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    DIY LED+T5 Combo

    in DIY Forum

    Posted

    :thumbsup:

    If you can get all the wiring and connectors covered up, that will be good.

    Yes Bro, I have to fabricate the acrylic cover.

    Not only to cover the messy wiring but also it will protect against the lights.

    Thanks for your comments. :thumbsup:

    DIY LED+T5 Combo

    in DIY Forum

    Posted

    In this photo, please look at the red circles.

    It is the connection part of power cord and Phillip HF performer II HF-P224-39TL5 HO E II ballast.

    I used the normal connector which I could easily found in local hardware shop.

    My concern is that they are not safe enough even tough I tested and unsure that no electrical current there.

    But I have no idea what to do and which thing/connector i have to use as a safe connection. :cry:

    Please kindly help me to give your advice for my concern. :ThanxSmiley:

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    DIY LED+T5 Combo

    in DIY Forum

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    Dear DIY gurus,

    I would like to share my DIY light fixture in here and I have to ask a few questions about it.

    I upgraded my 24 gals JBJ Nano cube to Custom made 2' shallow cube tank last 3 months ago.

    But I didn't t upgrade my extg. light (Maxspect G2 110W) and decided to DIY the LED+T5 Combo light fixture.

    Before this I've no experience in DIY aquarium lighting and this is my first time trying to DIY the light.

    Then I started as a serious learner, I went through so many Internet forums from here to over there.

    Finally I had enough knowledge to sketched out my own design and started to do it.

    I bought 2 x T5 kits from DE lighting and tried to set-up slowly. It took me about 3 weeks to complete the job.

    My light fixture consists of 4 x ATI 24W -T5 bulbs with individual reflectors and extg. Maxspect G2 110W LED.

    Below are the light combination from front to back;

    Front -

    True Actinic

    Blue Plus

    Maxspect G2 110W

    Aquablue Special

    Purple Plus

    -Back

    I'm still learning to improve my light fixture and I'm expecting to get your good advices. :ThanxSmiley:

    with love,

    linko

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    Restart with Cooked Rocks

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    My plan is to follow the original cooking idea without h2o2, heavy scrubbing and soaking, air and sun dry for 4 weeks, then start cycling.

    Then cultivate corAline algae, make sure the rocks are purpled up before adding corals and fishes.

    Hopefully, I can have a 'deep purple' tank...

    wow! Serious Planner in Rock works.

    May your plans come true!

    Cheers !

    Restart with Cooked Rocks

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    Do u mean rewards instead of awards?

    I am doing zoas, yumas and rics. I am doing a major "house keeping" this weekend and passing my assets to my buddy reefer whom introduced this amazing hobby to me a year ago. Decision already made to overhaul the tank and systems to annihilate any traces of GHA. I still have 2 more days to think thru if I should use h2o2 to chemical cook the rocks...

    Lots of rocks to scrub...about 80kg...gonna be a super tiring weekend...

    Sori Bro, wrong spelling. I had good result with 3% H2O2.

    I agreed Bro Gouldian comment, the shape of the LRs is another issue.

    I did nice looking rock scape with various shapes of LRs combination in my previous Nano Tank. Two years after, that nice scape gave me a bomb of GHA ,Red Wiry Turf Algae and Aiptasia which is very difficult to remove due to the size of Nano tank and Tankscape.

    Now a day, I setup Nano again and I'm going to minimal Rock Scape with Single piece of LRs. :thumbsup:

    I hate GHA and lousy LRs which surface is difficult to remove the debris and left over fish foods by wave maker. And the Tank Scape with lots of Dead Spots too. :thumbdown:

    Restart with Cooked Rocks

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    I supposed you should give it a try for few more days with 3% H2O2 before you totally restart.

    I got some awards with it for my Zoas & Palys frags. But in your case it is depend on your species of corals and the difficulties of swapping out the corals & LRs from your tanks. I don't recomand to dose to your tank directly.

    Cheers!

    Restart with Cooked Rocks

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted

    Hi Bro,

    I had got about the same problem in my previous 24gal Nano set-up and i tried to rid them off as possible as i can do. But,unfortunately, it was ended to go cooking method by fresh water washing and sun dry to my LRs and restarted with new tank set up. I had faced Bryopsis, GHA, Dinoflagellates and Red Wiry Turf Algae (Gelidium) . I had got the worst nightmare for my hobby ! :cry2:

    I dried round about 15kg LRs under sun for 1 and half month. It's too risky to feel on it. :cry:

    After cooking process all that shits gone and the rocks were dead too. :thumbdown: But even tough every lives from the LRs were dead, a few of Red Wiry Turf Algae can still survive. You know how troublesome they are?

    Then i rid the left over Red Wiry Turf Algae by manual removing to clear at all and i restarted my new tank cycling at July 16 this year. While i restarted my tank, i moved my corals ( mostly zoas and palys ) to AM for temporary holding for me. After 4 weeks later i brought back my zoas and palys. I did 20min 3% H2O2 solution BP (5ml per 1 lit of tank water) dipping to all frags before i transferred back into the new tank. Everythigs going fine until last saturday, i saw a few Red Wiry Turf Algae came back again. :chair: Base on my Salifert test kits, my water parameters are fine and no issue. I really don't know about exact reasons of the red wiry turf algae problem and i supposed it's too hard to rid off. I had to swap out affective LRs and zoas frag again and manually removed again. Anyway I would like to share my experience with you since our decision are slightly the same way.

    According to my experience, i could rid GHA by dipping H2O2 except Red Wiry Turf Algae. But i never dose H2O2 into the tank water. For Red Wiry Turf Algae, i could only remove by manual. Really bad algae, IMO.

    Hopefully, my information can help you apart and please share your algae problem more detail for others Bros here can help to you.

    Here is the link

    http://www.reefcleaners.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=60 about Nuisance Algae ID Guide from REEF CLEANERS.

    May win your combat with Nuisance Algae! :thumbsup:

    Happy Reefing,

    linko

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