Dan's 90 build

[chris121277]

Welcome back there Dan

[Lance]

Hey Dan. Good to see you back. Now get some water in that thing!

[Youngster Dan]

WOW do I know how to procrastinate or what?!

So, I have been busy the last couple weeks and it is time to share with you fine folks. I haven't really been active in terms of posting much for the last six months, but that isn't to say I haven't been quietly lurking in the back.


Anywho here she is as of last week!



which is a poor cry from how she was before:




Alas, life has its interesting little turn of events. Since I have been gone I somehow managed to get the coolest little job as an Aquarist at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Center (if you drop by feel free to ask for Dan, and I would be honored to show a fellow canreefer around. That is, if I am not busy of course). While that job is an absolute dream, there is one problem: the water is too cold!!

I'm ready to get my hands wet at home again, in some nice, warm tropical water!


What I have done so far:

Plumbing : Check



Ok, I don't have some good photos of the whole plumbing yet. But, I can always take some! (It is pretty straight forward, but what the heck. It's a good to journal all these things)

The real fun part has to do with the lighting. Firstly, I decided 6 T5 were great, but I just want to try something different.

So, I took apart my TEK light:









The plan was to do a T5 LED combo. I figured, might as well recycle. So I saved four of the reflectors and one of the ballasts to be incorporated into a LED set up.

So the LED building begins. I see a lot of people talking about LEDs and what have you. I want to point it out that I am certainly no expert on this matter. Really, I am just kind of hoping it works.





I hope you can see this photo, because after looking at this light I can barely see anything:



Note the water! Man, RODI takes forever to fill a tank I tell ya.



Hmm, I wonder which apartment has a reef tank.



I've decided to wait until I fire up the T5's and see how I like LEDs by themselves. I have made it so I can quickly set up the combination at a later date.

[chris121277]

Looks like those LED's pack a serious punch.....that shot from out side is hilarious......almost looks like your growing something other then corals in there

[don.ald]

welcome back Dan, I'll start cutting some frags for ya.

[Youngster Dan]

Originally Posted by chris121277

Looks like those LED's pack a serious punch.....that shot from out side is hilarious......almost looks like your growing something other then corals in there

Haha yeah, my roommate and I are taking bets on how long it takes for someone to make in inquiry.

Originally Posted by don.ald

welcome back Dan, I'll start cutting some frags for ya.

Rick, this is music to my ears!! Can't wait to get some coral again!

[Youngster Dan]

Goodness me, I can't believe I didn't mention this in my earlier post. Jake (Windcoast Reef) has been instrumental in helping me with my LED build. This guy is alright. He took the photos, made the awesome box, plus showed me to ropes on electricity and what have you.

Basically he deserves a lot of credit for this whole thing! Needless to say, I will give him first dibs on frags whenever he so desires.

[Youngster Dan]

Holy long time since update batman!

I haven't really updated, because honestly - this tank has sat pretty dormant the last year or so. I work a lot with fish, and the last thing I have wanted to do was spend more time working on my fish tank. But, for whatever reason I have gotten the bug again and I'm loving it! This bug has also greatly increased the amount of time I spend on canreef, so I guess hello once again.

I took a few photos to kickstart this thread again, and I will post more to let you know what I'm doing and where I'm going.

Just got this guy, and I'm going to fatten him up for a few months before he goes to bigger and better tanks.



Urchins are jerks, but are cool. They poop from the top, tee hee



Cyphastrea are probably my favorite coral right now





Froggy

[Tn23]

Great looking pictures, love the froggy!

[don.ald]

Look who's back