gqjeff
Active Member
Well the journey has begun with my son. I have been keeping saltwater tanks for 22 yrs myself. My son since he was young has always been fascinated with them. He know helps me do some work to my 240 at home and my 60 cube at my office. So I figured maybe he would like a little one of his own. So we are officially on our way. Just waiting for his Real reef rock to arrive tomorrow and we can get this badboy wet. I had an old Evo 120w 20K led sitting around for the last 1.5 yrs so he's getting that light to start with. Also had an old reefkeeper 2 so it will be controlled on that controller. Looking at getting the IM desktop skimmer and also the Media Rx to run the small amt of zeoliths stones. This is going to be a little zeo tank as I was one of the orignal zeo guys in the states and used to be a moderator on zeovit.com. Also have about 12lbs of aragonite sand. Actually we put that in last night as he could not wait any longer after soaking it in ro/di a couple days and cleaning it well. Also picked up a small stand yesterday that had some drawers inside we were not going to use so made a small canopy to house the Led light. Going to weld up a custom bracket and run the wires in the tubing hopefully so you will not see them. Should look pretty cool I'm hoping. Also have 100 watt heater in it and using stock pump as of right now with mp10 in the future. Well thats about it right now but snapped a few pics along the way.
Tank arrives.
Place the tank in his room on a dresser at first but realize I do not like that setup so a new stand is in order. While I had it up I used the par meter to check the stock lights and also the evo120 t make sure it has sufficient par to house an RBTA and some sps when the time is right. Prob will upgrade to the vega and I have been dabbling in Led's for a little over 2 yrs now and currently run the vega over my 60 cube at the office.
Stock lights very weak 34 par at the bottom with no water in the tank.
Evo's got around 230 at the bottom.
Reefkeeper 2 plugged in. They r trash but for this little tank its very decent and the temp probe is very accurate. That's what I wanted to use it for most as a temp controller. SO happens it will run everything associated with the setup so that's a plus.
Ok built the stand and added sand.
As I said I had extra particle board so why not make something to house the light. Still need to mount the light inside and use a hole saw and make a couple holes for air movement. Should really help with light spill in his room though and offer a cleaner look with matching stand and top.
That's all for know hope you like what we have going on so far.
Also just a little taste of my old zeo 240 that I actually lost in a crash 6 yrs ago. Just kind of getting back in the coral game as I was devastated and also we had our son so the time was not right to jump right back in.
Peace.
8 foot of awesome.
Tank arrives.
Place the tank in his room on a dresser at first but realize I do not like that setup so a new stand is in order. While I had it up I used the par meter to check the stock lights and also the evo120 t make sure it has sufficient par to house an RBTA and some sps when the time is right. Prob will upgrade to the vega and I have been dabbling in Led's for a little over 2 yrs now and currently run the vega over my 60 cube at the office.
Stock lights very weak 34 par at the bottom with no water in the tank.
Evo's got around 230 at the bottom.
Reefkeeper 2 plugged in. They r trash but for this little tank its very decent and the temp probe is very accurate. That's what I wanted to use it for most as a temp controller. SO happens it will run everything associated with the setup so that's a plus.
Ok built the stand and added sand.
As I said I had extra particle board so why not make something to house the light. Still need to mount the light inside and use a hole saw and make a couple holes for air movement. Should really help with light spill in his room though and offer a cleaner look with matching stand and top.
That's all for know hope you like what we have going on so far.
Also just a little taste of my old zeo 240 that I actually lost in a crash 6 yrs ago. Just kind of getting back in the coral game as I was devastated and also we had our son so the time was not right to jump right back in.
Peace.
8 foot of awesome.
