King Neptunes 120 Gallon Sumpless Adventure.
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Reply to Kaozgrunt.
Kaozgrunt, that is actually a great idea with the coiled tubing in a bucket to heat the water. How efficient is it? Does the water need any additional heating after is leaves the coiling and does it affect your pressure rating for the system having the longer tubing?
Kaozgrunt, that is actually a great idea with the coiled tubing in a bucket to heat the water. How efficient is it? Does the water need any additional heating after is leaves the coiling and does it affect your pressure rating for the system having the longer tubing?
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- Bronx, New York
Custom LED Lighting System Courtesy of Home Depot.
So it has been sometime since I last updated my thread due to work and other non reef related things but the aquarium has been filled with saltwater for about 2 1/2 months with no lights at all. The cycling process has come and gone and I finally got tired of looking at this void tank of water in my living. However, due to cost I am not able to entirely setup my Custom LED Lighting System. So I am not worried about lighting that are able to sustain SPS Corals at this time. May primary concern was to be able to see into the aquarium. I am interested in utilizing Rapid LED Par 38 Bulbs on my aquarium (six or eight bulbs in total) but at the current time I just want to be able to see into the aquarium. So with a little trip to home depot I stumbled across EcoSmart LED Bulbs and Hamilton Bay Clip on Desk Lights. I had been interested in replacing my Compact Flourescent Bulbs in the House with LED Bulbs and figured when I order the Rapid LED Par 38 Bulbs that I could just swap out the Compact Flouresents in my home as to not waste money. I mounted the Hamilton Bay Clip On Desk Lights using Industrial Double Sided Tape and screwed the LED ECO Smart LED Bulbs in and presto we have Light! The bulbs in my opinion are absolutely great. They only utilize 8.5 watts of energy and they don't heat whatsoever. Also they produce the shimmer that we all love. Now I am no lighting expert and I do intend to swap these out for the Rapid LED Par 38 LED Bulbs but I was curious to know if these would sustain corals at the wavelength of light they produce which is 3200K. All in all it was an extremely inexpensive lighting solution for the time being.
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So it has been sometime since I last updated my thread due to work and other non reef related things but the aquarium has been filled with saltwater for about 2 1/2 months with no lights at all. The cycling process has come and gone and I finally got tired of looking at this void tank of water in my living. However, due to cost I am not able to entirely setup my Custom LED Lighting System. So I am not worried about lighting that are able to sustain SPS Corals at this time. May primary concern was to be able to see into the aquarium. I am interested in utilizing Rapid LED Par 38 Bulbs on my aquarium (six or eight bulbs in total) but at the current time I just want to be able to see into the aquarium. So with a little trip to home depot I stumbled across EcoSmart LED Bulbs and Hamilton Bay Clip on Desk Lights. I had been interested in replacing my Compact Flourescent Bulbs in the House with LED Bulbs and figured when I order the Rapid LED Par 38 Bulbs that I could just swap out the Compact Flouresents in my home as to not waste money. I mounted the Hamilton Bay Clip On Desk Lights using Industrial Double Sided Tape and screwed the LED ECO Smart LED Bulbs in and presto we have Light! The bulbs in my opinion are absolutely great. They only utilize 8.5 watts of energy and they don't heat whatsoever. Also they produce the shimmer that we all love. Now I am no lighting expert and I do intend to swap these out for the Rapid LED Par 38 LED Bulbs but I was curious to know if these would sustain corals at the wavelength of light they produce which is 3200K. All in all it was an extremely inexpensive lighting solution for the time being.
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Hey dude, looks good...
-I wouldn't trust the double side tape to hold those lamps up.
-I also would recommend getting a cover for your tank for fish purposes and more importantly... saltwater evap is going to take a toll on those metal lamps with rust, etc.
-I wouldn't put any corals in the tank utilizing those lights.
-I wouldn't trust the double side tape to hold those lamps up.
-I also would recommend getting a cover for your tank for fish purposes and more importantly... saltwater evap is going to take a toll on those metal lamps with rust, etc.
-I wouldn't put any corals in the tank utilizing those lights.
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