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AriMiko's 300DD Upgrade
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Thank you, I will try and switch out the clamps. I have been having a tough time finding plastic ones. Home Depot doesn't have them.
Plastic pipe clamps can be found at HD.....conduit clamps (Electrical Department.)
Plastic hose clamps have to come from any number of on-line places or at your LFS.
Update time...I have light and fish
I added a Marinepure BioBlock to my sump which is the 8" x 8" x 4" model, supposedly it has 23,000 Sq ft of surface area. I don't know how that is possible but I decided to give it a shot lol
I built a box to cover my diy led/t5 lighting system out of stainless steel look alike formica and painted the inside white. This will be suspended from the ceiling above the tank.
Here is the lighting system which consist of 60 royal blues, 36 cool whites, 20 blues, 4 neutral whites, 2 greens and 2 reds. All leds are the cree 3 watt leds which total out at 120 leds. I also added two 60" T5's , 1 Aquablue, 1 Figi purple and two 48" T5's which are the blue plus.
I now have the light fixture mounted above the tank and powered up. I have not put the T5 bulbs in yet.
I also added a few fish, a nice school of Chromis....
I added a Marinepure BioBlock to my sump which is the 8" x 8" x 4" model, supposedly it has 23,000 Sq ft of surface area. I don't know how that is possible but I decided to give it a shot lol
I built a box to cover my diy led/t5 lighting system out of stainless steel look alike formica and painted the inside white. This will be suspended from the ceiling above the tank.
Here is the lighting system which consist of 60 royal blues, 36 cool whites, 20 blues, 4 neutral whites, 2 greens and 2 reds. All leds are the cree 3 watt leds which total out at 120 leds. I also added two 60" T5's , 1 Aquablue, 1 Figi purple and two 48" T5's which are the blue plus.
I now have the light fixture mounted above the tank and powered up. I have not put the T5 bulbs in yet.
I also added a few fish, a nice school of Chromis....
Love your tank! Awesome job!
Thank you everyone. I will be setting up my Ca reactor this week and then I am transferring corals in. This tank needs some COLOR!!!!!
Just set up my MTC Pro Cal reactor. I'm going to let it run for a few days with no co2 injection to get all the air out. I transferred some corals but didn't go to crazy. I am thinking of adding some more rock behind the current aquascape to give the fish more areas to hide and sleep. Whatever rock I add will not be viewable from the front so it will keep the front view the same.
Have you run t5 and led before. I just bought hydra upgrades from my sols for the additional spectrum. There going to go over my current 75 which will be turning into a 120 peninsula over the next few months. I was thinking of build a canopy like yours so I maintain the open look and so I could add a few t5 tubes also as Iv seen som really nice tanks Thant run both.
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Here is a important update I would like to share with everyone. My wife is pregnant and we are expecting our first child in November. I am currently scheduled to host the November meeting but unfortunately I have to cancel it till a later date. I am hoping to be on the schedule for the first north meeting of 2015. On the good note, it will give me more time to stock the tank up with coral and fish before the baby comes because after that its over lol
