ngericke Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 I have been wanting to det up a 2.5g so here is my start Just got done with my canopy and base for it It is made out of solid maple Still needs a little light touches here and there but it is about finished Link to comment
cjm033 Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 awosme lookin stand and hood. -Chris Link to comment
MidiMouse Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Great job, very clean! -Lam Link to comment
bravoreefer Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Looks great man! Can you now build a canopy for my 7gal mini bow front? Link to comment
Vnnie Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Very nice! What kind of lights are you going to put in there? Link to comment
ngericke Posted July 15, 2004 Author Share Posted July 15, 2004 Bravoreefer- Let me know what you are looking for As for lights--- I ordered a 2x13w retro-----10k and actinic Link to comment
onthefly Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Good job........ and way to build the matching base!!!!! Link to comment
ngericke Posted July 17, 2004 Author Share Posted July 17, 2004 Got my lights today Ordered them from PSL I have heard good things and bad things about PSL but from my experience so far it has been good I ordered them wednesday night and they were here on saturday Link to comment
ngericke Posted July 17, 2004 Author Share Posted July 17, 2004 Came with a workhorse 5 My only concern is having the ballast mount in the hood Is this gonna cause too much heat? If so I have a small CSL fan I can install Link to comment
ngericke Posted July 17, 2004 Author Share Posted July 17, 2004 lights on as you can see I still have some room for future upgrades Link to comment
ngericke Posted July 17, 2004 Author Share Posted July 17, 2004 Final pic for now No water in the tank yet -waiting on a few things I painted the back and the bottom black(I am going with a bare bottom) I think the black looks good against the white maple Link to comment
Vnnie Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I'd strongly recommend mounting that ballast outside the hood. My hood has 2 19watt screw-in curly Q PC's and 2 13watt actinic PC's (with the ballasts mounted remotely) and it can get pretty hot under there even with a fan. I'm now running two fans because those screw-in bulbs can get hot. The cooler your ballast and bulbs stay, the longer they'll last. You're tank is looking good though. Link to comment
yodahart Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 You should build a small back part on the canopy. You can block some of the light that will escape and also have a place to mount your ballast. Just a suggestion... Link to comment
[InuYasha] Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 Cool, can't wait to see more pics! Link to comment
ngericke Posted July 22, 2004 Author Share Posted July 22, 2004 I got it set up now I took the ballast out but now I am having trouble getting it to fore the lights It wont fire them both at the same time------gotta look into this some more I have an AQ mini on it Visa heater and an auto top off Temp went up to 84 What does everyone else run thier 2.5 at? I think I may install a fan tomorrow I will post some pics tomorrow If I get my lights figured out I will add the rock and corals(from another tank) Link to comment
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