10 gallon AIO rock wall

[karazy]

hello everyone.

while im setting up my 29 gallon,i thought i would set up a 5.5 gallon AIO. Its mostly set up for an emergency QT tank (the things inside will be transferred to the 29 gallons sump), and also because they are cool.

So far the plan is that it will be light by only LEDs from besthongkong.com

livestock plans so far are:

corals:
-zoas
-frogspawn
-rics
-macro algaes (i know its not a coral ;p)

fish
either

-1 eviota goby
-or-
-1 yellow clown goby
-or-
-1 red hi fin goby (maybe with pistol shrimp)

inverts
-maybe sexy shrimp(depends on fish choice)
-pom pom crab(s)
-snails
-dwarf hermits if i can find some


thats it so far. this will be a slow build, so sit back and enjoy.

[brizzo]

Sounds interesting, can you give us more details on your plans for LED lighting?

[karazy]

haha, that would be a good idea, wouldnt it...

well i'll be using these.

2 white strips, and 2 blue strips. maybe 1 purple.

i'll be making..what you would call..trim? out of black acrylic, so the lights will be in the lid part. the lights are plug and play, so i guess unless i can find some way to link 2 strips together, i'll be needing alot of timers

[banditpowdercoat]

Those LED's are 12v so plicing the wires is easy. I have them as moonlights on most my tanks, as well as regular lighting for my betta tank

[karazy]

kool!

how do you like the lights?

[banditpowdercoat]

They make great moonlights. Not sure if they will be intense enough for regular lighting to grow corals with though

[karazy]

hmmm. well it'll be 96 wats of LED on a 5 gallon. and im not keeping SPS or anything. if it doesnt work out, i guess its only 40 or so dollars spent on moonlights

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by karazy

hmmm. well it'll be 96 wats of LED on a 5 gallon. and im not keeping SPS or anything. if it doesnt work out, i guess its only 40 or so dollars spent on moonlights

You must be mistaken, 96W of LED?? maybe 9.6 but that even sounds high for 5 of those led arrays.

[karazy]

hmm...im not sure sphelps. it says 24W on the page, unless thats just a code. its 96 LED bulbs, so i guess i just have to find out the wattage and lumen of each bulb..

EDIT: haha, i was wrong. its only 9.6 watts of LED, but 480 lumens in all. is that any good?

[karazy]

haha, so i kinda changed my mind.. but just a lil.

it will still be AIO LED, but i want to do it like this:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1375191

now ive been using some paper to just make examples of my built in fuge (im quite tactile :P) and thats been working out not bad for planning.
but when i look at it and think about how much room i'll have with the foam added, its like,"how does this guy on RC make his tank look SOO big?"

so i'm still thinking about it, but i might be doing the 'ol switcheroo

you see, my desk right now is crappy and wouldn't be able to hold up a 10 gallon, and also the way i want to put it it wouldn't fit a 10 gallon. so i would have to get a new desk (which i want).

now heres the devious part. i want a new 5.5 because the one i have right now isnt in the best shape..so im going to tell my mom and step dad im getting a new one AFTER i get my desk, and then go with my actual dad and get a 10 gallon, take off the stickers, and then replace it.

now your wondering,"wont they notice? are karazy's parents really that slow?"
That's where the new desk comes in. its pretty easy to just say"it looks different because of the new desk." if that doesn't work, i'll just either say i got the wrong one.

now, i am not lying. it would look different, and it would have been the wrong one.

haha, i feel devious now