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9/10/2015

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And heres what it is looking like so far DIY stand wise and the tank being leak tested (don't worry I am feeling lucky testing it over my wood floors haha)

 

 

 

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Wow that looks awesome

 

Coming from you I am flattered, I have some pretty crazy plans for this thing that I hope turn out as cool as they look in my head.

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Coming from you I am flattered, I have some pretty crazy plans for this thing that I hope turn out as cool as they look in my head.

 

Really look forward to seeing what you come up with. skys the limit with those dimensions..

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ANNNND heres a start to some of the equipment I'll be tossing on this thing soon enough.

 

Mame overflow, yeh its 180 gph thats 3 times tank turnover an hour I am good with that I'll just make up for the rest in powerheads.

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Skimz 181 kone, yeh santa was generous this year

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So after admiring rehypes light fixture I checked it out on ebay a couple times, low and behold a brand new one minus the ballast (already had one) was up for sale at a rediculously low price. Impulse bought it on the spot. aquamedic ocean light 250w +t5's

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And well I hate nasty wiring jobs, this beast will take care of it all once I get everything wired up I'll decide on placement.

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And my project tonight, get the freakin silicone off this 20l so I can get to work on glueing in the sump baffles.

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More to come soon.

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Couldnt agree with you more..im bringing halides back to nanos one reefer at a time :DB)

 

For what I paid i couldve bought 5 of them for the price of a radion... Energy smenergy

 

Also on a side note, if you have any suggestions on a nice crisp white bulb for an e-ballast at 250w I would be forever grateful!

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For what I paid i couldve bought 5 of them for the price of a radion... Energy smenergy

 

Also on a side note, if you have any suggestions on a nice crisp white bulb for an e-ballast at 250w I would be forever grateful!

 

On an e-ballast i found the radium 20k bulb burns pretty white IMO

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On an e-ballast i found the radium 20k bulb burns pretty white IMO

sadly they don't make them for 250 de as far as I know, phoenix looks way too blue for my taste, so far I am leaning toward a 10k reeflux but that could change in 20 minutes heh.

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Awww man didnt realize that...Well the iwasaki 14k may be a good option...ill tell you that bulbs tend to burn more white on electronic ballast IMO.

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This feels retro yet modern, love it! All this metal halide geeze guys makin this LED guy yearn with desire. On a serious note carful with that mame couple people have had them fail and flood their rooms.

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This feels retro yet modern, love it! All this metal halide geeze guys makin this LED guy yearn with desire. On a serious note carful with that mame couple people have had them fail and flood their rooms.

 

Their fault for not sizing their return chambers properly and or raising the mame up above its intended resting height heh. If set up right the worst that can happen is I run my return pump dry and fry it. I'm thinking I will have to keep my ato reservoir rather small for this feat aswell and just top it up every other day or so.

 

Also I have heard that biofilm buildup in them tends to cause any issue with not starting the siphon so hopefully I can just adjust my tank cleaning habits to include getting the gunk out of it and keep it lookin sexy.

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So a little bit of progress has been made, got a canvas for the tank backdrop as I really don't want birch trees setting the scene for my reef tank. Hung the light, drilled a couple holes in the stand to run the mames in and out tubes through without draping them over the back of the stand. Next update after this should have the sump finished as well as some wire organization.

 

Heres how shes lookin for now.

 

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Love the stand, love the light, even love the wall paper behind! :D Awesome setup!

 

tyvm, hopefully when my rocks come today I can have some decent scape ideas to post up this weekend.

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So a little bit of progress has been made, got a canvas for the tank backdrop as I really don't want birch trees setting the scene for my reef tank. Hung the light, drilled a couple holes in the stand to run the mames in and out tubes through without draping them over the back of the stand. Next update after this should have the sump finished as well as some wire organization.

 

Heres how shes lookin for now.

 

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Looks awesome man.

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That looks so clean. I dig the wallpaper/woodgrain combo. kinda 70's ish, Not that I'd know what the 70's were like.

 

Following.

 

Ha, I fell in love with the wallpaper at a bar I was at. Went home googled birch wallpaper and it was one of the first images that came up so I tried out a wall in it.

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