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Hello R2R, I've recently purchased a 75 gallon Oceanic tank (reef ready) and stand with 5, 5 gallon buckets of live rock, a current T5 light and a few other accessories. I've been lurking your forums for the past week, and trying to acquire some knowledge. Loki2902 has been a huge help to me thus far, so I'd like to give him some thanks publicly here.
The powerheads after some cleaning
The tank came with a large HOB Emporer filter, and a Tom Richards rp3 filter/skimmer combo. I've decided do away with those filters and I purchased a 29G tank to build into a sump for my system. The glass has been ordered and should be cut early this week!
I also ordered a Reef Octopus 4 for my skimmer, rated for 100g, so I figured it was a safe bet for my 75g tank.
I've had some extra time waiting for my glass to be cut, and the skimmer to arrive, so I've done some work to the Current T5 fixture. Everything was covered in salt residue when I got it, so after the initial cleaning I decided to hang the fixture, because the plastic legs that were on it were so flimsy. The way I hung it with quick releases I can remove the rear quick releases, and connect them to the top eye hooks which moves the light up ~6" and tilts it up so that I have full access to the aquarium without having to unplug/remove the light fixture.
When I received the fixture it was equipped with 2 5mm moonlight LED's but they were corroded by the saltwater and one wasn't working properly. So I ordered a few new components from my favorite source, (V-Leds.com) and went to town. The LED's are waterproof and ~35% brighter than a standard 5mm LED.
(Soldered and heat-shrinked connections.)
I used the previously existing LED holes to run the new LED's through. I plan to silicone these holes shut before filling the tank with water.
I also took time to wire-loom the 4 cords that came off of the light in an effort to clean it up a bit.
After reading a thread yesterday about GFCI outlets, I did the proper testing of my house and found that my electric plug had a GFCI on the circut, but it was after the plug I will utilize, so I installed a new one.
More to come! I'm happy I found this forum to guide me!
Comments and tips are welcome!
The powerheads after some cleaning
The tank came with a large HOB Emporer filter, and a Tom Richards rp3 filter/skimmer combo. I've decided do away with those filters and I purchased a 29G tank to build into a sump for my system. The glass has been ordered and should be cut early this week!
I also ordered a Reef Octopus 4 for my skimmer, rated for 100g, so I figured it was a safe bet for my 75g tank.
I've had some extra time waiting for my glass to be cut, and the skimmer to arrive, so I've done some work to the Current T5 fixture. Everything was covered in salt residue when I got it, so after the initial cleaning I decided to hang the fixture, because the plastic legs that were on it were so flimsy. The way I hung it with quick releases I can remove the rear quick releases, and connect them to the top eye hooks which moves the light up ~6" and tilts it up so that I have full access to the aquarium without having to unplug/remove the light fixture.
When I received the fixture it was equipped with 2 5mm moonlight LED's but they were corroded by the saltwater and one wasn't working properly. So I ordered a few new components from my favorite source, (V-Leds.com) and went to town. The LED's are waterproof and ~35% brighter than a standard 5mm LED.
(Soldered and heat-shrinked connections.)
I used the previously existing LED holes to run the new LED's through. I plan to silicone these holes shut before filling the tank with water.
I also took time to wire-loom the 4 cords that came off of the light in an effort to clean it up a bit.
After reading a thread yesterday about GFCI outlets, I did the proper testing of my house and found that my electric plug had a GFCI on the circut, but it was after the plug I will utilize, so I installed a new one.
More to come! I'm happy I found this forum to guide me!
Comments and tips are welcome!
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