saltwaterpicaso sc aquarium 120g build thread

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From reading reviews about the center of the screen no growing well I repositioned the lights in a cross pattern.

 

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Stand is completed

 

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Seeded the screen

 

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Will report back in a week or 2 with the results of the scrubber

 

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Really like these sunndy ds

 

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Not sure the name on these

 

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Built a cabinet for over in the corner to hold all my fish tank supplies.

 

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Pine cabinet

 

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So the scrubber has not grown any algea at all so I made my own screens and am trying to seed them with the light I know works. Will then add the screen to the scrubber and see if it dies off or grows. Getting very frustrated with equipment that does not work

 

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So after trial and error I had no algea growing and melted what I put on the screen so I turned the flow way down and left the light on for 24h only using one of the strips of LEDs after 4 days I have growth after the screen is full I will add another strip and see how it goes. These leds are very powerful and with to much flow the algea was never able to adhere to the screen

 

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Jawbreaker is getting bigger

 

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Macro shot

 

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Looking good!

 

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So I'm convinced its the LEDs in the ats not being able to be dimmed down. I have rigged a light that I know works on my refugium to a dimmer. I have it at about 50 percent right now. Will report back in a week with growth report and if it works will be making modifications to the ats top to accommodate this and another light... if this works I'm going to be pretty upset seeing I should not have to be doing this to a product.

 

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Amazing tank!!! Everything is super clean. I bought a 100g sca it’s sitting in my garage right now can’t wait to get it set up.

 

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This is less than one week of growth with the custom light way better than the lights that came with it and this is at 50 percent. Will keep updating with its progress

 

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Started putting together the new lights for the scrubber

 

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Using artic silver thermal adhesive to bond the led ships to the heat sink and i started using tropic marine pro salt today

 

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Letting the silicone cure over night have one side mocked up and running left the sides open a bit so I can look in and see the growth

 

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This is the growth with one light at 75 percent 3 days after scraping the screen clean