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essabee
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 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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| I wanted to correct the light directions in my tank called Incomparable, before I trim the plants. I had recently changed the bulbs and also disrupted some of the wiring because they go through another tank I am constructing (The GLMT). So I have to set everything back, and so I am repositioning the MH lights. I had built this seating arrangement so that I could stay above the aquarium water and work inside the top. The position is as cramped as if you were under a car, but you could still work. |
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essabee
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:05 am Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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| A few more pictures. |
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random2
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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/offtopic -
Think this is the first time im seeing your tank. Never seen you posting any tank shots. The plant growth looks superb. Very nice tank.
And ofcourse, always a fan of your DIY stuff. |
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alpha91
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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Sir can you please post some full tank shots? These teasers are killing me to see the full tank 
Fantastic DIYs as usual... |
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Preeths
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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| +1^^^ fulltank shot please |
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angel_lover
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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Ok sir so this is what is called - "Being on top of the job".
Another fan of your DIY's. |
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saikumar
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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Hey guys,
May be you can check few of the pics on plantedtank.net of his previous scapes.
Donno about the new ver.2
BTW Thats a great DIY you are doing sir. Im so much thrilled by the SUNlight illuminating the tank.
Will wait for the end build.
Cheers! |
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bmukh
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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Amazing!  ...one of the best efforts. Wow. Please post some more (many) pics of the tank and the inhabitants
Bappa |
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essabee
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:51 am Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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I thank all of you for your comments; they were like icings on the cake. The cake (tank) keeps me young and going, and this Icing will make me bake a few more.
Let me get this tank back on foot, and working again (not a reset but a restoration) and I promise to share it with you all by starting a weekly picture journal.
Now; see yesterday's achievement. |
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pramod
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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Very nice Sir,
are those lights LED s or MH ? |
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Rana
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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Nice set up, what is the total wattage with MHs.
How will you dissipate the heat ? Are you going to employ exhuast fans ?
Would love to see your set up!
Regards |
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essabee
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:49 am Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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Other than the 5 X 150W MH, I shall also employ the 5 X 36W T8. The T8 will be supplied through an Inverter, this becomes necessary for the frequent power outage we face. MH bulbs take time to light up when the Genset comes on but we need some light inbetween (like the sun going behind a cloud).
I have rewired the T8 and made a new panel for their ballast. The work is still pending and I will complete it today, along with the re-wiring of the heaters and filters.
You observe 3 circular holes on the lower end of the panel. These are there for air to be blown into the tank. Actually the panel, you see, separates this tank from the GLMT tank that I am building and writting about in a different thread. The panel itself is dual faced and the other side becomes the panel for the fixtures in the GLMT. I have installed a normal 220V exhaust which will blow the air from the sump cabinet into the GLMT. This air exits the GLMT through the 3 circular holes you see. I have a ventilator in this tank from where the hot air will exit.
I hope I have answered all the questions raised. |
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essabee
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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| Cramped position, myriads of wires to be threaded through holes in the walls, and single handed - finally the tank is restored to some semblance of normal working. The final work was re-connection of the CO2 supply. Now I have to trim the plants in the tank and do a water change and apply fertilisers and CO2 over the coming days. |
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Mortis
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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| Great work so far. However, from the pics it loks like none of the MH are pointing towards the foreground. It loks like they are pointing from top front to bottom back. How are you planning on dealing with this or does enough light spread to the foreground anyway ? |
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sandipan_ece
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| Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:38 am Post subject: Re: Working inside the aquarium top. |
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Great DIY... 
Some more shots please... |
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