Yellow's 90G Upgrade

[yellowworld]

Hey Guys so last night was a long one! I have two 6 bulb 3 foot Tek lights that I needed to put over my tank. Why two, you may ask and I would say because I have an odd tank that is 3 foot long by 3 foot wide by 2 foot tall. Next you may ask why not just 2 250w MH's and I would say because this tank is in my room and its hot enough in that place without MH's cooking me like a chicken. So here it is my custom 12 bulb 3 foot Tek light that took me from 8pm till 430am to build so my tank had light again in the morning


I stopped about halfway through and thought hey, yo guys might want to see this so I grabbed my camera.
So here is where we start...two perfectly working, in good condition, made in 2008, 6x39w Tek Lights



Then I started to cut, and cut, and cut, and cut some more!






After that was done I put it together to create the outer shell for my masterpiece





Then I had to relocate the cords and switches all to one side




Now I started to rewire this bizznich





Next came the reflectors! Just about done only 5 hours later



Now the lights and look at that baby glow

[lorenz0]

that is awesome!

[FishyFishy!]

DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.

hahaha thanks mike you like it? I got some more tank shots with the new lights on ill post them up soon

[BlueTang<3]

Wow very clean set up you should be able to grow anything with that light. Just curious as you went with 2 3 ft t5 fixtures?

[Flash]

looks amazing.... slightly jealous!

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Wow very clean set up you should be able to grow anything with that light. Just curious as you went with 2 3 ft t5 fixtures?

I had a 4 bulb wavepoint fixture from my previous 30 gallon over it and it just wasn't cutting it, so I went to find an 8 bulb 3 foot tek light, I did actually find one but I got out bid on eBay, so I did the next best thing. My tank is only 3 feet long so that was my max on length and I wanted more then 6 bulbs cus im going to have this tank for a while and don't know what im going to get into so I want to make sure I have enough light to do everything.

Plus having control over 4 different sections means I can mess with bulb configurations and start up times as well as just having a few off for the softies

[yellowworld]

Ok then so here it is. New lights New Corals, New fun!


Full Tank Shot, with Lovely Lisa (Candycane)




Lights from the top which are right now very ghetto-ly suspended, Light rack is the next project



Now the Coral

[Boomboy]

Holy mother i was gonna say i love the rockscape, then i scrolled down and saw the lights. THAT IS AWESOME. turning out great. nice diy skills.

[The Grizz]

Just fipped through you build, I love your rock work very nicely done. That light mod was awesome as well, you have some great DIY skills for sure.

Nice job!