Dan's 90 build

[Youngster Dan]

WOW do I know how to procrastinate or what?!

So, I have been busy the last couple weeks and it is time to share with you fine folks. I haven't really been active in terms of posting much for the last six months, but that isn't to say I haven't been quietly lurking in the back.


Anywho here she is as of last week!



which is a poor cry from how she was before:




Alas, life has its interesting little turn of events. Since I have been gone I somehow managed to get the coolest little job as an Aquarist at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Center (if you drop by feel free to ask for Dan, and I would be honored to show a fellow canreefer around. That is, if I am not busy of course). While that job is an absolute dream, there is one problem: the water is too cold!!

I'm ready to get my hands wet at home again, in some nice, warm tropical water!


What I have done so far:

Plumbing : Check



Ok, I don't have some good photos of the whole plumbing yet. But, I can always take some! (It is pretty straight forward, but what the heck. It's a good to journal all these things)

The real fun part has to do with the lighting. Firstly, I decided 6 T5 were great, but I just want to try something different.

So, I took apart my TEK light:









The plan was to do a T5 LED combo. I figured, might as well recycle. So I saved four of the reflectors and one of the ballasts to be incorporated into a LED set up.

So the LED building begins. I see a lot of people talking about LEDs and what have you. I want to point it out that I am certainly no expert on this matter. Really, I am just kind of hoping it works.





I hope you can see this photo, because after looking at this light I can barely see anything:



Note the water! Man, RODI takes forever to fill a tank I tell ya.



Hmm, I wonder which apartment has a reef tank.



I've decided to wait until I fire up the T5's and see how I like LEDs by themselves. I have made it so I can quickly set up the combination at a later date.