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Old 07-22-2013, 03:13 AM
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Welcome Antrias, nice to see another salty in red deer. When it comes to partical board stands its best to seal any joints & cuts with silicone to help prevent swelling if it gets wet.
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Old 07-23-2013, 03:58 AM
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Got the heatsink today (just took 24 days to ship... Terrible)! Got the LEDs and drivers on there and tomorrow i'll be soldering the connections and testing it out.
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Old 07-28-2013, 06:02 PM
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I got the LEDs up and running and everything moved into the tank. Now I'm second guessing if i actually have enough LEDs on the tank. My mushrooms aren't opening up very much anymore. Maybe I need some 90 degree optics on them?
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Old 07-28-2013, 06:47 PM
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Looks good, that candy canes in the one pic look happy. Corals need time to acclimate from one light to another. Give things time to get used to the LED's before you do anything.
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Old 07-29-2013, 06:54 PM
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I'll give them some time - my anemone is also completely hidden - he jammed himself between rocks. Also go the interior of my stand water proofed. It seemed worked out good actually just taking some clear drying silicone and painted a coat of that on - cant even tell it's there.

Now I'm on a hunt for a good yet cheap protein skimmer to throw underneath and I'm ordering a new nozzle for the return line form the sump: http://www.ebay.com/itm/U-Tube-Direc...item43b4f8e761

My self made PVC one is ugly and can't direct the flow at all.

Sometime in the future (probably sooner than alter) I'll build / find a case for the heatsink to go in so that it looks a bit nicer - and so the dimmers have a spot to go

http://i.imgur.com/ha8lLUE.jpg

as well a case for the PSU to go in so that it's not sitting on my sub woofer and can get proper cooling

http://i.imgur.com/8VfD70l.jpg

As well Thanks Grizz for some input
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Old 07-29-2013, 07:03 PM
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nice tank
I'd move the rocks away from the glass. much easier to clean and you will be happier in the long run.Just sayin'
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That's a good idea. I'll have to rearrange it. I already noticed that in these salt tanks the stuff that crusts on the glass is super hard to get off! I'm going to buy a cleaner / scraper too of some sorts because my sponge doesn't cut it anymore.
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