New 30 Gallon Nano Tank Journal

[Vitaminz]

So my Ultrabright CREE Q5 LED's came in the other day....yahhhhh....


So my first task was finding an enclosure for this....spend alot of time looking for this, but found it at Princess Auto:


So I placed some foam in the bottom and place the LED and Heat sink in, just barely fit....


This one is the bottom view with the diffusor in:


So I attached some Female bullet connectors to the LED wires:


All Done with the connectors, now to place everything inside:




Now connected all my lead to a 12v power source and viloa, we have light!


Placed some glass that I had kicking around, on top of my existing light:


Now Placing the boxes on top of the glass:


So here is what the tank looks light with only the LED's on:


Not to shabby with just 2 LED's...hehehehe Here are some pics with all the lights turned on:

[Wayne]

Awesome job on those LEDS. They almost look like they were factory built! Very nice looking tank so far!

[Vitaminz]

Thought it about time to update tank pictures, just replaced my 150w 20k MH bulb, that one hurt the pocket book.....You know what I will have to admit that I was always a fan of never replacing a bulb unless it was burnt out....But after today, I was proven wrong....what a difference.... And of course I had to do the smart thing and take down the light to replace the bulb and had to test to make sure it worked, before putting it all back together.......yeah we can all guess what happened....it worked!!! Still seeing spots.... Atleast I marked the date I changed it on the box with the old bulb, that way I don't second guess when I changed it. Yeah I have my moments, but who doesn't??? lol

[Wayne]

Really liking this thread build The tank is looking good and your filling it out nicely.

[Rbacchiega]

Coming along great! Going to be a really nice looking tank

[Vitaminz]

So I thought it was about time I broke in my new SLR camera and take some high res photo's. Added a few new corals from a generous reefer, you know who you are! lol

[reefwars]

looking good buddy glad i can helpthat favia looks great in there