jason the filter freak November 27, 2011 Share November 27, 2011 why did you wire in series and not in parallel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar November 27, 2011 Author Share November 27, 2011 why did you wire in series and not in parallel? Jason, Do you mean why didn't I wire the two strands in parallel and run them off a single driver? I wanted blue on one driver and white on another so I could increase and decrease the white and blue colors independently. So if the tank looks too blue, I turn down the blue driver a bit. Sure, the second driver is $34, but I think it's worth it to be able to adjust the color, not just the overall brightness. With a single driver I'd be stuck with whatever color results from all the LEDs running together. In that case I could change the overall brightness with a dimming signal, but I couldn't change the color without installing new LEDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak November 27, 2011 Share November 27, 2011 Nvm the spacing between your leds is such that it looked "off" to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L8 2 RISE November 29, 2011 Share November 29, 2011 (edited) That's a cool looking pistol shrimp! Tank looks great! Sorry I've lost track, what's the stock list now? Edited November 29, 2011 by L8 2 RISE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar December 24, 2011 Author Share December 24, 2011 Sam, here's a livestock update: 2 Barlett's anthias 2 neon gobies Blue stripe pipefish Tailspot blennie Yellow watchman goby Bullseye pistol shrimp Peppermint shrimp Emerald crab Assorted small snails and a couple of hermit crabs I also replaced the stock skimmer with a Tunze 9002 and Stevie-T collection cup. It's much smaller than the stock skimmer, works better, and is much quieter. I also added a Stevie-T media rack with prefilter floss, chemipure, and purigen. We've been getting a consistent dusting of cyano on the sandbed, so the next hardware addition will be an MP10 to increase the flow inside the tank enough to help with the cyano without making it too turbulent for the pipefish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jason the filter freak January 7, 2012 Share January 7, 2012 Loev the updated photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar February 5, 2012 Author Share February 5, 2012 Time for a photo update. We ordered a slew of critters from coralmorphologic back in January, and they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni February 5, 2012 Share February 5, 2012 Looks great. Najla really likes your aquascape and is getting jealous. I think we'll have to set her tank up soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ryan S March 14, 2012 Share March 14, 2012 beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLazar March 15, 2012 Share March 15, 2012 Thanks Ryan. It still looks like a collection of frags on most of the rock work, but they're growing! The acans are doing especially well. Can't wait for it to really fill in, the colors are going to be really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moga March 15, 2012 Share March 15, 2012 it looks great!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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