O2Surplus Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Hey JediMasterCriminalPlantKeeper! Just popped in to say hello! Got any updates on that cute litle tank of yours? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Hey JediMasterCriminalPlantKeeper! Just popped in to say hello! Got any updates on that cute litle tank of yours? Nice to see you over here too If I remember, I'll get some shots of the tank tonight. That hygrophila has REALLY grown - no wonder it's prohibited! lol Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 This thing came together awesome Ben. [tips hat] Good work sir. Link to comment
O2Surplus Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Lookin' good! It's hard to tell from the picture, has your Starogyne started producing any runners on the substrate yet? I've got a ton of it in my tank, and it seems to act a bit fickle for me. It's either spreading horizontally like I want, or growing vertically, like 18" tall if I let it. I don't think my lighting levels have anything to do with it? 300 PAR at the sand should be plenty- LOL. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 This thing came together awesome Ben. [tips hat] Good work sir. Thanks! Lookin' good! It's hard to tell from the picture, has your Starogyne started producing any runners on the substrate yet? I've got a ton of it in my tank, and it seems to act a bit fickle for me. It's either spreading horizontally like I want, or growing vertically, like 18" tall if I let it. I don't think my lighting levels have anything to do with it? 300 PAR at the sand should be plenty- LOL. I just had to go check lol. Nah, they aren't sending any runners, and they're only just starting to send roots out from the stem that is above the surface. I guess that means they are looking for ferts and I'll have to dose more. MANNNNNN. Just think, I'm using all 350mA drivers, with the whites being in parallel getting 175mA, and I'm running them at 50% of that on the Bluefish for 50 peak PAR on the substrate Unfortunately I'm still using a MakersDriver 5up and the 0-10v connector, so minimum dimming is 8% and lightning is just a single flash since it has such poor response time lol. Now that I'm just getting to my Sunpower upgrade and using your new boards I'll switch over to one of the old boards. Still a full BF since I don't have another Mini though. Also, you'd be proud of me, I did some reflow and only destroyed one board so far Link to comment
O2Surplus Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 "Only destroyed one so far" LOL. What method of soldering did you use? Did you re-heat the entire PcB or use hot air with a nozzle sized for individual leds? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 "Only destroyed one so far" LOL. What method of soldering did you use? Did you re-heat the entire PcB or use hot air with a nozzle sized for individual leds? Whole board. Put am aluminum plate onto a strove burner and turned up halfway. Takes about 30 seconds for the solder to melt. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Whole board. Put am aluminum plate onto a strove burner and turned up halfway. Takes about 30 seconds for the solder to melt. Doesn't damage the LEDs? Cool! I may apply that to my PDBs in the future Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Doesn't damage the LEDs? Cool! I may apply that to my PDBs in the future How do you think the LEDs get onto the boards What is a PDB? Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 How do you think the LEDs get onto the boards What is a PDB? Haha true! Multicopter lingo- PDB is power distribution board, on which we solder the flight battery leads and the (many) ESCs (electronic speed controllers). Here's my small quad's board Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Haha true! Multicopter lingo- PDB is power distribution board, on which we solder the flight battery leads and the (many) ESCs (electronic speed controllers). Here's my small quad's board Gotcha now. This type of soldering (reflow) isn't the same as what you need to attach the individual boards to the larger one, it's only useful for SMT stuff like the resistors and ICs on the boards Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 This is a beautiful tank, Ben! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 This is a beautiful tank, Ben! Thanks! Link to comment
Horerczy Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Next thing we know Ben will be prototyping his own boards. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Next thing we know Ben will be prototyping his own boards. 3535 chips and Rebels are easy - the Luxeon T... not so much. lol Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 FTS 7/13/2015 New betta from yoshii! Super awesome! I know the glass is super dirty The dust looking bits are from the golden pearls I just fed to the tank. Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 are you running co2 in this tank? how are you controlling the algea? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 are you running co2 in this tank? how are you controlling the algea? No CO2, no algae. You have to balance the amount of light , CO2, and nutrients, so if two of them are low, the other must be low, as well. Nutrients and CO2 are low, so light is kept at 50 PAR peak for four hours daily, the other eight hours are spent ramping up and down to that level. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Staurogyne and Ludwigia, anyone? Link to comment
DurocShark Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Wow! Beautiful growth! Link to comment
BRN Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Awesome setup... The light turned out really nice, good job. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Anyone wanna buy some peacock moss? I have plenty! Old pic, I have WAY more than this now! Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Would look sick Ben if you used the as a carpet Link to comment
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