Enigma's 2012 Nano Contest Entry

fishoholic · #1 09-20-2012, 08:54 PM

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

Enigma · #2 09-20-2012, 08:57 PM

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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 · #3 09-20-2012, 09:27 PM

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 · #4 09-20-2012, 09:33 PM

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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 · #5 09-20-2012, 10:08 PM

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 · #6 09-20-2012, 10:20 PM

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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 · #7 09-20-2012, 11:07 PM

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?