Ansphire Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Here is the original lights... eeeewwwww...lol Drilled Plumbed Hidden Temporary sump Today Next on my list: Paint that overflow elbow black Dive a nice sump with fuge and ato LEDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I must say tank looks very very sexy... lol Link to comment
xxbrianxx Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 wow looks good man. rarely ever seen a drilled edge. probably shoulda painted that elbow before you put it in though huh? Link to comment
hexbasher Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 is that a brass fitting????? you know brass is copper and zinc right?...depending on the grade, it could have alot of other crap in it.... Link to comment
BigBad82 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 gonna be a good thread I can tell, like what you've done. Link to comment
Ansphire Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 thanks guys.. brass fitting is comming out as soon as home depot has plastic ones in stock.. as far as the elbow goes its gonna be painted as soon as i get a change to go to walmart... LED's should arrive next week and then i'll start getting zoos... I was thinking zoo only but since those freaking purple star polyps are all over thats not going to happen.. so i was thinking some acans maybe.. what would you guys put in a tank this small... Link to comment
Stephensx04 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Looks real good. Is that sump filled to the rim? If so it will flood when the return pump is turned off. Link to comment
Funktastic Wint Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 looks awesome! Link to comment
Ansphire Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 I left like 3" on the sump... the fluval only backflows about1g and all power failure test were run very well... I just ordered the leds.. http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-38/06-...Yourself/Detail Absolutely Cannot WAIT!!! Link to comment
Funktastic Wint Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I left like 3" on the sump... the fluval only backflows about1g and all power failure test were run very well... I just ordered the leds.. http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-38/06-...Yourself/Detail Absolutely Cannot WAIT!!! that kit looks cool. i might pick one of those up too. hmmmm Link to comment
Ansphire Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 well i finally got rid of that brass fitting... I'm also working on my sump.. i designed it with the idea of having a display fuge.. I enjoy watching all those little critters grow and live there just as much as i enjoy the tank.. almost as much.. haha Link to comment
yoshii Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Wow, I've never seen a drilled edge! Very cool What were the lights you have on there now? They don't look like the yellow stock lighting Link to comment
Squared Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 what a cool idea. nice tank. Link to comment
Ansphire Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 thanks guys.. here are the led lights. And the sump Link to comment
1fishmonger Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 What LEDs are you using? Can you post a pic of how it's mounted under the hood? Thx! Nice ideas Link to comment
mmorales Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 What LEDs are you using? Can you post a pic of how it's mounted under the hood? Thx! Nice ideas also interested in the mounting...I want to buy that exact set but don't have a clue how to mount them under the hood. Link to comment
Ansphire Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 i went the simple route guys.. cut a piece of glass to cover the top.. then sat the heatsink right on the glass using rubber spacers... so its basically just sitting on top of the glass top.. See? BTW.. lenses where no good with this project.. they didn't fit under the stock hood.. not to mention they created a spotlight in the middle that didn't look too good... those where the 60deg lenses. Link to comment
krisko Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 How hard was it to drill the tank? Link to comment
Ansphire Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 How hard was it to drill the tank? It was supper easy.. its the thinest tank ive drilled.. just a dremmel and a tile cutting bit Link to comment
bamboosharkbark Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 No way! You drilled your tank using the dremel tile cutter? Wow, I never thought of that, seems hard but I'm tempted to try. Any tips? Also what kind of paint are you gonna use? I have an orange fluval so I'll use black or orange if I find it! How loud is that overflow, isn't that a durso? Nice Work! Link to comment
Polscot Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I left like 3" on the sump... the fluval only backflows about1g and all power failure test were run very well... I just ordered the leds.. http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-38/06-...Yourself/Detail Absolutely Cannot WAIT!!! thats the exact kit i ordered for my flual spec 2.5g ull love it, i did 2 white 4 blue looks amazing Link to comment
Nanoreefwanabe Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 No way! You drilled your tank using the dremel tile cutter? Wow, I never thought of that, seems hard but I'm tempted to try. Any tips? Also what kind of paint are you gonna use? I have an orange fluval so I'll use black or orange if I find it! How loud is that overflow, isn't that a durso? Nice Work! i have "drilled" many tanks using the rotozip tile bit...it is a little nerve racking piercing the tank but once you have the bit through it cuts like butter... only tips i can give are dont start directly on the edge of the hole start more to the middle about 5mm...with the bit on an angle same as you would with a hole saw bit...once it pops through you can straighten out the bit and cut as you desire...keep the water going on it though and lots of it...i have cut in the bath tub if the tank was small enough (very loud though) usually it is out on the deck with the garden hose clamped to the tank and running pretty good. Link to comment
Picoso Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Nice looking tank!!! I was going to make some shelving for my LR out of PVC what kind of paint is tank safe.?? Link to comment
psmail Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Great looking tank. I would of never thought to drill it. As a result I am thinking of adding an IceProbe chiller to the tank. It gets pretty warm from the ambient room temp. I just have to figure out the layout. I also converted my Edge's lighting to LED's. I run two 1watt bright white LED's and a one 1/2 watt blue LED. I replaced the toggle on/off switch with an identical three position on/of/on switch. All for under $25 bucks. Day mode Night mode Link to comment
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