SolaTubes for reef tanks - Page 33

hahnmeister · 09/15/2006, 11:38 PM

Well, even most halides make a good deal of UV-A (DE and SE).... if you stare at them long enough they can cause eye problems. Im just saying, I dont think we have to get too worries about providing enough of certain spectrums to corals with skylights... theres plenty enough to go around of just about every spectrum so who cares if the glass blocks 10% or something...

Reefski's · 09/16/2006, 08:53 AM

glass transmits about 70% UV
normal acrylic 44%

Reefski's · 09/16/2006, 09:26 AM

here is a link to the article with this info.

http://www.rosesinc.org/ICFG/Join_IC...se_Glazing.asp

hahnmeister · 09/16/2006, 10:23 AM

That sounds good. I wonder what the absorbtion of water is... I doubt that levels higher than that can get through water that is 5-25' deep... where most of our corals come from.

JMBoehling · 09/17/2006, 12:50 PM

Here are some links to movies of my reef. One is of my 90 gallon reef conisting of (02) 10 Gordan Brand Tubular Skylights and (02) 54 watt T5HO's.

Jim's Skylights on Reef

Here is another movie of my Skylightoscopy... Camera lucking up the tube during sun this afternoon.. Sorry to make you guys a little dizzy, but is gives you an idea of the light coming down the tubes.

Skylightoscopy

Hope this gives everyone a good idea of what these things produce. Personally, I wish I had the 20" tubes vs the 10's...

Later,

Jim

shookbrad · 09/17/2006, 12:57 PM

Nice, Thanks for the videos!

Rod the Roofer · 09/18/2006, 12:32 AM

Cool camera work Jim.

Hey, have you taken any light readings from your tubes??

Be interesting to compare with my readings. So far I have measured Lux, but am organising to borrow a quantum meter so I can get some PAR readings.

Rod.

Hey shookbrad,

That's my avatar!! Only joking, actually I can't have my avatar (A blue/pink Acro) untill I post 100 posts!! - That's dumb IMO.

Reefski's · 09/18/2006, 12:20 PM

here are some pix from the 5,500 gallon Waikiki aquarium with a large skylight over it. you can see the sunlight coming across the tank in one of the Monti cap pix.

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Reefski's · 09/18/2006, 01:05 PM

Mr. Delbeek, author of "The Reef Aquarium" told me that they do water changes of 10% per month ftom an underground well. they use a 10HP chiller to maintain the water at 77 degrees. nitrates <5ppm with a SSB. and they feed the fish a couple times a day, i forget what but not just a couple of cubes.

the sunlight is full on the tank from about 11-3 and supplemented by 5-6000 watts of MH. 10k and 20k. as you can see in one of the pictures the light is very far over the tank but they do leave the MH on even during peak sun hours.

they get phenomenal growth. the Monti cap has grown to the size you see from a single 5" colony in less than 3 years, same for the Staghorn Acro.

the most amazing tank i have ever seen. worlds oldest clams in captivity, >25 years and 650 pounds.

Rod the Roofer · 09/19/2006, 01:10 AM

Hey carloskoi,

Now that's inspirational!!!

Rod.

SuperNerd · 09/19/2006, 02:01 AM

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cbl · 09/20/2006, 10:09 PM

I also posted a thread a couple of weeks ago wondering if anyone had any exper with natural lighting so thank you for your exp and info.. I did find one tank in PA that a gentleman has some light shutes over half his tank and mh on the other half and he claims a huge difference in growth rates comparatively... I also live in co and have been looking into some different light shute options here but havnt heard of these solatubes before.. can you give any insight into cost???? Keep me posted as well and I too would like to see some photos sometime if poss
thaks

cbl · 09/20/2006, 10:09 PM

I also posted a thread a couple of weeks ago wondering if anyone had any exper with natural lighting so thank you for your exp and info.. I did find one tank in PA that a gentleman has some light shutes over half his tank and mh on the other half and he claims a huge difference in growth rates comparatively... I also live in co and have been looking into some different light shute options here but havnt heard of these solatubes before.. can you give any insight into cost???? Keep me posted as well and I too would like to see some photos sometime if poss
thaks

cbl · 09/20/2006, 10:09 PM

I also posted a thread a couple of weeks ago wondering if anyone had any exper with natural lighting so thank you for your exp and info.. I did find one tank in PA that a gentleman has some light shutes over half his tank and mh on the other half and he claims a huge difference in growth rates comparatively... I also live in co and have been looking into some different light shute options here but havnt heard of these solatubes before.. can you give any insight into cost???? Keep me posted as well and I too would like to see some photos sometime if poss
thaks

cbl · 09/20/2006, 10:19 PM

I also live in co and posted a note a few weeks back looking for someone with some exp with natural light so thanks for the info.. I did find a guy in pa that has some over half his tank and mh on the other half.. interesting to hear the diff in growth rates. any feedback on cost for the solatubes????

cbl · 09/20/2006, 10:47 PM

sorry about above...computer(operator error...)

cbl · 09/20/2006, 10:58 PM

I also have been looking into this and recently posted a thread as well on natural light options. thanks for all the insight. any info on approx cost of tubes? I did find a guy in pa using light shutes with some interesting results compared with the other half of his tank being MH

hahnmeister · 09/20/2006, 11:09 PM

Ok, you say that there were dramatic differences... so which one was better!!!?? Halide or Sun?

polyniak · 10/23/2006, 10:04 PM

This thread is 4yrs 9mths old it can't die now.......We need new pics and updates

hawaiianwargod · 10/24/2006, 12:07 AM

polyniak

To Reef Central

JMBoehling · 10/24/2006, 08:50 AM

Updated Shots as of 10/24/2006:

Everything continues to grow very well under my T5 and my (02) 10" Skylights

JMBoehling · 10/24/2006, 08:53 AM

A couple more:

Later,

Jim

hawaiianwargod · 10/24/2006, 01:46 PM

Jim,

Awesome setup and growth you have. I guess solatubes is very promising huh? As I said on this thread before, I will incorporate solatubes on my system in the near future.
Again, very impressive growth and color!!!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and pics.
HW

polyniak · 10/24/2006, 03:38 PM

Thanks for the update your tank looks great

Rod the Roofer · 10/25/2006, 01:23 AM

Hi guys,

Been a while, I'm very impressed with the progress of my tank under natural light.

Here are a couple of shots for you:

#1

#2

#3

#4

Enjoy Rod.

09/17/2006, 12:50 PM	#805
JMBoehling Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 2,353	Movies of my Tubes Here are some links to movies of my reef. One is of my 90 gallon reef conisting of (02) 10 Gordan Brand Tubular Skylights and (02) 54 watt T5HO's. Jim's Skylights on Reef Here is another movie of my Skylightoscopy... Camera lucking up the tube during sun this afternoon.. Sorry to make you guys a little dizzy, but is gives you an idea of the light coming down the tubes. Skylightoscopy Hope this gives everyone a good idea of what these things produce. Personally, I wish I had the 20" tubes vs the 10's... Later, Jim

09/17/2006, 12:57 PM	#806
shookbrad Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Odessa, TX Posts: 411 Blog Entries: 1	Nice, Thanks for the videos! __________________ No, That fish is not new. He's just use to the tank now. Current Tank Info: 220G, 107G Cylender, 42G Hex

09/18/2006, 12:32 AM	#807
Rod the Roofer Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 53	Cool camera work Jim. Hey, have you taken any light readings from your tubes?? Be interesting to compare with my readings. So far I have measured Lux, but am organising to borrow a quantum meter so I can get some PAR readings. Rod. Hey shookbrad, That's my avatar!! Only joking, actually I can't have my avatar (A blue/pink Acro) untill I post 100 posts!! - That's dumb IMO. __________________ Acromaniac Last edited by Rod the Roofer; 09/18/2006 at 12:52 AM.

09/18/2006, 12:20 PM	#808
Reefski's Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Topanga Posts: 3,016	here are some pix from the 5,500 gallon Waikiki aquarium with a large skylight over it. you can see the sunlight coming across the tank in one of the Monti cap pix.[/IMG]

09/19/2006, 01:10 AM	#810
Rod the Roofer Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 53	Hey carloskoi, Now that's inspirational!!! Rod. __________________ Acromaniac

09/15/2006, 11:38 PM	#801
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	Well, even most halides make a good deal of UV-A (DE and SE).... if you stare at them long enough they can cause eye problems. Im just saying, I dont think we have to get too worries about providing enough of certain spectrums to corals with skylights... theres plenty enough to go around of just about every spectrum so who cares if the glass blocks 10% or something...

09/16/2006, 08:53 AM	#802
Reefski's Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Topanga Posts: 3,016	glass transmits about 70% UV normal acrylic 44%

09/16/2006, 09:26 AM	#803
Reefski's Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Topanga Posts: 3,016	here is a link to the article with this info. http://www.rosesinc.org/ICFG/Join_IC...se_Glazing.asp

09/16/2006, 10:23 AM	#804
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	That sounds good. I wonder what the absorbtion of water is... I doubt that levels higher than that can get through water that is 5-25' deep... where most of our corals come from.

09/18/2006, 01:05 PM	#809
Reefski's Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Topanga Posts: 3,016	Mr. Delbeek, author of "The Reef Aquarium" told me that they do water changes of 10% per month ftom an underground well. they use a 10HP chiller to maintain the water at 77 degrees. nitrates <5ppm with a SSB. and they feed the fish a couple times a day, i forget what but not just a couple of cubes. the sunlight is full on the tank from about 11-3 and supplemented by 5-6000 watts of MH. 10k and 20k. as you can see in one of the pictures the light is very far over the tank but they do leave the MH on even during peak sun hours. they get phenomenal growth. the Monti cap has grown to the size you see from a single 5" colony in less than 3 years, same for the Staghorn Acro. the most amazing tank i have ever seen. worlds oldest clams in captivity, >25 years and 650 pounds.

09/20/2006, 10:09 PM	#812
cbl Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 40	I also posted a thread a couple of weeks ago wondering if anyone had any exper with natural lighting so thank you for your exp and info.. I did find one tank in PA that a gentleman has some light shutes over half his tank and mh on the other half and he claims a huge difference in growth rates comparatively... I also live in co and have been looking into some different light shute options here but havnt heard of these solatubes before.. can you give any insight into cost???? Keep me posted as well and I too would like to see some photos sometime if poss thaks

09/20/2006, 10:09 PM	#813
cbl Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 40	I also posted a thread a couple of weeks ago wondering if anyone had any exper with natural lighting so thank you for your exp and info.. I did find one tank in PA that a gentleman has some light shutes over half his tank and mh on the other half and he claims a huge difference in growth rates comparatively... I also live in co and have been looking into some different light shute options here but havnt heard of these solatubes before.. can you give any insight into cost???? Keep me posted as well and I too would like to see some photos sometime if poss thaks

09/20/2006, 10:09 PM	#814
cbl Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 40	I also posted a thread a couple of weeks ago wondering if anyone had any exper with natural lighting so thank you for your exp and info.. I did find one tank in PA that a gentleman has some light shutes over half his tank and mh on the other half and he claims a huge difference in growth rates comparatively... I also live in co and have been looking into some different light shute options here but havnt heard of these solatubes before.. can you give any insight into cost???? Keep me posted as well and I too would like to see some photos sometime if poss thaks

09/20/2006, 10:19 PM	#815
cbl Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 40	I also live in co and posted a note a few weeks back looking for someone with some exp with natural light so thanks for the info.. I did find a guy in pa that has some over half his tank and mh on the other half.. interesting to hear the diff in growth rates. any feedback on cost for the solatubes????

09/20/2006, 10:47 PM	#816
cbl Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 40	sorry about above...computer(operator error...)

09/20/2006, 10:58 PM	#817
cbl Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 40	I also have been looking into this and recently posted a thread as well on natural light options. thanks for all the insight. any info on approx cost of tubes? I did find a guy in pa using light shutes with some interesting results compared with the other half of his tank being MH

09/20/2006, 11:09 PM	#818
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	Ok, you say that there were dramatic differences... so which one was better!!!?? Halide or Sun?

10/23/2006, 10:04 PM	#819
polyniak Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	This thread is 4yrs 9mths old it can't die now.......We need new pics and updates

10/24/2006, 12:07 AM	#820
hawaiianwargod Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 11 54' N, 121 55' E Posts: 1,836	polyniak *To Reef Central* __________________ "To be a successful reefer, one must master the art of mimicry" ~Hawaiianwargod~ [E] levated [L] evel [O] f [S] weetness Current Tank Info: 210+ - "G" Elos 160XL [~]

10/24/2006, 08:50 AM	#821
JMBoehling Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 2,353	Updated Shots as of 10/24/2006: Everything continues to grow very well under my T5 and my (02) 10" Skylights

10/24/2006, 08:53 AM	#822
JMBoehling Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 2,353	A couple more: Later, Jim

10/24/2006, 01:46 PM	#823
hawaiianwargod Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 11 54' N, 121 55' E Posts: 1,836	Jim, Awesome setup and growth you have. I guess solatubes is very promising huh? As I said on this thread before, I will incorporate solatubes on my system in the near future. Again, very impressive growth and color!!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and pics. HW __________________ "To be a successful reefer, one must master the art of mimicry" ~Hawaiianwargod~ [E] levated [L] evel [O] f [S] weetness Current Tank Info: 210+ - "G" Elos 160XL [~]

10/24/2006, 03:38 PM	#824
polyniak Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	Thanks for the update your tank looks great

10/25/2006, 01:23 AM	#825
Rod the Roofer Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 53	Hi guys, Been a while, I'm very impressed with the progress of my tank under natural light. Here are a couple of shots for you: #1 #2 #3 #4 Enjoy Rod. __________________ Acromaniac