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lol..... crazy thing, tonight i was doing a water change and wondered why there was a gallon less water in the bucket that i had been mixing in.... lifted it up and poured it into a new bucket, flipped it over and theres a crack in the EXACT same spot you have circled. Basement for me too. Idk i...
Biiiig update.... As many have read, i switched over to DiY LED lighting.
Consisting of
24x Cree XM-L cool white .
28x Cree XP-E Royal Blue .
6x Cree XP-E Blue .
2x Bridgelux Green .
2x Bridgelux Turquoise.
I am very satisfied with the light after tweaking some levels out over the last...
Just wanted to add, I am having a friend come over later in the week with his par meter. We are going to run many many tests at the different intensities of the leds as well as tests on the t5 setup I was using with great success, to compare the two.
Should be noted that as much as I have read...
I built my own overflows modeled off the glassholes kits... coming out of the back of the tank I put a T with one end sticking up, then capped the top side and drilled a 5/16" hole or airline sized. ..I think its That. Both of mine are silent. I'm running a mag18 return with 2x 1 3/4" overflows.
Its only been like 2 days of use, but mostly everything has response fed positively to the change in lighting. The anemones are still bubbled up, so I guess lighting is not a factor in that lol. All sps are holding their color well, and starting the whites at 25% is not shocking anything. Polyp...
Woop woop! Ravens all day baby. Big ray and little ray gonna lead us to the promised land.
Sported my #27 yesterday watching him run through the Bengals haha
glad someone else is up late with me haha..
appreciate the responses. Ive been looking at the UV, and pink/red leds. I am also debating adding some Warm white or neutral whites to compliment my cool whites. I just feel that the LEDS give off too "sterile" of a look right now
im thinking of...
Alright, well. I got the entire fixture up and running. Consists of:
24x Cree XM-L Cool White
28x Cree XP-E Royal Blue
6x Cree XP-E Blue
2x Bridgelux Green
2x Bridgelux Turquoise
I am running only 12 of the Cool whites right now because they really really overpower the rest of the LEDS...
Well I woke up today with a neat little package of 24 XM-L Cool White Leds and 2 more meanwell drivers. :) :) :) so off to home depot I went, picked up the rest of my heatsinks, and here I am. Hoping to have a complete running fixture by tonight. With pictures. If the girlfriend will give the...