New 58 starfire

[Anonymous]

eek. months have gone by and i've really done quite a bit.


The 'thing' on the top of the canopy is the disconnect for my lights. It's a 19pin connector so have all my canopy lights on one plug.

two 150w halides
one 24" t5 for actinic, the ballast I'm using will drive 2 actually. I just have to find the right endcaps. I'm looking for the small push-on waterproof ones. no thte big-ass 3 piece ones.
canopy fans
canopy LED's (moonlights.)

Total so far is about 12 pins. I acutally have room for many more things. I might put in a circuit of red rope light for night viewing.

I bought my glass from a place here in NYC. They really messed up my order- I ordered in November and didn't get it till february. And then then only had 2 out of 3 panels of starfire. They delivered the last one to my house the next morning.

Here's some updated pics.

Ballast box. 5 circuits. 5 cables, 5 breaker-switches.

and an evening shot with the moonlights.

B

 

[Anonymous]

oh, the T on the closed loop intake is a 1" T I drilled into the side and put a 1" piece of one inch pipe. So I basically have a street-slip-slip-slip bent cross. That way the intake will not be so strong as to suck fish and inverts into the pump.

B

 

[bleedingthought]

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[Anonymous]

almost done.

Still waiting on my t5 ballast

One of my icecap 150 ballasts is DOA

The aquascape isn't quite perfect yet.

But here it is, after almost a year of work. (on and off of course)

B

 

[Anonymous]

made a bench to cover the 29 gal top off tank.

 

[Anonymous]

looks like this:

 

[bleedingthought]

Looks really good! What is going to put on top of that bench.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks really good! What is going to put on top of that bench.

my ass of course. and my hottie's ass. there's room for two.

actually a 1" piece of some kind of foam (going shopping for it tomorrow) and covering it with something. I really want to do brown leather to match the walnut. But I know i will get it wet and ruin it. so I'm thinking some kind of cool fabric that I can change out whenever needed.

B

 

[bleedingthought]

So, to get to the RO reservoir in there, you have to pick it up? (Basically, it 'slips' over the reservoir?)

 

[Anonymous]

nope. the tank goes down in. the board on top is just the backer for the foam. I've got to figure out the bracing for the top- it's just going to lift off. no hinges.

The inside is going to be caulked and painted with enamel. So when I do spill water, or the tank explodes, or the float switches fail and leak, i'm covered.

I'll take some more pics when it's all said and done.

 

[Katfsh]

very nice looking tank! 8)
I really like your wiring connector and box that really seems like it would keep everything organized.

katfish