Recent content by yowen

I see some people incorporate blue led's in their light setup, would there be a benefit for me to do that?

I am using it right over the water, the led's are waterproof, you can submerge them without a problem. But they are just slightly above the waterline.

Today I went to Home Depot and picked up a tube of 100% silicone and siliconed all the seems on the inside of the hood. After that I applied silicone to the bottom of each led strip and laid them out as you can see in the pictures (I used some tape to hold them in place while the silicone...

Made some more progress. Got everything sanded down nice and smooth, then I spray-painted the bottom/inside with a textured silver spray paint I had leftover from another project after that I sprayed the inside with two coats of poly. THe next day when all that dried I stained the outside with...

Got started by cutting a board down to size and lining three edges with 3/4 inch cedar molding I think it was that I bought. Just waiting for the glue to dry so I can stain. Sadly I think it'll take about a week for the LED's to get to me. As for a place to feed the fish, I've decided to borrow...

Will do! Thanks guys. I am headed to Home Depot as soon as I get outta here! (work) I will get some pictures as I work on it over the weekend.

Ah alright, thanks for your help and quick response!

I posted a thread in the DIY section and it seems to have disappeared without warning. I don't see a sticky in that particular message board about rules, on top of that i read the forum rules and there is nothing that I missed there either. As far as I can tell. I am a little frustrated that the...

Dang! I was afraid of that (the fast growing), my first cichlid was a quick grower too. I've grown attached to the fish though! So I guess a 55 gallon is in my future, problem is, I am renting an apartment right now and I'd really like to wait till I buy a house, which I am about a year away...

Hey guys, I am new here, I've also posted in the introduction forum. I have a 20 gallon freshwater aquarium that I am building my own hood for, I have 96 white waterproof LED's on order, they are 4 strips of 24 LED's each, the strips are 24cm long. I plan on taking a nice piece of wood and...

Hey guys, I've had a Cichlid for the past 3 years. It was given to me in a bowl (poor guy), I eventually sprung for a whopping 6 gallon tank with filer (still poor guy), but I didn't know any better and at least it was a whole lot better than a <1 gallon bowl. The guy lived to be about 7 or 8...