No not a Debbie downer at all! This is the prototype stage that I will be ruining on my system. So right now its going to be Acrylic with Acrylic baffles and a 1/4" neon acrylic rim, so you mean to say that the lid facing the water will absorb water and bow? I may have to find a different material for sure or a way to reinforce it. Thank you for your encouraging words! Hope you have a nice Halloween weekend
Bit of an unwelcome passive aggressive comment, I don't see how a couple of 1 watt UV LED mounted 30" up on a timer will grow anything, but, you are welcome to your opinion. Have a nice day! Has nothing to do with "cute". Also if that was the case, our refugium lights would be growing everything, everywhere the moment it turned on in the cabinet, which isn't the case, so I think our LED strip will be fine
You should look into Synergy Reefs Atomic Green Sump, ours will be its own style and design, but if you think that looks ugly with the glowing rim, I really do question what you do find to be aesthetic in a hobby where anything of interest glows, from fancy LEDS to coral we pay $$$ for.
I think that would be an awesome idea! So the LED will stay the UV as to make the colored acrylic rim and the 1/4" of the baffles glow, but you will be able to choose your colored rim, the color of your lid, and the handles! Currently we were working on each of the custom colored rims coming with a color matched glowing logo as well! Appreciate the idea
Very glad you mentioned this, I looked more into this and I am reading the thickness matters, so 1/4" up will have a smaller chance of bowing, so I will be adding baffle to lid supports. I will be changing the lids from 1/8" to 1/4", it won't sit flush, but it will be an area to finish with the cutout waste portion from the lip that the lid sits on. I will be addressing all of these problems with the prototype as it happens so I can't tell you how much I appreciate the foresight. I am working with consulting from a large local reef shop manager, who tells me the dirty secret issues they deal with different brand sumps, and how to fix it
My hero, I'll probably use polycarbonate to create supports tucked away in certain areas then. Should I do a prototype quality test for 3 months, 6 months, or a year?
Awesome! Give me a month to get mine fully built and any kink works out, after a month of QC I will send you and one other person one of these at cost if you guys give me 3-6 months feedback. Are you okay with the dimensions of the chambers? PM me what color scheme you want and when I am ready I will reach out to you and finalize everything.
