Friday, May 21, 2004

New Wavemaker

Now this is what I call waves. Tunze released a new wavemaker this year. Check out the video.

Sunday, May 16, 2004

Stand Work

Sunday, May 09, 2004

The Move

Before:



So last night (at about 8pm) I started the move. Moved the tank from the computer room, into the living room where the new stand was waiting.

After:



I was up until the wee hours of the morning (230am). I removed everything from the tank, including the sand. I wanted to properly put the egg crate I had, right at the bottom, and the only way, was to remove all the sand. Also I wanted to add another 15lbs of sand, so I slightly mixed it with the sand that was in the tank, which left a bit of a sand storm after I moved the tank.

I ended up leaving the fish/inverts in a bucket overnight (with a PH, heater, airstone). Few reasons, 1), the tank was pretty cloudy. 2) I didn't have enough containers for the water, so I had to make some new water overnight.

Also, couldn't have mom be mad while I was working all night, and most of today, so I went to JL to pick up a purple firefish. OMG, one of my favs. I've been waiting for one to come in for a while, and the color on this guy is AMAZING (recon's why the price is more than the red ones!). He spent most of the day in the back on the tank, but when I came home tonight after dinner he was out and about, so he's hopefully adjusted well.



Tank is still kinda cloudy, but hopefully it should clear up over night. Haven't setup the sump yet, thats next on the list now that the tank has been moved. More pictures located here.

Saturday, May 08, 2004

LED Fixtures

So I picked up these LED fixtures for testing on my setup. I grabbed the following: 3x 8LED White, 2x 8LED Blue, 2x 3LED Blue. Each fixture runs anywhere from 10-15.8V, and .05-.08amp. I'm gonna test using the 8LED fixtures (5 of them) on my 5g fuge, and using the other 2 blue LED's as moonlighting. I went to Lee's Electronic on Main St. and got some help, and picked up the power adapter, that would run at 12V, and powers 3.33a. Perfect for running all the LED fixtures, and also 2 Vantec case fans that I picked up for keeping the air circulating in my stand. Click the pic on the left for more pictures.

Wednesday, May 05, 2004

More Work

Drilled 4 holes to be used for return, and overflow. Added the plastic grommets to make things look clean. You'll notice they are on the far right side of the stand. Right now with the 38g, it will look kinda funny, however, what I've decided is that when I do get my new tank, I'll have a overflow built inside on the far right side, which the returns will also come up thru. I finished with the silicone (finally! don't inhale this stuff in the stand). All I really think I have to do, is drill the 2 holes for the fans, and really, thats about it. I think I'll start the move this weekend.

Work

Nobody said this stuff would be so much work. Still got tons to do. Weather is nice, but I think i'll stay in today, and get some work done on this sucker.

Sunday, May 02, 2004

Paint

Painted the inside of the stand today, and did some silicone sealing on the top lip. Bed time.

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