Mnesarchus Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 :woot: My hood is done! I just hung it from the cieling and now the bad boy is illuminating (among other things) my 50g. Finished Hood: Made from Aspen, stained cherry color. The whole inside is lined with mirror finish stainless steel. Hanging above the tank: Metal Halide = Fun. Fans cooling it on both sides. Liverock is looking nice under the light too: Link to comment
TiGs Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 U built the hood from scratch? Nice craftman ship. Link to comment
OxInYourBox Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Looking good. Where's the How To? Link to comment
OneOfDaZZZ Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 do the fans blow in to the light or suck heat away from the light? Link to comment
Mnesarchus Posted October 9, 2003 Author Share Posted October 9, 2003 I am working on a how to and I will post it later. Yeah it's all hand built from scratch (other than fans and ballast). One fan blows air on to the head of the bulb, and one sucks warm air out on the otherside. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 < from the horses mouth of a semi Master hood builder..... FN;' NIIICEEEEEE ! d00d ! that is tite! slap some parabolic Louver over your tank, and intensify that light by 33 % and its "Acro City". Hows that skimmer doing I sent ya : Link to comment
adinsxq Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 will you father my children? way sex. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I donno who told U that PLEXI GLASS WAS OK, bbbuuttt.... its ASS. Plexi will warp and discolir soon with PAR and U/V not tomention that it will release noxious fumes once heated to high... and it seems you halides are in a shallow hood with tome faily low CFM circulation.... I'd consider OPEN VENTING the hood, or at least throwing some 1/4 inch glass under it as a precautionary...... then again, some slipglass would be better to keep splashes and "jumping fish " from messing up Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 ESPI, what arew you talking about? He said the reflector os made with polished stainless steel...who said anything about acrylic? Link to comment
AbSoluTc Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Very nice. If I could offer a tip? If you lower the pendant about 1-2 inches, it will help clear up some of the stray light and will also increase the light into the tank. Either way, looks very good. Link to comment
SLOreefer Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 looks awesome man...i wish i could build stuff liek that too. i have no wood working skills Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Wet worx, he has a plexi sheild under the bulbs... he just failed to mention it ITT. We had a Chat room discussion Link to comment
T?@7 Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 dayam! bootyfull! What size fans are they? Do you find that they are doing enough coolng for you? Link to comment
wetworx101 Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Oh, ok ESPI. I would say leave it open, not like he is using DE bulbs. Leave it open, it will cool better, no? A SE bulb has the UV jacket already built in so why put another piece of glass in the way (agreed though about the acrylic ESPI). Link to comment
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