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@Buddy What are the missing pieces that i need to find? And will adding a valve to the airhose i have at the moment do the same job as adding one ontop on the angle, like in the photo you added?
GOOD NEWS. I have ordered lights. The 8xt5ho from guppys, this is just a temporary light until I save up for some better leds. I have also managed to snag a mp40wes for a wavemaker. So hopefully I will have them both set on my tank by the end of the week. So that means that the last piece of the puzzle I need is water! Hopefully I'll have enough money by the end of the month to be able to get this baby wet and cycling! Exciting times ahead!!.
Now the 8 th50 tubes may be too many but I bought it for a variety of reasons. 1) the tank is 10cm longer than the unit, so I'll.need to hang it a little. 2) the tank and hanging height will probably put the light about 3ft off the bottom. 3 the bracing on the tank is 15mm thick and 10cm wide, leading to a gap about 50x40 to light a 70cm cube.
Now the 8 th50 tubes may be too many but I bought it for a variety of reasons. 1) the tank is 10cm longer than the unit, so I'll.need to hang it a little. 2) the tank and hanging height will probably put the light about 3ft off the bottom. 3 the bracing on the tank is 15mm thick and 10cm wide, leading to a gap about 50x40 to light a 70cm cube.
Lights lights lights!
My lights arrived today 8x24wt5ho excellence. Now keeping in mind that this is a guppys unit, i am highly impresses, the entire outer shell is metal, the only plastic in the unit is the reflector and the light ends. It has flawless joins and it doesnt break the bank, what more do you want!? The unit arrived in a rather large box, and i was starting to think "shit its bigger than i thought", however upon opening the box i find that it is surrounded by 2 or so inches of foam all round, very impressed with this bit. As i started pulling stuff out of the box, first the hanging cord and then the stands. I noticed that it has 4 power cords, 2 globes for each cord, now it does not have any switches, but the 4 power cords definatly give you more ability to play with the lighting, and set each set of 2 globes onto a timer. Very very very impressive for the price.
But now the bad bits. You need a screwdriver to physically open the unit to remove the splash cover so you can get the globes out and remove them from their cardboard tubes. It doesn't have switches. And the reflector has some small imperfections, tiny little waves in the plastic that would have come from it being wedged into the unit. Also the website says that it should come with 2x10,000k 2x12000k 2x14000k and 2x actinic globes, sadly i only received 8x10,000k globes, now the website does say that it cannot control which globes come with the unit, so im not going to complain about it. (unless Andries reads this, please can i have the other globes, lol jokes jokes).
Also ill add after about 4-5 hours of running, the unit is staying relitivly cool, i can still touch and hold my hand flat on the top of the unit, no worries.
Watch this space, photos to come!!
My lights arrived today 8x24wt5ho excellence. Now keeping in mind that this is a guppys unit, i am highly impresses, the entire outer shell is metal, the only plastic in the unit is the reflector and the light ends. It has flawless joins and it doesnt break the bank, what more do you want!? The unit arrived in a rather large box, and i was starting to think "shit its bigger than i thought", however upon opening the box i find that it is surrounded by 2 or so inches of foam all round, very impressed with this bit. As i started pulling stuff out of the box, first the hanging cord and then the stands. I noticed that it has 4 power cords, 2 globes for each cord, now it does not have any switches, but the 4 power cords definatly give you more ability to play with the lighting, and set each set of 2 globes onto a timer. Very very very impressive for the price.
But now the bad bits. You need a screwdriver to physically open the unit to remove the splash cover so you can get the globes out and remove them from their cardboard tubes. It doesn't have switches. And the reflector has some small imperfections, tiny little waves in the plastic that would have come from it being wedged into the unit. Also the website says that it should come with 2x10,000k 2x12000k 2x14000k and 2x actinic globes, sadly i only received 8x10,000k globes, now the website does say that it cannot control which globes come with the unit, so im not going to complain about it. (unless Andries reads this, please can i have the other globes, lol jokes jokes).
Also ill add after about 4-5 hours of running, the unit is staying relitivly cool, i can still touch and hold my hand flat on the top of the unit, no worries.
Watch this space, photos to come!!
Good news, my mp40wes arrived today, after some initial teething problems caused by not having a manual for it, it is now working perfectly apart from a little buzz when it starts to approach full speed. If i can manage to find a second-hand mp10wes, i may grab it and see if a) it will fit on the glass (which is 10mm) and b) if it does fit, the difference having a slave pump makes.
I am also looking for a skimmer replacement, something a bit quieter, ill be looking upto the $400 or under mark. Now i would like this new skimmer to have a smaller footprint than the one i have at the moment, i may even look at using multiple smaller skimmers, instead of one big one, as this would then give me a little more room to play with in the sump. Thaughts? ideas? This will be a within the next 6months change as i need some more important things first, primarily new heaters and return pump.
That is all for now. Cheers
I am also looking for a skimmer replacement, something a bit quieter, ill be looking upto the $400 or under mark. Now i would like this new skimmer to have a smaller footprint than the one i have at the moment, i may even look at using multiple smaller skimmers, instead of one big one, as this would then give me a little more room to play with in the sump. Thaughts? ideas? This will be a within the next 6months change as i need some more important things first, primarily new heaters and return pump.
That is all for now. Cheers
More good new, the plumbing bits arrived today and i agree that i stuffed it up, the plumbing is now silent. Now all i have to do is find a way to make the skimmer quieter, im looking to achieve this by using foam, about 2" thick and applying it to the cabinet as a type of insulation/noise proofing. The sound is not the skimmer itself but the pump vibration noise.
Thoughts??
Thoughts??
I've heard of it being done before and working, is the skimmer on a stand at all? Eg. Egg crate, that should also help
Edit: also places like Clark rubber should sell adhesive foam too
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