|
|
|
|
|
#1
03-23-2010, 04:12 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
Quote:
|
|
#3
05-01-2010, 01:12 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I'll hook you up this afternoon/tonight with a recap of where we are at now. It will include videos of when we first brought the skimmer online!
I have had to stop working on this project temporarily due to work, school, sports, and other commitments. Kevin however is still working on the basement in his free time. This morning we're making a couple dump runs, and a stop at the hardware store for additional supplies.
|
|
#4
06-02-2010, 07:09 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
And we're back on track! After a rough patch including severely decreased income, we're hoping things are now back to normal!
Enmax is not my friend these days...they "forgot" to bill us for three months resulting in a $900 bill. This is after I called them every month and inquired as to the balance owing...oh joy! So that being said, I'm kind of on a kick to really reduce my monthly utility bills. We currently pay about $204 per month, and and when I calculated all my material out originally I though we'd be paying about ~$350/month to run this beast in utility costs. I still really love the idea of LED lighting over T5s and MHs. I'm really hoping that in the next year some great LED lighting that would be appropriate to our situation pops up. DIY or commercial, I honestly couldn't care, but the thought of forking out $350 monthly in electricity and water does make me cringe. I'd rather be buying clams with that cash. Kevin has finished wiring up the basement for internet, and I think the power is run (excluding the workshop) for the whole basement. We have the tank room mostly framed in now. We're just waiting on our water barrels to continue. The giant beast of a skimmer has been chugging away from quite some time. The stuff it pulls out of the 180g makes me sick to look at. Kevin is looking at doing a few mods on the collection cup to allow for some other adjustments we'll need down the road.
|
|
#5
06-02-2010, 07:35 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
It would be interesting to see a large tank like that under LED's.
Having said that, personally I'm sticking with halides until the plasma lights are a viable (ie., cost effective to switch) option. Those things are awesome!! Whatcha gettin' for water barrels?
__________________
-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
|
|
#6
07-21-2010, 06:26 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I'm with Tony on this one. These look very promising, but just like the new LED surge have to wait for prices to become reasonable.
Quote:
__________________
Mike 150g reef, 55g sump, T5's, Vertech 200A, Profilux III - German made is highly over rated, should just say Gerpan made. Reefkeeper - individual obsessed with placing disturbing amounts of electricity and seawater in close proximity for the purpose of maintaining live coral reef organisms.
|
|
#7
07-21-2010, 10:09 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Ultimately I would love to have LEDs on the big tank. Kevin watches out for advances in them, and there is a couple threads on RC I follow about people making their own DIY fixtures.
I want my tank in the house for December. I want it to be our Christmas/Yule/Stuck inside/Just 'Cause gift this year. We have some stuff we need to do this summer, but things look much better then in March when that whole recession thing caught up to us, which sucked, a lot. We need to hammer out a work schedule, and an amended to do list, but otherwise we're back in business.
|
Hybrid Mode
