Kessil

Patrick's 81G - the last dance

PjFish said:
Nice build! Welcome back to the reefers! Following along from what your older 200 and other tank looked like wow this one will be more epic! Wonder if you got any DBTC corals floating around anymore that would be cool. Oh nice wrapping the brick fireplace looks great I used to be a stone mason contractor but after three back surgeries had to escape! Plus that flooring looks super easy to clean up splashes and spills!. With lights out watching movies you got ambient cinema lighting complements of Neptune!
Thanks for sharing your build!
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Thank you for the kind words and the warm welcome back..looking back at my previous builds, it's been one heck of a journey...I wish reef central and reefs.org were still around so I could look back on how excited I was for getting a Skilter on a 10 gallon truvu and setting up an IV drip of kalk..glad BAR keeps the older archives around for us to look back on.

I'm pretty sure some of my old DBTC is floating around somewhere..hopefully thriving in others tanks by now..it wasn't as trackable and organized back then...plus we always spreader out our frags amongst fellow reefers for the community aspect, so many went undocumented..

I have the utmost respect for anyone who can lay stone...the contractor who did our fireplace cut the pieces from some leftover 4'x4' tiles we had from our bathroom build and lifted those like nothing when it took me 2 hours, a bathroom break, and lunch to just get them out of my car lol..hats off to you guys...you gotta be built like a rock to do that on the daily..
 
One step closer to getting water in..Came home to this and couldn't wait to check it out.
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The shipment came in 2 boxes..one with the Fixture and the other with the driver, hanging kit, and power cord..all very well packed.
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As thin as it is, I was caught off guard with how heavy the fixture was...although flat, this thing is solid. The finish and build quality is crazy..with all the gear I've opened as of late, this, by far, has impressed me the most.
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Sadly, install is going to have to wait a week..gotta find a drill press to get some holes in the aluminum extrusion I'll be hanging it on and prepare to move my daughter in to college.

More to come once I get this thing strung up!
 
finalphaze987 said:
Got impatient and started working on it at 2am...ill do the wiring later, but looking good so far..
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They are such cool lights - I had 3x of the original Stratons over my tank for a while. Unbelievable spread, awesome design, quiet, classy looking. My issue was that the spectrum was so uniform the tank looked kind of sterile (like T5s) and for me, lacked coral pop.

I am excited to see what the spectrum of this new version looks like and how you like it. When are you adding water?!
 
derek_SR said:
They are such cool lights - I had 3x of the original Stratons over my tank for a while. Unbelievable spread, awesome design, quiet, classy looking. My issue was that the spectrum was so uniform the tank looked kind of sterile (like T5s) and for me, lacked coral pop.

I am excited to see what the spectrum of this new version looks like and how you like it. When are you adding water?!
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That was my fear with this light since I'm a big fan of shimmer..I always liked the halide look but T5 coverage..im hoping that since these don't have a diffuser like the originals it won't be as much of an issue. Worst case, I'll throw in a kessil or two to supplement.

Spectrum wise, It seems whiter than most fixtures out now..more of what I was shooting for since I'm having a hard time with getting on board with the heavy actinic look..but that's all TBD

I'm shooting to get this thing filled I'm the next month..cold and flu season is the busiest time of the year work wise for me, so spare time will dwindle and I wanna make sure that I set everything up to be as easy as possible to prevent any reason for me to put things off like water changes..

Still gotta run the wet lines and do a little more wire management. Right now it's not bad since it's on casters and i can wheel it back and fourth, but once it's filled I don't plan on moving it around and running anything will be a PITA
 
derek_SR said:
They are such cool lights - I had 3x of the original Stratons over my tank for a while. Unbelievable spread, awesome design, quiet, classy looking. My issue was that the spectrum was so uniform the tank looked kind of sterile (like T5s) and for me, lacked coral pop.

I am excited to see what the spectrum of this new version looks like and how you like it. When are you adding water?!
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When you ran the OG stratons, did you use the ATI app to control the light schedule or have them on a controller? I'm thinking about getting it wired this weekend but debating if I need it plugged into one of the EB8 outlets vs standard one on the ADJ strip.
 
finalphaze987 said:
When you ran the OG stratons, did you use the ATI app to control the light schedule or have them on a controller? I'm thinking about getting it wired this weekend but debating if I need it plugged into one of the EB8 outlets vs standard one on the ADJ strip.
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I had them plugged into a dumb outlet and used the ATI app (it was actually web based via AP IIRC). It wasn’t great but none of them are…
 
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