Enigma's 2012 Nano Contest Entry

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Wow looks great. Totally doing the opposite of my "spend almost no money" planned nano.

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Wow looks great. Totally doing the opposite of my "spend almost no money" planned nano.

My Spec failed. I forgot to top it up for a week. Yours is going to be awesome.

After six months of reefing, I'm starting to figure out my style. I'm a gadget geek and a control freak. And, due to my stupidly busy life I really need to automate as much as possible to keep things thriving.

I wish I could do simple, but it makes me hyperventilate.

[Enigma]

I forgot to mention . . . The fans inside the stand, the splitter cable, the 12V adapter, and the 12V power supply all came from Modular LED.

[fishoholic]

Wow this is coming along nicely! Amazing what a little paint and new hardwear can do.

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Wow this is coming along nicely! Amazing what a little paint and new hardwear can do.

Thanks, Laurie. It isn't perfect, but it is so much better than it was! I'm very pleased that the canreef folks pushed me to go ahead and do it.

[sphelps]

If those are 12V fans and you have 12V power supply consider wiring the two fans in series so they run at 6V instead of 12V. It'll be much quieter and still more than enough air exchange. I always find such fans to be overly noisy if run at full power.

Build looks good so far, curious to see the final LED layout

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by sphelps

If those are 12V fans and you have 12V power supply consider wiring the two fans in series so they run at 6V instead of 12V. It'll be much quieter and still more than enough air exchange. I always find such fans to be overly noisy if run at full power.

Build looks good so far, curious to see the final LED layout

Hmm. These fans have two settings. They seem pretty quiet. If I decide to change it, would Memory Express have the required cable?

LED layout:



They don't actually work yet, however.

Excuse my ugly epoxy mess.

[intarsiabox]

The stand looks great! Makes me think I may have to build a stand for my entry to compete, I was just going to throw mine on an old dresser in a spare bedroom.

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

The stand looks great! Makes me think I may have to build a stand for my entry to compete, I was just going to throw mine on an old dresser in a spare bedroom.

My 40 gallon started off as a 10 gallon, on an old dresser in my bedroom. I really liked it there. It fit on the dresser perfectly, and the moonlights were very nice at night.

[sphelps]

Well if they are quite then nevermind but if you do need to slow them down it's an easy option instead of buying another power supply. No cable but easy to rewire by taking red wire from fan 1 to + power, black wire from fan 1 to red fan 2, followed by black fan 2 to - power.

LED layout looks good, why doesn't it work?