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Old 09-28-2011, 12:08 AM
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Wow! That looks fantastic! I'm looking to change out my T5s right now and am torn between looking at a DIY MH and a DIY LED (maybe an AI Sol). Everytime I look at LED stuff, though, it seems as though people are complaining about colour of reds and orange and loss of richness in the corals compared to MH. But holy damn, does that tank shot look great!
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What % are you running at in thoes pics? also have you looked into some PAR readings yet? if you do can you make sure you do a 100% setting reading as well as where you like it please. I am realy interested to see how Steve's LEDs put out.


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What % are you running at in thoes pics? also have you looked into some PAR readings yet? if you do can you make sure you do a 100% setting reading as well as where you like it please. I am realy interested to see how Steve's LEDs put out.


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Hard to say exactly as the controller varies throughout the day but I would guess blues close to 90%, whites at about 70% and reds 5%.

No par meter over here so not much I can do right now, maybe sometime in the future I'll get one. I do believe there are PAR readings on RC for these LEDs if you're interested.
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Old 09-28-2011, 03:29 AM
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Definitely a 10 out of 10 for style, looks awesome.
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Really I have to say the tank pic is pretty great. As for the fixture...I think it looks just as good as before.
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Looks nice man. My preference would have been simple flat strips to match the shaker doors but I still like what you've done.
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Old 09-28-2011, 03:05 PM
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Looks nice man. My preference would have been simple flat strips to match the shaker doors but I still like what you've done.
Mine as well actually, couldn't find them in Maple in the city on a Sunday. Oh well done now, looks decent. Thanks guys!
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Wow! I want a 120 rimless so bad! I wonder how big you can go before needing eurobracing?

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Old 10-03-2011, 06:44 AM
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I know I've seen a 480g rimless ELOS build on RC. Apparently you can go BIG =)
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Old 10-03-2011, 03:18 PM
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Wow! I want a 120 rimless so bad! I wonder how big you can go before needing eurobracing?

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Most tank builders will be reluctant to build a rimless tank over 5 feet in length, however from my experience and knowledge 72" long and 30" tall would be the max for 19mm. So in theory you could go 72"x72"x30" and end up with about 650 gallons of rimless tank.
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