Carnifex Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 New Edit Post #45 Newest FTS 02/21/2010 Pricing Totals Lights - roughly 196.00 including tax Livestock total 232.00 Striped Star frag - 10.00 Duncan Frag - 25.00 Purple Tipped Hammer - 20.00 Acan - 78.00 Purple Hornet Zoantid - 99.00 Well I suppose it's my turn to start my Pico thread. I decided to go with the ever popular Picotope and AC70. Although I may have a couple tricks up my sleeve still. One of those tricks just happens to be my Officially Licensed PicoGuard, Juggy. As you can see, he is already standing watch over it. Of course that could also be because it's taking up 1/3rd of his favorite place to lounge right now also... Juggy is a natural born killer though so hands off. At the young age of 4 months he was already deep into his ninja training of climbing friends legs and swatting them in the groin before making a hasty exit! Something else I noticed while taking pictures of the Picotope. It appears JBJ has changed their label on the front. Be assured. I'm getting the razorblade and soap out this very minute for fear of the FLAME!! Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Something else I noticed while taking pictures of the Picotope. It appears JBJ has changed their label on the front. Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Well damn I was about tired of strumming my fingers Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Well damn I was about tired of strumming my fingers After strumming for this long I have to say you type pretty well for only having little nubs left. Link to comment
Deep Thief Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Something else I noticed while taking pictures of the Picotope. It appears JBJ has changed their label on the front. The label looks sooo good!!! I really like JBJ's new look. They even recognize El Fab himself. That is some kind of status there. Link to comment
Growerguy Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 My cat can beat up your cat... Chairman meow aka Juggy is trying to get out the back door.. not guarding your pico. Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 LED's and drivers came in the mail today. Just waiting on heatsink and power supply now. Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Heatsink came in yesterday afternoon. Took a couple pics before putting some armstrong action into it. As you can see it could use a little work. I'm going to finish up sanding it down today then drill my holes so that I can screw the LED's into place along with being able to mount a fan over the top of it and mount it too a fixture I plan on gutting and modding. Wish me luck! Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 to the Pico Contest Carnifex! have to tell everybody this: It is EXTREMELY important!!! You HAVE to put a FTS on the FTS thread every other Sunday. The FTS thread will be made on January 25, 2010 when you are aloud to add rock, sand, water, and life. If you do not follow the directions correctly on the FTS thread or you miss a FTS you will de DQ'd. Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 to the Pico Contest Carnifex! have to tell everybody this: It is EXTREMELY important!!! You HAVE to put a FTS on the FTS thread every other Sunday. The FTS thread will be made on January 25, 2010 when you are aloud to add rock, sand, water, and life. If you do not follow the directions correctly on the FTS thread or you miss a FTS you will de DQ'd. Pictures won't be a problem. Although I may end up going over budget as far as live stock is concerned. I'm a big spender! Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Pictures won't be a problem. Although I may end up going over budget as far as live stock is concerned. I'm a big spender! lol You should just go crazy and buy everything and then just stop and let everything grow in Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Let's see. Light pricing so far. Heatsink - 16.67 + 10.00 cut fee 26.67 5 Cree Q5 White - 8.92 x 5 44.60 5 Cree Royal Blue - 7.49 x 5 37.45 2 sheets of super fine sandpaper - 2.98 25w Soldering Iron - 14.99 60/40 Rosin Core Solder - 7.99 12pk of Steelwool - 2.99 4x40 Screw Tap - 3.59 4x40 Drill Bit - 2.79 Tap Wrench - 11.99 28 x 4x40 - 3/8 deep screws - 28 x 0.23 6.44 28 x 4x40 Nylon Washers - 28 x 0.13 3.64 So far I've spent 166.12 on a DIY LED fixture. 20-30 more is all I expect to spend there. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Let's see. Light pricing so far. Heatsink - 16.67 + 10.00 cut fee 26.67 5 Cree Q5 White - 8.92 x 5 44.60 5 Cree Royal Blue - 7.49 x 5 37.45 2 sheets of super fine sandpaper - 2.98 25w Soldering Iron - 14.99 60/40 Rosin Core Solder - 7.99 12pk of Steelwool - 2.99 4x40 Screw Tap - 3.59 4x40 Drill Bit - 2.79 Tap Wrench - 11.99 28 x 4x40 - 3/8 deep screws - 28 x 0.23 6.44 28 x 4x40 Nylon Washers - 28 x 0.13 3.64 So far I've spent 166.12 on a DIY LED fixture. 20-30 more is all I expect to spend there. The only equipment that matters is lighting Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 lol You should just go crazy and buy everything and then just stop and let everything grow in I think I'm planning on doing 1g water changes every other day, but we'll see if I can hold too that once things get started. It's probably going to be 1-2 months before I add anything to it. Just going to let the algae go bonkers till it starts to recede. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I think I'm planning on doing 1g water changes every other day, but we'll see if I can hold too that once things get started.It's probably going to be 1-2 months before I add anything to it. Just going to let the algae go bonkers till it starts to recede. Big CUC? Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Big CUC? Trying a new theory I have out. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Trying a new theory I have out. Is it secret? Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 A few updates on the heatsink. Looks like my sanding is done. This is the layout that I'll probably go with. Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Looking really good so far. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Put something in ur tank by Midnight eastern time zone of DQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Well got the LED's bolted down. Just got some wiring to do and a power supply to show up in the mail soon and I'll be ready to kick start this baby for some sweet algae growing action! Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Awesome! I love LED's! Link to comment
n0rk Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 10 XR-Es should give you a pretty awesome amount of light in this tank what're you driving them at, 700mA or 1000mA? Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 10 XR-Es should give you a pretty awesome amount of light in this tank what're you driving them at, 700mA or 1000mA? The drivers are 1000ma and the LED's I bought are rated up too 1000ma, but I got myself a couple potentiometers so that I can dim them down a little bit for either differant colors or maybe turning it down just a little if I happen to have too much light. Link to comment
Carnifex Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Alright, a little lighting update. Been working on building the fixture for these babies all day long. Once I finish this fixture I'm going to either paint it or stain it. Haven't decided on that yet. Grower has been bugging me all week to hook up my power supply to it because he wants to see the LED's in action. Link to comment
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