Troylee's eco friendly build.....

[arnaldo]

hey troy very nice build!!!looking forward to this!!!:bigsmile:

 

[turbo21]

Troy,

This is taking too long. I figured with your last build from sheets of acrylic to running in a week, 12 hours after my last post you would have at least gotten something else done. j/k

are you going to run strictly led, or are you going to supplement with some t-5s for color

 

[Troylee]

LEDs with vho actinics I will be running a super actinic and the new 454 which is comparable to a t5blue+

 

[turbo21]

Troy,

New 454? I am out of the loop on that one. I am still using URI Super Actinic. Do you have a link to the 454
Thanks

Bob

 

[Troylee]

Dude!!!! Get one there awesome my oranges pop so hard now!!!! I picked mine up from fosters aNd smith...

 

[turbo21]

Will defintiely give it a try on my next bulb change. Here is the link for anybody else wondering VHO Aquarium Lighting: UV Lighting Company 454 VHO T12 Lamps

Bob

 

[Troylee]

There awesome I just made the switch like 3 weeks ago or so... They put twice as much light and the colors you were missing reds, orange, pink etc just glow!!!!

 

[turbo21]

Thanks for the tip. Looking forward to the build. Now back to work haha

 

[Troylee]

At my sons baseball I cAnt get Anthing done he plays 3 times a week and my daughters play soccer 2 days...

 

[CJO]

At my sons baseball I cAnt get Anthing done he plays 3 times a week and my daughters play soccer 2 days...

I know the feeling. I have soccer practice Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Games are Saturday and Sunday and there is sometime a scrimmage on Fridays! I have to sit and check their homework during soccer practice so that they can correct it when we get home. Glad they're having fun!

CJ

 

[Troylee]

Shaweet!!!! Got my ati sunpower 24" t5 fixture for my hidden frag tank in the sump... sometimes I love when the ups man comes....

 

[Troylee]

Also got really close to finishing my led build today... Should be 100 percent operational tomorrow that will just leave me with the cherry skin and crown moulding which is quick and simple then it should be a wrap...

 

[ReefDreams]

cant wait to see this build up and running. any pics of the sump,i would like to see your hidden frag tank.

 

[turbo21]

Troy,

Nice fixture, finally a picture....yay. Now for the tank.......checks watch. waiitng

bob

 

[Troylee]

cant wait to see this build up and running. any pics of the sump,i would like to see your hidden frag tank.

Not yet... I got 4 in front of mine I have to finish... between my friends needing stuff and my kids sports I don't think I'll ever finish...

 

[Troylee]

Troy,

Nice fixture, finally a picture....yay. Now for the tank.......checks watch. waiitng

bob

Checking mine to... I swear it never goes backwards any more... this is taking way longer than expected....

 

[turbo21]

I know what you mean. its like staring at the tank just waiting for another baby polyp to appear

bob

 

[Troylee]

It's all good... After I hang that led fixture I will be jazzed it should be good motivation and the rest will take minutes lol... I think the led fixture is really bumming me out honestly..I hate wires there always a mess no matter what ya do and that thing has over 300 looks like a cob web lol.... Once it's out of the way I should have my motivation back...
Btw thanks for tagging along bud...

 

[skinz78]

Show some pic's of the cob web!

I am really tempted to try and build a LED setup to supplement my T5's!

 

[Troylee]

I'll get some tomorrow... You can see the front on the pics I posted last year lol...