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I'm almost willing to bet that the reason the fan is on the bottom of the Radion (IMO... THE absolute worst place you could put a cooling fan that will be over a saltwater fish tank), is that AI hold the patent for a multi-diode dual-lamp fixture with a fan on top of the heat sink...
I think I remember seeing Gate Valves at Lowes. They seem to carry more plumbing than Home Depot. One thing Lowes carries that HD does not is Flex PVC (Spa Flex they call it).
Just out of curiosity what is the cost of the u channel you are using?
If you are going to piggyback the u channels, it would be a good idea to put some thermal paste between them, then rivet them together.
Yesterday I removed the last of the rock and coral from my BioCube 8. It has been such a great little tank for the last year and a half and I was really sad to see it empty. As I sat on the couch in the living room and looked over at the dark and empty tank. I thought about all the corals I've...
His tank is a little too small for a CBB. I was talking to him and he is a little fuzzy on dates but he has switched to ESV salt but we are not 100% this is the cause but it is something to take into consideration. He said all his other corals are fine, it just appears to be the acans that are...
Stirling is borderline central/north so it can work either way but I can do the February or March meeting. Now that I have the new tank set up I can show it off. :)
For the blues, not that much of a difference between 600 and 750, it matters more with the whites. You can max the driver output and get 650mA/series but to be honest I never made it past 35% output running the 12 Crees (50/50 W/B) over my 20L frag tank. I didn't have the depth to keep some...
750mA is recommended, 1000mA max on the blues (both royal and blue) and the driver can put out 1300mA, so you can see the issue of blues at 100%.
Inside the driver there is and internal pot that will adjust the amps out. Using a voltmeter you can set the driver at 1000mA and not have to worry...
Having done a DIY LED build myself I can help but I'm a little confused on a few things. So you have two drivers but I'm a little fuzzy on the "3 sets of 14 LEDs". Is that 3 sets for a total of 14 LEDs or 42 LEDs? Each Meanwell driver can run 8-14 3W LEDs, so you either have an extra driver or...
It sounds like there is a blockage between the booster pump and membrane. One of the pre-filters might have something clogging the passages or there is a kink in the tubing somewhere.
I have some pics on my phone I have to upload. Since this build happened so fast and I've been working on the 65 for the last month and a half, I just never got to update this one.
Rome wasn't built in a day, but this tank was done in a weekend! Day after I drilled the tank, the weather...