New AI Sol Setup!!

camaro7019 · #1 07-06-2012, 07:03 AM

Hey guys, well i thought of the bars they sell to mount these ai, did not like them since they make the ai's sit too close to the water, then i looked at the hanging kit, 45$ to hang 1 ai sol? what a waist of money plus it would be ugly, since i have a bowfront making a canopy isnt an easy option for me, plus im cheap

id rather spend money on corals then wood for a hood, so then i decided to make a trip to home depot, since this is in my living room in an appt i wanted it to look good, so 1$ of aircraft cable, 1$ worth of little brackets and a 19$ shelf i got my AI Sol Setup let me know what you guys think, im going to be tiding up the wires a bit kinda ugly right now, i had 2 150 watt metal halid with 2 actinics now i have 2 ai sols im running 30% right now all accross should i do more? or? and when and how much should i bump them up? and too how much? thanks for your advice

Dr_Hicks · #2 07-06-2012, 07:16 AM

Looks great.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #3 07-06-2012, 08:23 AM

Great idea.

Madreefer · #4 07-06-2012, 04:54 PM

Yea your starting them out at a good intensity. Bump them up by 5% a week. It's been 10 months for mine now and i'm up to 100% now. I tried to rush it at one point and had some problems and it set my corals back a couple of months for them to recover.

Madreefer · #5 07-06-2012, 07:48 PM

http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/o...l-led-lighting
This may interest you. I just switched my optics around and trying it out for myself.

HaZRaTTy · #6 07-08-2012, 04:57 AM

Curious how you mounted the shelf to the wall, I dont see any 'L' brackets. I was thinking of doing this myself but don't want the ugly L brackets to show as the tank is in my living room.

CherylMcKay · #7 07-08-2012, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by HaZRaTTy

Curious how you mounted the shelf to the wall, I dont see any 'L' brackets. I was thinking of doing this myself but don't want the ugly L brackets to show as the tank is in my living room.

It looks like shelves with the hidden brackets. I got mine at Ikea. The have a post system you screw into the studs and then you slip the shelf over them. The actually hold quite a bit of weight.

Awesome idea. Looks really good.

camaro7019 · #8 07-08-2012, 05:06 AM

Homedepot. The shelf brackets are in the shelf. Its nice

reefgirl189 · #9 07-08-2012, 02:18 PM

Very nice. Looks classy.

camaro7019 · #10 07-10-2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Madreefer

http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/o...l-led-lighting
This may interest you. I just switched my optics around and trying it out for myself.

hmm i like that site, i like the stagered aproach