My tank odessy

FishyFishy! · #1 10-16-2012, 03:24 PM

Whats that white thingy on the bottom of your heater?

chris88 · #2 10-16-2012, 03:37 PM

Great start. can you talk about your lighting set up in more detail?

Dearth · #3 10-16-2012, 05:20 PM

The White thing on the heater is a spacer to keep the heater off the glass

As to the lights they are LED lights built by a friend with a kit he got from RapidLed.com with dimmer switch it is currently set to 50% brightness and I just raised it from 40% because of the coral

sorry for picture quality took with my Iphone4

there are
6 Blue
4 White
1 red
1 Moonlight

The current setup looks awesome it reflects just the right amount of light that it almost looks like natural light and produces no heat I have it hanging over the tank with a clothes rack I bought from Crappy tire which frames the tank perfectly

Eventually hoping to have a more permanent light stand for when I have more money(Never ending story in itself lol)

daplatapus · #4 10-16-2012, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dearth

The White thing on the heater is a spacer to keep the heater off the glass

Uhmmm, I think that is just a packing spacer for the end of the heater when it's in the box. Pretty sure it's not meant to stay on the heater when in use.

Seriak · #5 10-16-2012, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by daplatapus

Uhmmm, I think that is just a packing spacer for the end of the heater when it's in the box. Pretty sure it's not meant to stay on the heater when in use.

It is a packing spacer, but it also works great inside the tank. I kept mine on so when I work in my sump and my heaters get moved around, they are not smacking glass on glass. No problems with it being on at all.

Dearth · #6 10-16-2012, 06:34 PM

Also I discovered my snails and one of my Green Chromis love sitting on it at night I had 5 snails and one fish on it one night it was hilarious to watch them all jockey for position.

cuz · #7 10-16-2012, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dearth

Also I discovered my snails and one of my Green Chromis love sitting on it at night I had 5 snails and one fish on it one night it was hilarious to watch them all jockey for position.

Tank water a little cool at night? Lol