Tonyscoots84's 80 gallon deepblue rimless tank upgrade

[Tonyscoots84]

Changed out one of the 2 bulbs i replace with an ati blue + n i love it

 

[jerl77]

Blue plus is a great bulb

 

[samksy]

Nice sps collection there. Cant wait to see it mature.....It looks much bigger than a 80g.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks samsky. yea it does look alot bigger, might be the aquascape. I cant wait till all these corals grow in :biggrin:

 

[SanmanReefer]

Nice Tony, following this one. Have the same tank, looking great bro.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Thanks sanman. The 80 is a great tank...

 

[fishman1069]

Looking good Scoots! It definitely looks bigger than an 80. It must be all the tiny frags lol Its gonna look sick when they grow out.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks fishman. i hope it does, i worked very hard on this tank

 

[Tonyscoots84]

as of lately ive been having a problem with my yellow tang. He has gotten very aggressive with my 2 other tangs and other fish as well. so i had to try to get him out asap without disrupting my reef. so i tried the inverted bottle fish trap it worked but he swam right out, i guess the opening was to big to confuse him. When it was smaller he wouldn't go in :sigh:.

(i tried upright and then put it horizontal and he would swim right in after the 1st day and right out lol)


so onto the next idea :biggrin:

I did some research and found this eggcrate box with a door so i made one...



i attached fishing line to the door on both sides and ran in up into the top of the eggcrate (so the door would close good) tied them together and ran a long line from that so mr. yellow tang would not see me and what i was up to.

after 2 days i got him :party:



you can use this box for smaller fish as well just put a netting over it and get some sinking pellets and eventually you will catch them

all in all it was a great success and my reef avoided being destroyed and reconstructed...

 

[SanmanReefer]

as of lately ive been having a problem with my yellow tang. He has gotten very aggressive with my 2 other tangs and other fish as well. so i had to try to get him out asap without disrupting my reef. so i tried the inverted bottle fish trap it worked but he swam right out, i guess the opening was to big to confuse him. When it was smaller he wouldn't go in :sigh:.

(i tried upright and then put it horizontal and he would swim right in after the 1st day and right out lol)


so onto the next idea :biggrin:

I did some research and found this eggcrate box with a door so i made one...



i attached fishing line to the door on both sides and ran in up into the top of the eggcrate (so the door would close good) tied them together and ran a long line from that so mr. yellow tang would not see me and what i was up to.

after 2 days i got him :party:



you can use this box for smaller fish as well just put a netting over it and get some sinking pellets and eventually you will catch them

all in all it was a great success and my reef avoided being destroyed and reconstructed...

Pretty cool, that's awesome. Good for you, I know the feeling of having to tear the tank down just to get one fish out.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Wow cool what dimensions you used?

 

[masterswimmer]

Wow cool what dimensions you used?

7.5" x 2.5" x 3.5" (LxWxH)

 

[Tonyscoots84]

couple of things in the works for my 80 gallon tank. 1st a new addition coming soon :fish: TBA :biggrin:. 2nd im adding on a frag tank and have decided to do 8 - 12 bulb combo from rapid led. Now to decide on which leds and lenses :biggrin:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

http://www.rapidled.com/solderless-biocube-14-dimmable-retrofit-kit/

thinking about getting this retrofit kit. anybody have any ideas on which leds, lenses, or anything else i should add to the purchase?

i would think at least to add

1 uv
2 royal blue
1 neutral white
1 green
1 red
4 blue
2 white

how does that sound?

any help or reccomendations would be greatly appreciated. Im planning on ordering this tonite

 

[Tonyscoots84]

how does this sound

1 Mean Well ELN-60-27D dimmable driver
1 Solderless CREE XP-E Green LED
Wire ?Lengt?h: 6"
1 Solderless CREE XP-E Red LED
Wire ?Lengt?h: 6"
2 Solderless CREE XT-E Royal Blue LED
Wire ?Lengt?h: 6"
5 Solderless CREE XP-E Blue LED
Wire ?Lengt?h: 6"
1 Solderless UV LED
Wire ?Lengt?h: 6"
1 Solderless CREE XP-G Neutral White LED
Wire ?Lengt?h: 6"
1 Solderless CREE XP-G Cool White LED
Wire ?Lengt?h: 6"
Drilled/tapped 6" x 10" Black Anodized Aluminum Heat Sink
Choos?e Opt?ion: Add 9?2mm S?tealt?h Fan? and ?Splas?h Gua?rd +$?13
Thermal Grease (5g)
Y-shaped Hanging Kit
Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive
3-Prong Power Cord
36" Driver Jumper
80 Degree Violet UV Lens/Optics (White/Black)
Lens ?Color?: Black
11 80 Degree CREE XP-E/XP-G Lens/XT-E Optics (White/Black)
Lens ?Color?: Black

 

[Edjersey]

I suggest not using thermal adhesive.. if your buying drilled and tapped use thermal grease cause your going to use screw anyway.. I have 1 led that fail, when u need to remove the leds You will have to chisel it. and it's a PITA!! . with the fan on low and my leds running at 1.1ma my heatsink never gets above 79. that fan is quiet..

Tony did I count it right 12 leds? on a MW 27D driver?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

yup it says i believe 8 - 14

 

[Edjersey]

your welcome to stop by to see my setup.. I have all that bulb setup on my tank.. before you buy..I'm not that far from you.. I'm located by Rutgers in Piscataway..

 

[Tonyscoots84]

any ideas on my plans with the frag tank...

changed my ideas with the frag tank to this

 

[Dace]

What auto top off are you using