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02-22-2012, 09:23 PM
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Water testing
Had to do a water test again after I got all the plmbing for the overflow in place:
 All is good, and no leaks as of yet! Now.. onto the stand. I will be starting that tonight. I seem to remember seeing a stand calculator that you plugged dimensions into, and it gave you all the list of lumber that you needed... anyone remember seeing anything like this... or am I just whacko? 
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03-12-2012, 05:10 AM
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So I have lots to update!
Stand is built, tank is all plumbed and in place, and I went and got some temporary LED's until my CREE's arrive. Stand under construction:   Stand framing complete:   Then I painted the inside white and the outside black  Tank and sump in place   Door painted and put on (used velcro) 
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03-12-2012, 05:23 AM
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Overflow cut into tank. 1/2" loc line return in place
 Plumbing from bottom   Water testing... Nice even flow from the overflow.  And how I drained the sump! lol 
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03-12-2012, 05:31 AM
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So for the lights, I went to ikea and picked up some LED lights to use until my CREE's arrive.
I have ordered another tank topper so that I can lengthen the top canopy. I will fuse the teo together and make a longer one. Right now, I have cut the rear off the current one, and here I will show you where the lengthened hood will stay. Original Location:   And this is where it will sit when the two are fused together:  Attached the LED's to egg crate and siliconed it into the canopy:   Blue only Lights on:  50/50 white and blue: 
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03-12-2012, 06:32 AM
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Looking good man. You think the lights are gonna be enough coverage?
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03-12-2012, 01:18 PM
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Well those lights are very temporary. I think they are about 3W each LED stick, so at 8 of them, it's only 24W of crappy LED's lol. I highly doubt those would even grow corals, but who knows.
As far as the spread of lights, since that photo, I tilted two of them to shine towards the ends of the aquarium. But coverage should be good, it's stupid bright. I have ordered 12 3W CREE LED's - 6 RB and 6CW. couple of drivers, heat sinks and 80 degree optics, so that should do the trick for sure.
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