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SuperColey1
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Not done an update for a while and this could be the last update with the current lights as I am only waiting for LEDs now to complete the LED lighting 'project'
So here we have it. Since the last update a Koralia1 has replaced the Maxijet MP400. I have also altered the hood anticipating that the LEDs are going to be much more light even though they will be less wattage!!! The Hood is now a Luminaire. :shock: I have gone open topped!!! For now it is hanging by chain and S hooks until I figure out a prettier way.
I have cut 2 inches from the bottom all the way around, Cut the holes for the fans that are to go on each end to cool the LEDs. Fixed the fans in. Then I have altered the positions of the filter pipes as there will be no cutouts for them to slot into. the current cutouts will be filled in and the Fablon'd. Then an acrylic sheet will be fixed into the bottom to protect it all from the water. There is a lot of wiring going to be in there. lol
The mounting board
The air inward fans
The whole setup with chains and hooks:
I found it really hard to get good pictures now that a lot of light from the gap between light and tank interferes with my compact where before the hood blocked it!!!. So here are the best I could manage
These first pictures just show the scape from the front:
Is it just me or does an open top tank look a lot bigger? I look at mine now and even though I can see more of the glass heightwise it gives the appearance of being longer!!! Strange but cool
A sneaky peak into the tank with the Luminaire raised
And for those who want to see 'low light' :roll: pearling here it is. Remember this tank has 0.9WPG for most of the day with 30ppm pressurised and full EI dosing. There is an extra 3 hour spell in the middle where it comes up to 1.4WPG. this is about 2 hours into that central spell so 5 hours into the photoperiod.
So under 1.4WPG. A 'low light' plant. Pearling like mad!!! Pearls even more later on in the photoperiod:
the next update will hopefully have 42W of 5500K LED lighting above it.
AC
So here we have it. Since the last update a Koralia1 has replaced the Maxijet MP400. I have also altered the hood anticipating that the LEDs are going to be much more light even though they will be less wattage!!! The Hood is now a Luminaire. :shock: I have gone open topped!!! For now it is hanging by chain and S hooks until I figure out a prettier way.
I have cut 2 inches from the bottom all the way around, Cut the holes for the fans that are to go on each end to cool the LEDs. Fixed the fans in. Then I have altered the positions of the filter pipes as there will be no cutouts for them to slot into. the current cutouts will be filled in and the Fablon'd. Then an acrylic sheet will be fixed into the bottom to protect it all from the water. There is a lot of wiring going to be in there. lol
The mounting board
The air inward fans
The whole setup with chains and hooks:
I found it really hard to get good pictures now that a lot of light from the gap between light and tank interferes with my compact where before the hood blocked it!!!. So here are the best I could manage
These first pictures just show the scape from the front:
Is it just me or does an open top tank look a lot bigger? I look at mine now and even though I can see more of the glass heightwise it gives the appearance of being longer!!! Strange but cool
A sneaky peak into the tank with the Luminaire raised
And for those who want to see 'low light' :roll: pearling here it is. Remember this tank has 0.9WPG for most of the day with 30ppm pressurised and full EI dosing. There is an extra 3 hour spell in the middle where it comes up to 1.4WPG. this is about 2 hours into that central spell so 5 hours into the photoperiod.
So under 1.4WPG. A 'low light' plant. Pearling like mad!!! Pearls even more later on in the photoperiod:
the next update will hopefully have 42W of 5500K LED lighting above it.
AC
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