Another frag tank build
- Thread starter Walter White
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Live rock/rubble rack is done.
Just used 5 1.5" PVC legs and regular ol egg crate. The idea here is that water will pass through the rock/rubble without trapping any detritus. Ill have 1 or two small powerheads underneath the eggcrate to keep any detritus that falls through in suspension so in theory it should all get flushed into the skimmer chamber.
Just used 5 1.5" PVC legs and regular ol egg crate. The idea here is that water will pass through the rock/rubble without trapping any detritus. Ill have 1 or two small powerheads underneath the eggcrate to keep any detritus that falls through in suspension so in theory it should all get flushed into the skimmer chamber.
So time for another update. I've got some corals I need to start moving around before too long. I'm trying pretty hard to get thing thing done and fired up.
I got the drip liner all made up. Fits real nice. I had a little better technique this time after having made the first one for my 60 cube.
I had one of those multicolored led strip kits sitting around for like over a year. I finally decided to put it to use as an under the tank light so I can see what im doing when working on things. Its a bit over the top and obviously the colors offer nothing more than the geek factor but hey its kinda cool I guess. The sump is done and ready to go just have a little bit of plumbing and I can fire it up to start cycling. I have a lot of live Fiji tukani rubble from my botched live rock order that I will use as my bio filter but I need to wait for it to finish curing.
I got the drip liner all made up. Fits real nice. I had a little better technique this time after having made the first one for my 60 cube.
I had one of those multicolored led strip kits sitting around for like over a year. I finally decided to put it to use as an under the tank light so I can see what im doing when working on things. Its a bit over the top and obviously the colors offer nothing more than the geek factor but hey its kinda cool I guess. The sump is done and ready to go just have a little bit of plumbing and I can fire it up to start cycling. I have a lot of live Fiji tukani rubble from my botched live rock order that I will use as my bio filter but I need to wait for it to finish curing.
So I decided the light system I had rigged wasn't at all what I was going to be happy with so I started making a new one. I've been pretty bad about taking pictures. Its actually come allot further from what I have pictured so ill have to get some more. Its going to be a bit hard to tell whats going on from these pics until I post up some current ones but essentially its going to be two SE 250w Radiums and t5 but haven't fully decided on the bulb selection yet. The t5s will be mounted on rails on the outside of the MH reflectors with a slight angle in towards the center of the tank.
A little bit of angle iron from HD.
Made the angle brackets that the t5 rails will mount to. The entire fixture will also hang from these 4 brackets.
Some the pieces starting to come together. The center wood piece will hold the t5 ballasts in between the MH refelctors.
If you looks closely here you can see the angle on the brackets that will tilt the t5 reflectors inward from both the front and back. I think this will minimize light spillage from the t5s being so far to the out side. I guess we will see.
After my last powder coating fiasco I decided to just go with a high gloss appliance paint.
A little bit of angle iron from HD.
Made the angle brackets that the t5 rails will mount to. The entire fixture will also hang from these 4 brackets.
Some the pieces starting to come together. The center wood piece will hold the t5 ballasts in between the MH refelctors.
If you looks closely here you can see the angle on the brackets that will tilt the t5 reflectors inward from both the front and back. I think this will minimize light spillage from the t5s being so far to the out side. I guess we will see.
After my last powder coating fiasco I decided to just go with a high gloss appliance paint.
