Beware the Shallows! An 80g Reef Reboot

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Another light build? What's the details on this one?

 

[jedimasterben]

Basically gutted a 6x39w Sunpower and added two rows of LEDs, using eight Nano Box V3 arrays and sixteen LEDgroupbuy violets (8x 410nm and 8x 430nm) that are used in place of the stock SemiLEDs 410-420nm, which have such low output in comparison that it is a waste of power to use them. There are four T5, but with as much output as they have, I don't think I'd be able to use all four of them, so I'll probably only use two.

I got pretty much everything wired up last night, now I just need to get the fans all wired, wire in my power cable (a 10' long 7-conductor cable, a longer version of what ships with the ATI Sunpower), and then finish up a couple of other things and it'll be good to go!

 

[jedimasterben]

All LED

All LED with 2x Super Purple and 2x Actinic Blue

 

[jeremy]

Amazing tank!

 

[jedimasterben]

Amazing tank!

Thanks! I'm really happy with the direction it is going. I'm expecting a few coral shipments to be coming in in the next few weeks, and I'm planning buying a boatload of chromis to get some more movement going in the tank. I have quite a few fish as it is, but most of them are cryptic. Plus, I just love chromis

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Super clean and looks great!

 

[jedimasterben]

Super clean and looks great!

Thanks rev! Looking to get some good shots with the DSLR once everything has adjusted to the light and started opening up fully again.

 

[MRRBW]

Love the clean look. I'm a big fan of a sandbed, but the starboard look is slowly swaying my views a little.

 

[jedimasterben]

Love the clean look. I'm a big fan of a sandbed, but the starboard look is slowly swaying my views a little.

It is only 'clean' in my tank because my tank doesn't grow coralline. for everyone else, though, it turns purple very quickly.

 

[jedimasterben]

Plectranthias inermis

 

[jedimasterben]

FTS 3/25/2015

 

[jedimasterben]

 

[TJ's Reef]

WOW Ben, some pictorial update here bud. Things are looking great and some interesting Livestock choices.... I like.


Cheers, Todd

 

[jedimasterben]

WOW Ben, some pictorial update here bud. Things are looking great and some interesting Livestock choices.... I like.
Cheers, Todd

Thanks!

 

[jedimasterben]

Tried to get some pics of the betta. Forgot to turn the LEDs up to get better photos, but they turned out mostly ok


Peek a boo!

That mysid never know what hit him!

Grumps, the watchman goby. Found a new place to poke his head out of

Mandarin nomming on some cyclop-eeze.

Hawkfish is getting more bold, espeically when it's feeding time and I've got my head and camera flitting around lol

 

[jedimasterben]

ohai

 

[TUSI]

Really kool tank, stunning. Great job

 

[jedimasterben]

double post.

 

[jedimasterben]

Really kool tank, stunning. Great job

Thanks! I have another eleven fish coming Wednesday

 

[jedimasterben]

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