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[plutoniumJoe]

Now now Jeff, lets not get political.

Originally Posted by scherzo

Good thing the tank is in a Mac.. if it was in a windows box you'd always have a

tank crash!

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by scherzo

Good thing the tank is in a Mac.. if it was in a windows box you'd always have a

tank crash!

Either that or you would look in the tank and see nothing but a wall of blue

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by icecool217

oh wow Ron. That's awesome. Lots of creativity and DIY. I assume that powering on the MAC would turn on the lights of the aquarium?

What would also be nifty is if pressing the on button would play the old school MAC boot sound. There are greeting cards you can buy now that contain onboard chips that let you record a short personal greeting that plays when the card is opened. I smell a hack!

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by Snaz

What would also be nifty is if pressing the on button would play the old school MAC boot sound. There are greeting cards you can buy now that contain onboard chips that let you record a short personal greeting that plays when the card is opened. I smell a hack!

I just might have to use that one

[Myka]

Really enjoying this build. I love the originality.

[Ron99]

Thanks everyone. My Cree emitters just arrived so I will try to get the final lighting up and running tomorrow.

[subman]

I love the idea can't wait to see it with the new LED's!

[BlueAbyss]

I love a good LED build

[Ron99]

Here's the completed LED array. Made with 2 scrap yard CPU heatskinks, 2 Cree XRE white LEDs, 4 Cree XRE Royal Blue LEDs, some scrap acylic for splash shields and a few nylon and stainless screws. The heatsinks were drilled and tapped and the LEDs are held on by the non conducting nylon screws.



Total cost of the lighting was 6 LEDs at USD $5.25 each, probably about $1.00 for the heatsinks, USD $20 for the buckpuck driver and $18.90 for the 24v wall wart. Oh yeah, 24 screws at about $0.07c each. Grand total is about $78.

And here they are fired up:



It's fairly blue with this mix of LEDs. Probably close to 18,000K or 20,000K.

I'll get a shot on the tank later when my daughter drags her butt out of bed as the tank is in her room right now

[Ron99]

Here's a shot of the tank with the new lighting. It looks more blue/purple in the picture than in person. I will have to try to figure out the white balance for LEDs: