HarryPotter Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 Today’s project is wire management. Making a panel to mount Apex, Apex EB832, return pump controller, skimmer controller, the gyre controllers, etc. The panel is going to be on a hinge so you can access the rear wiring. Should be pretty nice. No wiring on the floor xD 2 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: Today’s project is wire management. Making a panel to mount Apex, Apex EB832, return pump controller, skimmer controller, the gyre controllers, etc. The panel is going to be on a hinge so you can access the rear wiring. Should be pretty nice. No wiring on the floor xD I enjoy everything else on new builds except wire management. It's necessary to be organized but always gives me a headache trying to put it all together. Build is coming along well! Keep updating. Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 12 minutes ago, tanacharison said: I enjoy everything else on new builds except wire management. It's necessary to be organized but always gives me a headache trying to put it all together. Build is coming along well! Keep updating. I don’t really mind the initial setup. It’s a fun project to me- mounting everything to a panel and getting stuff started. I have a woodshop, so it’s pretty easy to get a nice hinged panel system going. 2 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 @markalot any thoughts on 5 XR30w Pros vs the two 8x54w ATI's? Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 Brain box 🙂 . @tanacharison the power supplies are zip tied to the backs. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 The LED's will not produce the same results as the t5's. Best I can tell some will stay the same, some will get worse, none will look better. Subjective of course, I love shimmer but always include some t5's. 2 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, markalot said: The LED's will not produce the same results as the t5's. Best I can tell some will stay the same, some will get worse, none will look better. Subjective of course, I love shimmer but always include some t5's. Yeah, I’ll stick with the plan of dual 8x 54w Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Sealing the wood of the canopy with polyurethane, since some of th plywood had been coming apart. Water this week! 3 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 @markalot Lights finalized. Dual 8x54w Nanobox Sunpowers coming, each with 8 pucks 6 bulbs 😮. 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 The skimmer pump is bigger than the return pump 😂 5 Quote Link to comment
specore Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 On 6/30/2018 at 6:15 PM, HarryPotter said: Brain box 🙂 . @tanacharison the power supplies are zip tied to the backs. I really need to do this one day. Would love to see a video of it in action 🙏 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 10 hours ago, specore said: I really need to do this one day. Would love to see a video of it in action 🙏 Not quite sure what you mean “In action”- with power connected and all the lights on? Or a back view? Here is a quick video, in case you meant a better look at it. 1 Quote Link to comment
specore Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Lol...could have been more clear. Curious to see it once you have it mounted and hinging. 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 7 minutes ago, specore said: Lol...could have been more clear. Curious to see it once you have it mounted and hinging. Oh it’s going to be pretty simple; just hinges on the right side so that I can swing it forward to access the rear. Right now it has basically all electronics installed, except the crazy nanobox. Hey @teenyreef, you see me post about the sick lighting? Soooo excited to get in on that reef porn! 1 Quote Link to comment
specore Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: Oh it’s going to be pretty simple; just hinges on the right side so that I can swing it forward to access the rear. Right now it has basically all electronics installed, except the crazy nanobox. I guess you just leave enough slack dangling behind to allow it to swing? Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 minute ago, specore said: I guess you just leave enough slack dangling behind to allow it to swing? Yessir, that’s the plan! The auto neck cleaner on the skimmer is soooo cool. It’s basically a squeegee that cleans off muck from the inside of the neck, so it gets made back into foam and into the cup. 2 Quote Link to comment
Cannedfish Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Man, your 300 is going to be insane. 2 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, HarryPotter said: Oh it’s going to be pretty simple; just hinges on the right side so that I can swing it forward to access the rear. Right now it has basically all electronics installed, except the crazy nanobox. Hey @teenyreef, you see me post about the sick lighting? Soooo excited to get in on that reef porn! Just caught up! Holeeeeee Craaaaaaaaap! When I read about how dual 48's wouldn't fit, I thought "Harry really should go crazy and get Nanobox hybrid ATI's". Well done! 😎 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 On 7/2/2018 at 4:11 PM, HarryPotter said: @markalot Lights finalized. Dual 8x54w Nanobox Sunpowers coming, each with 8 pucks 6 bulbs 😮. You mentioned 2 of 8x54W won't fit, do the ATI's 8x54W have better clearance in the hood or something? Just curious. Or will you just go topless with nanobox option? Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, micoastreefing said: You mentioned 2 of 8x54W won't fit, do the ATI's 8x54W have better clearance in the hood or something? Just curious. Or will you just go topless with nanobox option? Look- this is inside of canopy. Lights will be hung above canopy, pretty much laying on it. I’ll lose three inches of ATI on each side of each fixture (unless I further modify the canopy) but there won’t be pucks in those areas. This way the heat won’t go into the tank too! 2 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 2 hours ago, teenyreef said: Just caught up! Holeeeeee Craaaaaaaaap! When I read about how dual 48's wouldn't fit, I thought "Harry really should go crazy and get Nanobox hybrid ATI's". Well done! 😎 Sweeeeeeet! I am actually still going with the 8x54w sunpowers, will just waste a few inches of bulb. See the photo above. I can’t wait for the fixture! Still two weeks out though xD 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Ugh- guess I neglected the reefer a bit. Ran out of Ca and Alk for a while and lost all my acro growth tips 😞. Kh is like 6.1. Still have normal color and PE though, so hopefully things will get back on track once I get dosing again. Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Grown from frag- still ugly, but super fast grower! Its a BIT crowded in here -_- 4 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Really looking nice! Do you think you will transfer any of these to the 300? Quote Link to comment
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