Tank Journal Archive

[Sam Parker]

Will edit this with more info once I'm not on a phone! But basically, setup a DIY LED (huge thanks to @rockerpeller for the LEDs, driver and inspiration!)

Anyway, setup the lights and the smart ato that @hoangii organised a group buy for all with the wires and piping hidden to keep everything as eat as possible.

I'm pretty stoked with the result so far, sometimes I surprise myself :)

Will put some live rock in tomorrow and start the scape! Oh and get a little plastic elbow for the ato fill point out if the frame.

Sam

 

[Oak Park-VIC]

Only if i can make out the pics- maybe will have to jump on the laptop- no doubt good work...what was the cost of the projects?

 

[Sam Parker]

Click on thumbnails for full size pic :)

LEDs, driver, power supply, sand, tank, heater were all free (tank and heater I already had, rest kindly donated). Perspex was cut to size and supplied for $10, glue was $5, materials for frame were $14 and heatsink for LEDs was $6.

So $35 all up so far :)

 

[Sam Parker]

Oh, LEDs are 2xRoyal blue, 1xCool white and 1xUV

 

[rockerpeller]

Looking good :). I'll see if I can find some lenses for the leds floating around here. I know I had some somewhere. Should cancel out a lot of the spread you're getting.

 

[Aspidites]

Really clean little tank!

 

[Oak Park-VIC]

nice work...@sam

 

[Sam Parker]

I posted this on the other forum, so thought I would flood your monitors with more pictures too :)
I dropped a bit a green acan (which has a pretty chunky skeleton/rock base) in to give the poor little pistol somewhere to hide and to really start to get some biological filtration going on.

RODI resevoir:

Pistol shrimp trying to hide:

Thanks!
Sam

 

[Joele]

LOL love the size of the RODI bottle..

 

[Sam Parker]

LOL love the size of the RODI bottle..

Haha, gotta put to use the free company drink bottle! 600ml should keep it going a few days at least :)

 

[Wrangy]

really sweet setup Sam! :) Looks grouse. Question is, when do you start manufacturing? :p

 

[Sam Parker]

Question is, when do you start manufacturing? :p

If anyone else wants to convert one of these cheap fresh water tanks, I'm happy to give plans or provide parts required! It's cheap and easy :)

 

[Wrangy]

If anyone else wants to convert one of these cheap fresh water tanks, I'm happy to give plans or provide parts required! It's cheap and easy :)

It may be sooner than you think :) I'm in the throws of considering a pico at the moment

 

[Sam Parker]

Do it mate, lots of fun!

 

[Wrangy]

Damn peer pressure :p
I am seriously considering it and doing a small zoa-ric dominated tank and one really nice display fish :) Like one exceptionally spoilt mandarin or pygmy possum wrasse

 

[rockerpeller]

You know you have to do it now @Wrangy. I've been working on mine since the weekend.

 

[Wrangy]

Well I guess I have to now :p It'll be my new year project as I'm going away over Jan so getting someone to manage one reef tank will be enough I think haha I'm thinking it'll definitely have to be a white banded possum wrasse (Wetmorella albofasciata) for the single fish :)

 

[rockerpeller]

Found the lens bag today @Sam Parker . So they're here when you want them :P

 

[Sam Parker]

your a good man, I'll be in touch!
Sam