Magma's 125gal Upgrade

[Magma]

Originally Posted by Cade

I just finished carpentry 4th in january. Nice work my fellow tradesman.

If anything go DIY you are an electrician...

Doing 3rd year myself, not finished yet but hey its 1 step closer.

and sure I could go the DIY route but after working with power all day I have little patience to come home and fiddle with LED's and my own $$ lol

I have checked out things like Modular LED but even then im still looking around 1200$ plus my time to build them so all said and done isnt it still cheaper to buy a bunch of AI units lol

[Cade]

You could allways spend $100-200 on some cheap 2-4 bulb t5ho fixtures as temporary light till you find something..

Where did you read about these new Sol's any word on price?

[Magma]

Found them through the AI facebook page, cost seems to be about 100$ more per unit than the SOL, and yes my "temp" fix for this tank will be my 2 current HOT5 fixtures end to end on top of the tank.

[Cade]

There yah go.. no rush, save for LED's !!

[Magma]

Well I managed to get the top and back onto the stand tonight, and start some of the electrical.

These plugs will be controlled by 1 switch and will be for my lighting system, so this way I have 2 plugs will both have a main on/off switch in case I need to turn the lights off for whatever reason.

Later this week I start the other feed which will power the pumps and powerheads.

[fishytime]

and the electrician shows up in the build....looking good so far!

[Magma]

Originally Posted by fishytime

and the electrician shows up in the build....looking good so far!

Well im no wood butcher so the plywood I didnt cut, and im no plumber so the plumbing wont be anything pretty so I have to shine in some place.

School starts Monday for 3rd year so for 2 months I will have limited income but lots of time to work on the tank.