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Definitely some neat tricks. Nothing I think I'd like to incorporate into my tank, but neat nonetheless. :)

Yeah, I started everything with a 2-gal hex tank. One month later it was a 10-gal, and 2 months after that a 55-gal. I'm back down to the 10-gal now because of space/money, though. :bawl:

What kind of bells and whistles CAN you add to moonlight? :?

Well, just though I'd let y'all know that I've finally got them up and running. lsdiodes.com was a wonderful site, BTW. I'll be sure to use them in the future. The lights look great. Until I get a canppy built for my tank, I've just got the LEDs taped facing into my main lights' reflectors...

So, would it be a good idea to get some kind of sand sifters for my tank to help keep the sand clean? Or should I just let the sand sit and vaccuum it on occasion?

Can anyone give me any more specifics?

OK, I've had my little 10-gal micro reef up and running for about a year now. I've got about 2 inches of LS, and I'd guess maybe 30 pounds of LR. (see pic in my gallery) I've got a Penguin 125 with a biowheel running on it without a filter cartridge. I've always liked the thought of setting...

hehe....My old urchin had an unbreakable habit of pulling off and hauling around my thermometer. Strange little creatures.

A little-bitty 10-gal here. :roll: Wish I could get a 72-gal bowfront...but oh, wait....that requires money. :|

Well, it's been what...a week or so now? :? Nothing. At least they don't look like they're dying, though. But wait...! 8O *Trip glances over at polyps* What's this!?!! I see something!!! :multi: There's a little tiny white spot poking out with it's 8 little tenticles!! (see...

Almost starting to sound like I need to build an entire "sub-fixture" within one of my fixtures. Maybe get a 1/2" diameter piece of PVC cut in half with the LEDs mounted in it and the reflector covering the open side. That'd be cool. :D Too bad it's such a pain to find LEDs for sale...

Hmm...the plastic lighting planes sound interesting.... You think just cutting a very small piece (say, 1" square) and mounting it in front of each LED would do the trick?

Well, I may just take a set off Isdiodes...those seem to be what I'm looking for.... I noticed the LEDs have Min, Typ, and Max specifications....which should I base my resister choice on? If I use the max values, my math says I should get 130 ohm 1/4 watt resistors. Does it hurt to use a...

OMG 8O Your tank in insane! You've gotta be kidding me...those pics are gorgeous! :D

WOW! Beautiful tank! :D I've been dying to get my hands on a tiny 1" clam for a long time now for my 10 gallon tank. The little suckers cost $40-50 though. :(

Great thread here.... I'm stuck with a little Cannon PowerShot camera. :? It can take pics with a res up to 1600x1200, but I have very few options when it comes to changing the camera's settings. It does have a macro setting which helps a LOT, but I'd really like it if I could figure out...

I was thinking of building a miniature canopy for my little 10 gallon tank to make it look nicer and this sounds like something perfect to incorporate into my design! I've got an 18 watt actinic NO and a 32 watt 50/50 PC, both with fairly crappy reflectors. Until recently, I was just using a...

Well, in my current tank, the longest-lived (and only) fish is Butch, my little firefish. Got him for Christmas, which makes him a little over 3 months old now. Before that, in my bigger tank I had a snowflake eel that was a full year old before I sold him. The lady I bought him from said she...

Well, I let them run for about 2 hours and everything seemed ok, except that the resister stayed pretty hot. I've decided I'd like to get different LEDs, though. The 5 I've got have a 60-degree dispersion and even when it's pitch black in the room, they barely give off any noticable light in...

Well, I put in a 1 watt resistor and it's better, but it's still mightly hot. Plenty hot to burn me in 1-2 seconds. I'm trying leaving it plugged in for a while to see if the resistor starts to melt, but I'm starting to see the wisdom of using one resistor per LED. Would that make this much...

Got this little coral frag from the LFS the other day, and I'd like to identify it. It's light-green polyps are not out in the pic. Will try to get a pic where they are.

Well, after plugging it in and letting it run for about 5 minutes, the resistor gets so hot it nearly burned me. Any idea why and what I can do about it? edit: I think I have an idea.... I used a 30 watt resister because I'm using 1 resistor for all 5 LEDs...if it were 1 resistor for each LED...

Turns out the polarity of the adaptor was just backwards. :roll: Stupid noobie electronics mistake. My 30 ohm resistor seems fine and everything's working now. :D

What wattage resistor whould I use? I've got a 1/4 watt 30 ohm one on there now.