Fluval Edge with 15 Gallon sump

[Reefie]

Very VERY COOL! Tagging along.

[FishyFishy!]

So I have lots to update!

Stand is built, tank is all plumbed and in place, and I went and got some temporary LED's until my CREE's arrive.

Stand under construction:



Stand framing complete:



Then I painted the inside white and the outside black


Tank and sump in place



Door painted and put on (used velcro)

[FishyFishy!]

Overflow cut into tank. 1/2" loc line return in place


Plumbing from bottom



Water testing... Nice even flow from the overflow.


And how I drained the sump! lol

[FishyFishy!]

So for the lights, I went to ikea and picked up some LED lights to use until my CREE's arrive.

I have ordered another tank topper so that I can lengthen the top canopy. I will fuse the teo together and make a longer one. Right now, I have cut the rear off the current one, and here I will show you where the lengthened hood will stay.

Original Location:



And this is where it will sit when the two are fused together:


Attached the LED's to egg crate and siliconed it into the canopy:



Blue only Lights on:


50/50 white and blue:

[Bblinks]

Looking good man. You think the lights are gonna be enough coverage?

[FishyFishy!]

Well those lights are very temporary. I think they are about 3W each LED stick, so at 8 of them, it's only 24W of crappy LED's lol. I highly doubt those would even grow corals, but who knows.

As far as the spread of lights, since that photo, I tilted two of them to shine towards the ends of the aquarium. But coverage should be good, it's stupid bright.

I have ordered 12 3W CREE LED's - 6 RB and 6CW. couple of drivers, heat sinks and 80 degree optics, so that should do the trick for sure.

[lockrookie]

use reflextive tape within th hood area it should add more reflection i have thought of doing this for my niece i ike what youve done great work

[SandSifter]

Very cool build...what is the livestock side of things going to look like?

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by SandSifter

Very cool build...what is the livestock side of things going to look like?

My stocking vision looks as follows:


Fish/Inverts:
2 Picasso Clowns or 2 Purple firefish (undecided)
Shrimp/Goby pair
2 Sexy shrimp
Emerald Crab
White Porcelain crab
Some tiny little hermits
5 astrea snails

Corals:
Mainly LPS and softies, but when the good LED's come in, I will try some SPS:

Pink/Purple Birdsnest SPS
Couple colors of Monti's SPS

Hammer coral
Torch Coral
Mushrooms
Florida Ric garden
Zoa Garden

One or two small clams as well.

[SandSifter]

wow, should become a very nice nano Of course the water volume will allow you to do more...hmmm now you have me thinking of adding a sump to my 10 gallon, damn you! haha