Mirage's 12 Gallon Long

[mgdmirage]

Yeah i'm thinking about painting the inside of tank black, and leaving outside of overflow clear. I'm going to cut a piece of acrylic to cover up the overflow box, it should help with the noise too.

 

[KoleTang]

Nice tank! Can you give me a link to where you got it?

 

[mgdmirage]

Thanks, and yep here ya go.

Mr. Aqua Rectangle Frameless Glass Aquarium Tank

 

[jiffy]

how's the tank doing any updates?

 

[mgdmirage]

Its going well, working with my LED's right now, about to start on stand Thursday.

 

[jiffy]

sounds good

 

[mgdmirage]

Worked on stand a bit today. Man it sucks to build stuff without a shop and on carpet lol. Not going to overbuild this stand as the tank is only 12 gallons so i'm not too terribly worried about it. Stand is about 44" long and 31" tall, and 15" front to back. I'm going to add three center braces to bottom and top and maybe some 2x2s for side supports. Then I will skin it with probably birch plywood, and final color will be solid white or black, i haven't decided yet.

As of today 7/28/11

 

[mgdmirage]

Another toy i was playing with recently. 4 watt chinese made GU10 LED blue bulbs.

I was thinking about adding these to the setup as well to increase the blue further, there are 9 bulbs(36watts) on that 36" piece of 2x2.

 

[jiffy]

where did you get the stuff to build the LEDs?

 

[mgdmirage]

where did you get the stuff to build the LEDs?

Got the LEDs off ebay, and sockets.

You can search GU10 LED blue 4w or 3w
and for sockets just:
GU10 Socket

Then a paddle bit, electrical tape, exacto knife, spare extension cord, and some tiny screws and screwdriver. Oh and a drill for the pilot holes for the wires to the sockets through the 2x2.

 

[jiffy]

how much did you pay? if you don't mind me asking..

 

[Aloha Corals]

Mr. Aqua has great tanks. I've brought in two pallet loads to oahu for some of my local customers. Every one was impressed with the quality.

Kevin

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[mgdmirage]

how much did you pay? if you don't mind me asking..

The tank or the LED's?

 

[jiffy]

both

 

[mgdmirage]

Tank was around $80, lights costed $65 then sockets were like $11.

 

[jiffy]

all 9 bulbs(I think that's how many I counted) were 65$? how many watts of LED is that all together..

 

[jiffy]

lol nvm I just went back and read, you already answered that..

 

[mgdmirage]

Yeah i bought 10 bulbs for $65 shipped, but only put 9 on that board. Its bright enough that i accidentally looked at it as i was moving it and i saw spots for awhile.

 

[jiffy]

lol sounds good, you can get them all actinic?

 

[mgdmirage]

lol sounds good, you can get them all actinic?

Yep just search:
GU10 LED Blue 4w x10

there are other quantities too.