60gal Cube Build

[RedEDGE2k1]

How about a picture that shows the plumbing on the backside of the tank? Did the cover work out as planned?

Dustin

[jcusmarine]

Great built. Dustin did a grat job on the stand and the plumbing is immaculate.

Thanks for sharing man.

[sra_chipmunk]

Well its been slow since my leave ended and I had to go back to work. I have been able to do a little bit of work here and there. Once my lights finally came in, I started slowly putting it all together. the heatsinks are drilled and the LED's are secured.

Drilling the Heatsinks


All predrilled and ready to go


Moving LED's around to find the best pattern.


All secured


Looks clean to me


Im hoping to get everything wired up and op's checked by next weekend. Still need to find a way to hang them over the tank. Since I dont have a hood, I need to suspend them from some sort of railing system.

[JAustin]

keep up the great work!

[sra_chipmunk]

Despite the problems i have been running into with this build, I am make slow forward progress. Here are some updated pics.

Working on the LED's on a lunch break



And sorry Dustin, I completly forgot you asked for these pics, but here is the back of the takn with the "plumbing hider". It worked out great. The onlything that i dont like about it, is that I am very limited on the size of pipeing I can fit back there and still make it sit flush with the tank. My overflow is noisy because I really dont know anyways to quiet the drain down.



Got the RKE figured out (sort of) all the firmware updated and I am slowly learning how to program it. I have the Net module hooked up but not actually plugged into the router. I need to take a day of leave to figure that one out.


I am still waiting on Bulkreefsupply to get the dosing pump (50ml) in stock, StevesLED's to ship me my driver board and a few replacement LED's, and I need to finish my LED enclosure and mount it to the back of the stand. Oh, and I have to go without a skimmer because my bubble blaster pump stopped working on me and needs replacement so i have to send it in to CoralVue to have it inspected/repaired/replaced.

[RedEDGE2k1]

Looks great man! Very organized.

[sra_chipmunk]

Mailed the bubble blaster skimmer pump off to CoralVue this week, Still waiting on Steve to send me my driver board and LED's. So, instead of doing nothing, I dediced to make my own probe holder. Every decent one I found was about $30 which I think is retarded. Here is the one I made. Right now it is holding my Temp and PH probes. I made a third hole in front for the DA Salinity probe when I get around to buying it.

[insane_reef_keeper]

Very cool, I like it.

[sra_chipmunk]

Was able to get my LED's going today. Took a few months and a lot of lessons learned and money burned to fix my mistakes but they work and are over the tank now. I have a PAR meter on the way (should be Tuesday) and I will get several reading (w/ optics, w/o optics, full bright, full dim, etc) and will post them up. I made the rail fixture myselt from elextrical tubing and a pipe bender ($40 total for pipe, bender, chain, hardware). Worked like a charm. I built the light fixture/housing myself (still need to paint it to match the stand). I made it so that I can slide the heatsinks both back and forward and left to right to adjust the light as needed. So far I am pleased with the outcome of the lights and the look they give. I plan on getting a controler down the line to plug into my RKE so I can play with the gradual gain f the lights for sunrise and set effect. The fan shown in the pics is temporary until I get my 4 little fans working and mounted on the heat sinks. Here are some pics of the setup as it sits right now.

[RedEDGE2k1]

We need an updated full tank shot!

Dustin