Refugium light DIY and Christmas present

[dantimdad]

this looks really cool and professional. I imagine a blue acro puc mounted in there or a chinese puc and your looking at a real nice light that would compete well with a kessil 160 or a ai prime

Shhhhh! You are spoiling the next step in this project! ;)

 

[Kampo]

Shhhhh! You are spoiling the next step in this project! ;)

very nice, so do you have a 3d printer? or just have access to one? i'm tempted to try 3d printing some stuff for the hobby.

 

[dantimdad]

OK. It's finished!



Little fella is really bright!

:)


Who get's a Christmas present?

Show me what you would use it on. Best usage get's it!

This is fun!

 

[Kampo]

I don't have a pic yet. but planning a 20T refugeum for my new 93 gallon cube setup :) lol. so in lew of pics here is a recent shot of my 20in cube.

 

[dantimdad]

Not fair. U know I have a 93 cube.

 

[Kampo]

Not fair. U know I have a 93 cube.

lol :) but mine will have a fishroom side sump with seperately plumbed refugeum and a fraging setup as well :) that said someone else grab this thing, i'm as much of a diy fiend as this guy. I already have a couple par 38 grow bulbs as the interrim plan on the refugeum. that said I might go white light on it and make it a "display" refugeum. maybe with a small puffer species to entertain myself with when i'm dinking arround in the fishroom.

 

[dantimdad]

I'm planning on a display 15 gallon cube fuge with a frogfish.

 

[dantimdad]

BTW I built the light for it as well.

 

[Kampo]

BTW I built the light for it as well.

i would be more surprised if you didn't diy the light ;) can't wait to see this project.

 

[dantimdad]

@Kampo check out my build. I will post a pic of the fuge setup. It's done just waiting for the big cube to be done.

 

[Mikeneedsahobby]

Awesome light! Great skills!

I can’t use the light myself yet. I am a few months away from getting my tank running. But you two were having too much fun and I had to jump in to say I am impressed.

 

[dantimdad]

Awesome light! Great skills!

I can’t use the light myself yet. I am a few months away from getting my tank running. But you two were having too much fun and I had to jump in to say I am impressed.

Thanks!

 

[Diamond1]

That's very Impressive!

 

[Katrina71]

The light is awesome! I don't have anything nice enough to use that on, but somebody is getting super lucky!

 

[Diamond1]

I'm planning on building an algae scrubber. Does that count?

 

[Katrina71]

Is your 15 gallon tank by chance an Aqueon column? If it is, I have a brand new hood you can have. Or if the dimensions are the same...

 

[dantimdad]

I like those aqueon columns. But mine is 18*18*11

It is, of course, a modded leemar tank.

Now, it would be cool to build a 12" cube for my desk at work...

 

[dantimdad]

This is shipping out to @new setup this week.

I swapped driver to a meanwell that has built in dimming because it ran a bit hot at full power.

https://www.rapidled.com/0-10v-dimmable-nano-driver/ with the dimmer knob.

Merry Christmas!

 

[dantimdad]

very nice, so do you have a 3d printer? or just have access to one? i'm tempted to try 3d printing some stuff for the hobby.

I forgot to reply to this question.

I have one on the way! A Geeetech A10. :)

This one was printed at work by one of the engineers. (He LOVES fajitas!) LOL!