Recent content by Daytonben

Icstorc, I am working on building my own LED solution for my next tank. I checked up on Solaris units and it seemed like they were using the 40* optics for each bulb. Do you think that changing to the wider 60* spread patterns would make enough difference ?

Ogirl, what did you do make that top-cover out of? ...and can we get a couple pics of it pls ^_^. (the aquarium cover that keeps the fishies in the tank)

Nice pics! Hey, can I trouble you for new pics of your Mangroves and Algae Scrubber? I am working on designing mine and can use all the info I can get.

I don't have one yet but am really tempted by it as well. Want to see some more application and testimony first. This is the one I am most strongly considering for my design though.

So I keep reading up on skimmers. I really like the Beckett style that I've seen produced with DIY, but I like the theory behind the 'tuned-volute' styles with nice bubble plates. Something like the BubbleKing or ASM models. How would you get the inner core peices to be curved like that...

Is this still available ?

Oh! Ooohhh!! I guess I should tell you that this Chronicle just took a giant leap .... forward? Well, it's goin somewhere... I hope that's forward ^_^. I have decided to write a DIY book (possibly making it an eBook) detailing the design and installation of a Saltwater Aquarium, Skimmer, Calc...

Well, I have access to -most- of the area on the other side of the wall behind the tank. But the furnace prevents it from being an In-Wall build. As shallow and narrow as the tank will be, I could go the Plywood-Glassfront route and probably be ok if I just finished the ends with something...

Okies, question time for Varga! Calc reactor... I have never used one but am definitely interested in setting one up for the build I am going to do. I know very little about them and have seen some systems that dose CO2 and some that don't. How are you liking yours and what can ya tell me...

How do you ship that red macro? I know a lot of algae's disintegrate in bags of water when shipped. Not sure if you send that one in wet newspaper or bag it up and hope.

What salt were you using before? I am currently debating between SeaChem Reefsalt and HawaiianMarine's high end stuff. I think it's Marinemix pro or something like that. I used to always use Hawaiian Marine's stuff, but then read about Seachem's stuff and the way they measure everything...

Well, the 'white' bulbs used there are pretty yellow as they come in at 5500K. Usable? Sure. It's a little ways from ideal though. You would have a really healthy algae population.

The only surefire way of stopping that noise is to eliminate water going into that hole :p. Umm, I've stuffed overflow boxes with styrofoam and such before and it worked out ok. Try and put a sponge over the part that has airflow through it. Like on the actual drainpipe. Include a pic...

ZeroEdge Aquariums - A Truly Unique Reef Aquarium Check out a few of the tanks. I'm thinking that they heated the front edges to make the corners, and I'm fine with doing that. The question I have is how the managed to make the top edge appear seamless. Do you think they just hyper-polished...

Yeah, as long as it is quiet enough (or can be made to be so) then I am going to use the CtC idea similar to Vargas' approach. Then toying with the idea of adding 2 spraybars for the return lines. One directly underneath the CtC (pointed down) and then one at the bottom rear of the tank...