imisky's 30g custom tank

[bigblack]

what bulb are you using, like the color! i just installed the phoenix and don't like it very much

[bignose]

Great build and your corals are spectacular. I like the bare bottom.

[imisky]

Originally Posted by bigblack

what bulb are you using, like the color! i just installed the phoenix and don't like it very much

all the pictures which has been taken to this point has been running ONLY on pheonix 14K on M80 HQI ballast. If you are running phoenix with electronic ballasts you'll find the bulb to be extremely blue, more close to the 20K range instead of 14K as phoenix bulbs are spec-ed to run on HQI ballasts.



As another update, i recently added in 2x 24w T5HO supplements onto the tank to help bring out the red and purple colors. I added one Gman Pure actinic, and one KZ fiji purple (i love this bulb!). Here are some pictures of it. Today i decided to spent the whole day building a new collection cup for my MCE600 i posted that in the DIY section if you are interested take a look, so far it looks promising.


T5HO supplement addon:




MCE600 cup (ill just repost the pictures here details are in the DIY thread)


Comparison of DIY and Original

foamhead after 5 minutes

[lorenz0]

oh man the deltec collection cut dyi is money. the one on my mc500 holds almost nothing lol

tanks looking awesome as well

[bigblack]

You are a mad genius imiski, HOW in the world did you make those t5 tubes and what did you make em out of --- Just incredible, Are you a fabricator of some sorts??

[imisky]

haha im not a mad genius nor a fabricator, im a university student with too much time on his hand, Im study is in the field of design so most of the things come up as a result of figuring out ways to fix issues around my situation.

The T5 tubes are just acrylic tubes, they come in tubes so i didnt need to do anything to them. The only things that i needed to do was cut the flangs on the sides of the tubes to be able to screw the tubes onto my existing Aqua Medic lights. All the DIYs i did are made by a table saw, dremel, and a drill press, oh and my hands

[fishytime]

Im a finishing carpenter by trade, so I know and appreciate the time and skill involved....nice work

[JDigital]

The tank is looking fantastic... Where did you find the acrylic tubing?

[imisky]

i found the acrylic tubes at industrial plastics and paint. sometimes they will have some scraps that are 3ft long if not, just ask the people over the counter for the size you want, they'll most likely have it in the back.

Heres an update on how the skimmer cup is working. I like it so far, its pulling some dark stuff out for me, i still need to tweak it to see where the optimal height placement for the cup but so far so good. This is what it looked like 48 hours after using, i had to empty the cup once with dark green tea color skimmate (cup was adjusted too low).

look at the foam head



foam head and skimmate

[bigblack]

big ups respect bruddah man, you do some fine work with your hands!