DIY Stand/grow out tank(The LED's)

Ouch! How did that happen? Was the bulkhead screwed on too tight?

 

I think it was the over flow box putting a weird stress on the glass. I was sitting at the table wiring the relay block for my ATO, heard a pop!, thought "OH ****!! That was glass!", checked the DT first and then my left sock got soaked.
My power drill was laying there plugged into the stand...good thing I always use a GFCI in the lead outlet. At least I know it works like it should. The drill should too, once it dries out.

I drilled the 10 gallon that was supposed to be my working ATO reserve tonight. I'll have to make the 35 mile trip to Sioux Falls tomorrow night and pick up another. But the system is back up and running. This time w/o the box, just a bulk head through the glass.

 

Forgot to mention that I shortened the drain pipe length into the main sump by 8". I think the weight of it just hanging straight out from the bulkhead added to or created the stress the box put on the glass.

 

maybe put a small wooden support under the pvc to keep pressure off the glass

 

Got the LED's done today. I somehow managed to kill 6 of them on the fixture for my 75 while swapping out a driver. This project has been fraught with disaster from the on set.

The fixture is driven with a Meanwell 60-48D. I am driving the 14 3W LED's @ 900mA. There are 9 Royal Blue and 5 Cool White that are 8" above the surface of the water. There are no additional optics on the diodes. Intensity is controlled with a pot. In the pic below it is running over the tank at about 25%.

Here's pics of the LED fixture and it's base....enjoy.


I had a fan with LED's in it so that is what I used LOL. It has a cover and sits up so high the light from it can't be seen.


Detail photo of the power cord and DC jacks.





And here it on the hood. The hood holds the light 8" above the water. The front panel is held on with magnets and comes off easily to give access to the fraggy goodness inside the tank.


And the first five frags that will be grown out in this tank. I picked them up at a club swap this weekend for $40

Left; Back: deep water acro, Forward: Idaho Grape Monti
Center; Back: Jade stag, Forward: Teal Stag
Right: Monti Spongodes

I thought I had a pic of the inside of the fixture. The driver is mounted in the box and all the wiring is solder connected and shrink taped.

After replacing the broken tank and buying another one for the ATO, I finally got the kalk stirrer installed. On the the first run the check valve failed and it back siphoned a whole bunch of kalk into my clean top off water. Got that fixed.
All that is left to do now is build the door and get the two BRS 1.1mL dosing pumps installed.

 

Lookin' good! 8)

 

Thanks Seano.

There is some stain touch up that was still wet in the pics. And I fixed the link showing the LED's lit up

 

I can't wait to see more frags in there lol. I really love the LED's.

 

Me either! In fact I'm so impatient I'm going to put in a big order out of Mr. Corals $10 section here in a week or so.

 

Lol, sounds like something I would do. ;D