Colin's 150g Tank Build

[The Grizz]

Tank is looking great Colin.

[mike31154]

Fine looking set up. First time I've read thru your build thread. Question regarding the stand skinning. Wondering how the drywall is holding up? Is it normal drywall or the water resistant kind typically used in bathrooms & damp areas? What kind of finish/paint did you apply? Most folks seem to go with plywood to skin their stands, so I'm curious for any info regarding your decision to use dry wall. Thanks in advance!

[explor3r]

Originally Posted by Snufflupagus

Sure I can no problem! Personally I love these LED lights and I've never had a major problem with them. Here is what I'm using for my light schedule, I've been thinking about changing the length of on time, but right now everything is working so why change right?

8:00am w0b04r04 10min ramp
9:30am w03b07r07 10min ramp
10:30am w20b27r25 10min ramp
11:30am w45b35r30 14min ramp
4:00pm w50b40r43 10min ramp
8:00pm w20b33r22 10min ramp
8:30pm w08b30r30 5min ramp
10:00pm w0b10r10 5min ramp
11:00pm w0b0r0 10min ramp

I've had these setting for a long time now, at least 6 months and the corals love it...I am slowly moving my 4:00pm white intensity up, I'd like to get it to around 60, but I'm doing this very slowly.

Anymore questions please let me know.

Thanks for taking the time to answer I do love AI SOLs too got good experiences with them.

[Snufflupagus]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Tank is looking great Colin.

Thanks buddy. Working on a frag tank at the moment, probably an 1/8 of the tank yo're building.

[Snufflupagus]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Fine looking set up. First time I've read thru your build thread. Question regarding the stand skinning. Wondering how the drywall is holding up? Is it normal drywall or the water resistant kind typically used in bathrooms & damp areas? What kind of finish/paint did you apply? Most folks seem to go with plywood to skin their stands, so I'm curious for any info regarding your decision to use dry wall. Thanks in advance!

Thank you! My drywall is holding up just fine, not a single problem yet. I used mostly the water resistant kind only because I had a bunch left over from my bathroom, but in spots I used the regular drywall and it's holding up great. I don't typically drip a ton of water anywhere, so I'm sure that helps. As for plywood, I put a white water proof coat within the stand for extra water protection. I haven't noticed any problems in there either. For paint I used regular wall paint, nothing special. The only thing I do is wipe up the water drops when I see them. I hope this helped answer your questions.

[Snufflupagus]

Originally Posted by explor3r

Thanks for taking the time to answer I do love AI SOLs too got good experiences with them.

Your welcome. My high time light setting is slowly going up, going to get to 65% or so, but it'll take some time as going slow is very important.

[Snufflupagus]

Just a quick FTS.