Paul’s petit réservoir d'eau salée

[ThatGuy]

The only things I’ve done are throw a very large Mexican turbo in to eat the hair algae and blast aptasia with boiling water. I'm not going to do anything with this tank until I've gathered all the equipment i want, and finish the new stand. However, the two MaxiMinis continue to color up. The one that was originally all white, seen here:

Now looks like this:

The one that originally had some color and looked like this:

Now looks like this:

Those colored up very nicely.

 

[kschweer]

Looking good Paul! Seems like you're getting the upper hand on the hair algae from the pictures. How are you liking the new light? Also how's the stand coming along?

 

[redfishbluefish]

HAIR ALGAE

Kevin, the Mexican Turbo has mowed down all the hair algae and, with the tank bare bottom, I’ve discovered what snail poo looks like…..little light brown pellets.


NEW LIGHT

That new light is phenomenal. What an improvement in quality over earlier Chinese fixtures….aluminum heat sinks and fans.


STAND

I’m getting over a sickness that has wiped me out, so I haven't done much this past week. The partially finished carcass is currently sitting in my living room.

I did go out to buy ¼ plywood and was a bit disappointed by the quality of stuff they (Lowe’s) had. Ended up buying a sheet of ¼ inch underlayment….a three ply product with birch veneer on either side that is as smooth as a baby’s you-know-what. Nice looking stuff. I rough cut this for the four sides. I’m feeling better so I’ll probably get back into it tomorrow.


If you’re up in the area, stop in.

 

[kschweer]

Glad youre feeling better. I may be in the area this weekend ill let you know. Keep up the good work

 

[redfishbluefish]

Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!

My daughter's boyfriend attends Stevens Institute for electrical stuff. He's off for spring break and has been here telling me how he could easily build a tank controller, sensor devices, graphing abilities of everything, blah, blah, blah, and final got to LED lights and claimed he could build those for almost nothing. I tried to explain to him the wishes of some for Mean Well drivers, Cree LEDs and aluminum cooling blocks....and these things don't come cheap.


He was insistent on seeing the inside of a fixture. So I took the Chinese fixture (Reefbreeder) I have over the JBJ off and opened it up. This fixture was installed February 2013....so two years old. Well it was filthy. Here's the aluminum cooling fins:






And here is one of the three fans....they all looked the same:







I got a bunch of paper towels and IPA (isopropyl alcohol) and cleaned the aluminum fins and took each fan off to clean them. Here it is now all cleaned up....the aluminum cooling fins:





And the fans:







And to finish the story, he's still insistent that he can build a light for cheap....he's working up numbers.

 

[trivan]

That's a good way to get on the good side of the girlfriends dad - Build a controller and a LED light!

 

[Zippy69]

Only go led/controller if there is a ring on her finger!! That kind of commitment guarantees a lifetime warranty.

 

[redfishbluefish]

You guys are terrible! Well to fill you in, there already is an engagement. So he's my future son-in-law. And I would have been happy if he simply said, "I'll clean those fans and heat sink." But that didn't happen!!!!

 

[Zippy69]

Congrats!

 

[Fish Brain]

Waiting to see what his definition of "almost nothing" is. Let us know when he comes back with a quote and lead time.


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