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Phanman 04-26-2007 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by fishface (Post 249022)
you don't happen to have a name or link to these do you Phanman?

Here you go :)
I found that the blue LED's are rarely in.

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/store...umber=50098184

fishface 04-26-2007 04:15 PM

excellent, thanks alot! can you run just one strip at a time or is it all or nothing? it's difficult to see if they can be disconnected at the junction box.

Jaws 04-26-2007 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Phanman (Post 249028)
Here you go :)
I found that the blue LED's are rarely in.

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/store...umber=50098184

I use those on my 180G too. I only used two strips since they can be pretty bright but with the surface agitation I have it's amazing how it gives the tank that shimmering moonlight look. You're able to see all the night crawlers way more too. I love it.

Phanman 04-26-2007 04:19 PM

Yup, you can connect as many as you want or run 2 parallel to each other and not have them connected to each other.
For my nano I just run 2 parallel to each other during the day for more blue and at night just run 1 as it gets a crazy deep blue color, lol.

christyf5 04-26-2007 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperFudge (Post 249020)
There`s a bunch of good idea`s in this thread aswell,
Its 7 yrs old....but there`s a few that some may use anyways.

http://216.187.96.54/vbulletin/showt...ht=tips+tricks


Man I wish I had read this one before I moved :

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Originally Posted by chin_lee
Always leave enough room behind the tank for YOUR arm to fit behind. If and when the time comes that you HAVE to put your arm back there, its too late

D'oh!!!

andsoitgoes 04-26-2007 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by fishface (Post 249009)
:lol: :lol:

HEY!!! :P

I'm serious!! :(

I have those 5g water jugs from purifed water, and man - I'd have to jam it in good!

I'm making myself seem even more stupid, aren't I?

04scoobysti 04-26-2007 05:48 PM

you have to have a sealed jug/container and drill 2-1/4" or whatever holes into the lid then put 2 rigid (can be non-rigid) air lines into the holes. One airline comes from your air pump and pressurizes(sp?) the container and the other one should be as close to the bottom of the container as you can without preventing flow into it. Water will be forced thru the second line and can be fed right into your tank/sump. I imagine he puts it on a timer on intervals that match his evap rate. A float switch is safer, but is more complicated to setup due to the fact that it requires low voltage.

BCOrchidGuy 04-27-2007 05:34 PM

If you get one for wine making it's called a carboy, get the rubber stopper that already has two holes in it, one for air line in (from an external air pump) and one for an airline out (water that is pushed out of the carboy from the airpressure that the air source creates.

Doug

kwirky 04-27-2007 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by andsoitgoes (Post 248991)
I like that one - how do you fit the air pump in the jug, though?

ANd do you set the timer for how long, 30 minutes or so?

lol.

I completely disassembled the pump, then put it inside the jug, then reassembled the pump using 24" forceps. (lol j/k)

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Originally Posted by BCOrchidGuy (Post 249255)
If you get one for wine making it's called a carboy, get the rubber stopper that already has two holes in it, one for air line in (from an external air pump) and one for an airline out (water that is pushed out of the carboy from the airpressure that the air source creates.

Doug

I didn't bother with a two hole rubber stopper. I just forced the two 1/4" flex pipes into the single hole and sealed it with silicone. Worked for me and cut down on the running around to find stuff.

the yellow hose reaches all the way to the bottom of the jug, and it's the one taped to the 2" pipe. Water comes out of that.

the white hose coming out of the plug with the green airline tubing attached only goes about 1" into the jug. The other end is attached to the air pump with a check valve. THE CHECK VALVE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT! When the pump stops, the pressure in the glass jug will force the water into the air pump if you don't have the check valve.

The timer supports two separate on-off times. I run one at 3pm for 15 minutes, and another at 9pm for 15 minutes. I like the system because there's no float valves to break down, and if the pump stays on by accident, it's only 6g of water or less that goes into my 33g sump.

I fill it up every 2nd day for my own tank (120g with 8 bulb T5 lights).

The great thing with this system is that you can dose kalk with it if you wanted with zero worry about wearing any pumps out. I don't dose kalk any more though, but for those who do it's a great little thing.

For those in cities, almost all of this should be available without having to order a single thing online. The whole unit cost me just $20 for the jug, $1 for the plug, and I used an air pump that was just lieing about the house. Oh and a $3 check valve.

http://www.kwirky88.com/images/aquar...opoffclose.jpg

http://www.kwirky88.com/images/aquar...topoffwide.jpg

X-Treme 04-27-2007 11:35 PM

Looks ALMOST identical to mine, but my Carboy is smooth sided. And my digital timer can do up to 14 presets PER day. VERY cheap and worthy set-up IMO.


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