ahullsb - Thank you!

I think it is all in the combo of spectrums. I used to use 3 ATI BP and 3 ATI ABS and thought the colors were too washed out. Mixed a few ATI PC's in there and loved the look, but hated the PAR loss. As of current, I run 2 ATI ABS, 3 ATI BP and 1 UV AS. if overdriven, switch out a BP and UV AS with 2 ATI PC's and it looks pretty sweet (the older pic).

[Brewen]

Great looking tank, the proof of you doing a great job is in your tank. Thanks for sharing.

[King-Kong]

Nice job with the pinks/reds.. looks very nice.. would love to see larger resolution shots of the full tank shot.. looks like some great stuff.

[xtm]

nice warm colors

[fijiblue]

No close-ups until 1 year which is 5 more months. I wanted to wait until one year to post, but I got a little over excited I guess

[02REDZ28]

Fiji: Where did you get the bank of fans you are using to cool your T5s? That looks like a good idea for my 45 gallon lighting system.

Tank looks awesome BTW!

[Oldude]

nice looking corals!

[Grunt007]

What size tank is that?

[fijiblue]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

02REDZ28 - Got them from DFS...here is a link:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...&Ntt=fans&Np=1

Grunt007 - the tank is a 30 gallon (36 x 12 x 16)...wanted to make it as close to a nano as I possibly could without losing the space for coral!

[checkinhawk]

great looking tank,the natural light look is cool.what brand fans are on top of you tank?

[fijiblue]

great looking tank,the natural light look is cool.what brand fans are on top of you tank?

See previous link

[Grunt007]

I thought it was a "smaller" tank b/c of the fish selection. Very nicely done!
BTW where do you get your frags? Locally or online? You have some very nice looking pieces.

[JerseyWendy]

Absolutely stunning! Look at those colors. WOW! Love your aquascape, too.

I enjoy looking at my tank as well when the afternoon sun hits it. Looks different then, perhaps closer to natural color?

Thanks so much for sharing.

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Wendy

[fijiblue]

BTW where do you get your frags? Locally or online? You have some very nice looking pieces.

Mostly trading with local reefers, but I do occasionally pick out a nice piece or two from the LFS.

[SERVO]

super clean tank, Great aquascaping, low bioload, thoughtful coral placement and great colors!

What more could you ask for!

When are you going to upgrade? LOL!

[fijiblue]

Thank you everybody for the really nice comments.

SERVO - I like smaller tanks. The largest reef I would go would probably be a 4' 120, but I don't see that happening anytime soon I want to add a small tang to the mix, but im not sure if that is too much with 2 anthias, 1 md fairy wrasse and a damsel.

[gasman059]

fiji very very nice-glad the tank is doing great.
great job.

[fijiblue]

Got my hands on a PAR meter (thanks Bubbletip) and took some numbers if anyone is interested...