Starchar
Aquarium Advice Freak
So I have my BC up and running after my move and am starting fresh. The tank is currently cycling but I wanted to walk through the new upgrades that I have added.
First, I added the inTank Media Basket and Fuge. I am running Filter Floss in the top, Purigen in the middle, and Chemi Pure Elite in the bottom. In the Fuge I have Chaeto that is being lit by the JBJ Nano Fuge LED Light. I like the light as it has a nice magnet that sits inside the tank and allows me to move it around as needed. I will soon be running it on an alternate timer to help control pH swings.
The inTank filtration is neat but of course the pise de resistance has got to be my new LED mod for the hood! I have been asked to take some pics of installation so I will do my best to walk through this. Also, I decided to go with Steve's LEDs instead of the RapidLED retro kit so that I could offer up some additional information on kit options to the members here. I will break this up by posts so that I can talk about each step.
Here is the kit. I paid and extra $35.00 and had the techs at Steve's LEDs put it together for me. I delayed shipping by a day or two but was well worth my time. Total cost of kit was $249.99 plus the $35.00 for assembly.
Specs:
18- Royal Blue Luxeon ES 3 watt LEDs
10- 5,000K Neutral White Luxeon ES 3 watt LEDs
They estimate total installation time to be 1 hour. I think that I was done in under 30 minutes!
First, I added the inTank Media Basket and Fuge. I am running Filter Floss in the top, Purigen in the middle, and Chemi Pure Elite in the bottom. In the Fuge I have Chaeto that is being lit by the JBJ Nano Fuge LED Light. I like the light as it has a nice magnet that sits inside the tank and allows me to move it around as needed. I will soon be running it on an alternate timer to help control pH swings.
The inTank filtration is neat but of course the pise de resistance has got to be my new LED mod for the hood! I have been asked to take some pics of installation so I will do my best to walk through this. Also, I decided to go with Steve's LEDs instead of the RapidLED retro kit so that I could offer up some additional information on kit options to the members here. I will break this up by posts so that I can talk about each step.
Here is the kit. I paid and extra $35.00 and had the techs at Steve's LEDs put it together for me. I delayed shipping by a day or two but was well worth my time. Total cost of kit was $249.99 plus the $35.00 for assembly.
Specs:
18- Royal Blue Luxeon ES 3 watt LEDs
10- 5,000K Neutral White Luxeon ES 3 watt LEDs
They estimate total installation time to be 1 hour. I think that I was done in under 30 minutes!