OpTiCz's BioCube 29

[OpTiCz]

Here's my 29 gallon BioCube.... from the beginning.


01/10/2011

Here's my empty cube

Fuge Basket

Media Basket

Fish Saver

AquaticLife 115 Protein Skimmer

Notch for skimmer clip

01/20/2011

Crabby Guy

Tan Hammer

Frogspawn

Crusty Nurse

Some angry Fire Gobies

04/06/2011

I wanted to keep the moon lighting, so I mounted one on each side using existing plastic posts, and I mounted the third light in the center of the heat sink.
The wire for that LED came out the bottom of the plastic housing, so I had to open it up and reroute it to the side so it would sit flush.

And yes, that is the fan/LED board. I removed all the little resistors and capacitor, and just completed the circuit so I could wire up a 12v AC adapter and still keep the sockets.

BLUE ONLY

BLUE 100%, WHITE 50%

BLUE 100%, WHITE 100%

01/13/2012

 

[OpTiCz]

As you can see, my tank has a ton of vermetid snails. Sigh....

 

[koreandrama]

wow beautiful tank. thats a very nice DIY job. what type of LEDs did you use?

 

[OpTiCz]

Cree XP-E Blue and White.
There's currently 10 of each.
I was thinking of bumping up each color by 3.
I currently have them on seperate drivers, and have a POTS hooked up to control the intensity for each color.

I also used the nano customs heatsink.

 

[koreandrama]

Cree XP-E Blue and White.
There's currently 10 of each.
I was thinking of bumping up each color by 3.
I currently have them on seperate drivers, and have a POTS hooked up to control the intensity for each color.

I also used the nano customs heatsink.

are they the blues or royal blues?

 

[OpTiCz]

If I recall, there were Royal blue.
The other thing I have yet to do is buy a 10v adapter.
The meanwell drivers can be dimmed with a 10v, and I'm using 9.
So the 9v will only give me 90% of what's capable.

 

[Hoolin]

any tips on, how to grow coraline alge ?

 

[FishBeard]

any tips on, how to grow coraline alge ?

Seed with a rock or two already covered, sit back and wait a while.

 

[OpTiCz]

What Beardy said.
You have to be patient.

I know there's some reef accelerators, but I couldn't speak to the success of them.

 

[Smitty]

Very nice setup

 

[Crooks]

I wish I had a wrasse like that.

 

[OpTiCz]

Maybe in the near future....

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[OpTiCz]

Here's a couple night time pics.