Plywood tank and Sump build.....

[ravi197699]

led pictures

Here are the pictures of the light fixture. I made pretty good progress Sunday and all the led's are mounted on the heat sink..... more pictures to come

 

[ravi197699]

more pics

more pictures of the fixture

 

[Mtwreef]

Looking real nice I'm not sure if I missed it but what are u using for your led build?

 

[bman9381]

Have you tried foam under the pump? That seems to work for me!
Nice build btw, can't wait to see it stocked!

 

[redtop03]

Ok so this weekend and I filled the entire system will tap water just to test and see how things are and I got positive results, no leaks, Tank, sumps, frag tanks are holding water fine and drain pipe is handling water flow from tank just fine and there is plenty of room in it to handle a lot more. I have two issues that I am facing right now one is pump being noisy and that will resolved by sending the pump to Reeflo they have set price of 145 that takes care of everything (Seal, any plastic part that needs to be replaced, bearings) and second issue is Oceans Motions that I am using with that pump. I don't think it turns when the pump comes on and that could be due to pressure. Yesterday I have started working on the led fixture and all Led's are mounted on the heat sink and I will upload pictures this evening. Still a lot of pictures to come.....

if I was guessing, I'd say your fittings are threaded in too far causing the OM to not turn

I ran in to the same issue with mine, I had to leave the fittings out far enough so they didn't hit the drum...when I redo mine, I'll remove the drum and thread the fittings all the way in and mark where they need to be cut, then thread 'em back out and cut 'em to fit

 

[ravi197699]

Thanks for your suggestion, But I am not having issue with this Ocean Motion. It is the second Ocean Motion that is mounted on the top and conntected to the return pump that is not turning and I made sure that drum is moving and fittings are not touching the drum what so ever, i believe the pressure from the hammerhead is too strong for the drum to turn. I will try to add the valve where the water is feeding the ocean motion and see if that helps, I will update the results after this test...

if I was guessing, I'd say your fittings are threaded in too far causing the OM to not turn

I ran in to the same issue with mine, I had to leave the fittings out far enough so they didn't hit the drum...when I redo mine, I'll remove the drum and thread the fittings all the way in and mark where they need to be cut, then thread 'em back out and cut 'em to fit

 

[ravi197699]

You have not missed anything for led I have bought all the parts on tanksgiving day since rapid led has 20% off dicount and since tank is fine and there are no leaks, I wated to put together the led fixture so answer to you question below is the list of the parts and brand that I will be using for this build.

41" x 8" Heatsink that has slots for screws from Heatsink USA

Scews, nuts and plastic washers from Heatsink USA

96 Cree Led's from Rapd Led (3:1 (blue:White ratio, 14 led's mix of red, creen,cyan, 14 led UV, rest are blue and white)

Soilderless connectors

Silver Thermal Paste,

Led Silicone Waterproof Sealer

Coralux Stom X Controller

7 LDD drivers (This will be 7 channel fixture, I will be able to control all colors )

LDD 750w 48v powersupply

if you have more questions please let me know....

Looking real nice I'm not sure if I missed it but what are u using for your led build?

 

[ravi197699]

Thanks for your advise, I have two other reeflo dart pumps running and this pump is louder than both of my other pumps combined. I will try to take it apart and lubricate or replace the bearings....

Have you tried foam under the pump? That seems to work for me!
Nice build btw, can't wait to see it stocked!

 

[ravi197699]

updates pic

led fixture Progress

 

[ravi197699]

Light fixture

Here are the pictures of the light it has 7 channels and I am using Coralux StormX controller this fixture will give me real time sunrise and sunset, lunar effects, clouds and thunder storms. Very simple and whole fixture is plug and play so in future if I have to swap anything it should not be hard....

 

[Usctom]

Looking good. I wish when I bought my rapid Led kit I had gone with more blue similar to yours. I have 2:1 blue/white and the white is very overpowering.

 

[ravi197699]

I made similar mistake as you in the past and with this built I want to take care of most of my mistakes, So far this is the best color temperature I came up with, It will have reflect as someone is below 20,30 feel below water in blue Ocean lol. But we will see more when this light hangs above the tank and I am using 60 deg optics and I am using cree xml (5w) led optics, which are bigger with bigger honeycomb reflector...

Looking good. I wish when I bought my rapid Led kit I had gone with more blue similar to yours. I have 2:1 blue/white and the white is very overpowering.

 

[ravi197699]

Hey guys so this past weekend We went to NERAC and we had great time there and met hobbyist there, vendors had great frags tanks and all the goodies and I bought some Marco rock and shelves from Mark and he is a great person and very fair. I was able to do aquascaping in my tank and add some sand. Progress is slow but we are getting there. These are the pics of the aquascaping that I did this past Saturday after we came back from the event...This time rock and shelves are pegged so that its easier for me to mount frags that I will be making out of acrylic..

 

[redtop03]

looking great

 

[ravi197699]

Thanks more pics to come

 

[271reef]

I am super impressed with what you've done here.... Way to go, I will be tagging along for this build...

Wishing you success !!

271Reef

 

[ravi197699]

I am super impressed with what you've done here.... Way to go, I will be tagging along for this build...

Wishing you success !!

271Reef

Thanks 271reef... I have few things to tweak and before this weekend I have plans to fill the tank with RO water and add salt. This way I can start cycle process

 

[ravi197699]

Hey guys I got 40w led grow light for mangroves and cheato. This light has pretty good spread and color spectrum.

 

[Reefinny]

I was looking at that one.

 

[redtop03]

nice light, that should grow chaeto like crazy