0.7 Gallon Pico Cube Experiment.

[cschwaj]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9821401#post9821401 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rosseau
This may be of interest.

http://www.nanocustoms.com/index.php?cPath=17

LED light fixtures being sold as "fuge" lighting.

Now these are sexy! I like that they are defined as far as spectrum is concerned. These are big LEDs and I bet they are pricey from a raw component standpoint. But the lighting they provide would be impressive.

The other LEDs scare me from the standpoint of appearing undefined as spectrum is concerned.

I didn't even realize that 40 mm fans existed. You are pushing the pico to new heights. Nice work!

 

[nynex]

Hey Jacob...when you connected these to the 12volt power adapter...and you said
they didnt have enough power. How many (MA) was the adapter. You may have
just needed a stronger 12 volt.

A 12 volt 800ma should power atleast one set of Dual Cathodes. I just got 3 sets of
the 12" Dual White ones and 2 sets of the 12" Dual blues ones for super cheap on
ebay. I also bought a set of the 4" whites one for a 3 gal project I had going too.

They were $2.95 per set for the white and $1.95 per set for the blue. Cheap enough
to experiment with..thats for sure. I was thinking of using them in my 12 gallon
Nanos with the power compacts to add extra lighting...rather then replacing the
power compacts all together.

I will post pics when I get them all running.

 

[reefin'aggie]

As far as the mA rating on the 12vDC power adapter, it "should" have been enough. But I think, now that I look at it, the adapter is probably defective.

Those nanocustoms lights are pretty nice. I think what I am going to do is:

An array of the new Luxeon Rebel LEDs in 6500k white and 455nm blue. Supplemented with an array of 410nm UV CCFLs and two 40mm blue LED fans run off of a computer power supply.

I actually found 20mm and 30mm 12vDC fans also, but the minimum size I wanted to go with was 40mm b/c of CFM rating.

Anybody who wants to post pics of alternative lighting like LEDs and CCFLs, by all means, LET'S SEE'UM!!

Jacob

 

[reefin'aggie]

alright, it seems that when I ordered my 40mm fans they were backordered and the website did not report the backordered status. so I guess I am stuck waiting for them to come in.

Some good news though. I reworked the plumbing so it is just about silent and is a lot smoother. I also got the trim on the canopy finished and went ahead and primed it.

I'll get some pics up here in a bit.

Jacob

 

[reefman13]

Any new pics for us? Livestock?

 

[reefin'aggie]

Here we go pics:

Another full shot

Shots of the canopy with the trim finished and primed

Eventually when I get the fans and the new lighting the canopy will get completely finished.

Jacob

 

[reefin'aggie]

Pics of the new plumbing arrangement

I found another 1/2" quick disconnect fitting, so the whole thing is now quick disconnectable.

I also was having issues with the Stockman cap, so I got rid of it. With the amount of flow I actually found that a plain old standpipe works very smoothly.

I was also having issues with an occasional siphon in the downspout causing a very loud bubble to occur every once in a while. Figured out that I needed to increase the backpressure by extending the pipe underwater to the side of the sump. I also added the upper extension, that comes out of the water in the sump, so that any bubbles that make it down to the sump can escape. It will also act as a holder for a future pH probe.

Thanx for watchin,
Jacob

 

[reefin'aggie]

May seem like I'm moving very slow with this thing...I just want to make completely sure that everything is exactly the way I want it before I start putting life in there.

Jacob

 

[fishymann]

just wondering, it seems like those LEDs are plenty bright, whats the reason for not keeping them?

 

[reefin'aggie]

Good question, I will probably keep them on there for a while until I get some brighter ones.

They are pretty bright, but a little too much on the blue side...I didn't have any white leds at the time I made the array.

I figure, if I want to change them, I might as well go with some higher end components while I'm at it.

Jacob

 

[fishymann]

cool, just wondering if we could get alink to wher you got them (if you remember)?

 

[reefin'aggie]

The LED array, I actually make them. I didn't have any white LEDs when I made this one so it is a little on the blue side.

Jacob

 

[reefin'aggie]

Oh, the LEDs themselves, I have a vendor account with BesthongKong. That's where I get most of the components for making LED arrays.

Jacob

 

[fishymann]

oh okay thanks, yea i figured you made them just wasnt sure where you were getting them from

 

[shouldabenacowboy]

You have caught my eye....following along

SBC

 

[fishymann]

I am NOT trying to hijack the thread, if you would like me to get rid of this post lemme know reefing. I emaile sunbeam asking for the KELVIN temperature of their WHITE and BLUE cold cathodes ...
"Dear Sir
Thanks for your mail.
The temperature of both white and blue tubes is about 60℃
Hope this info helps.

Best regards,
Derek"

60? Anyone wish to explain?

 

[reefin'aggie]

No that's ok, you guys can post whatever you like on this thread. Hmmm, did they say 60 degrees? Maybe they thought you were asking for the operating temperature and got Kelvin and Celcius mixed up.

One website I found had the white Hyperlight at 6500k so I would assume that the other white CCFLs are probably close to that.

Jacob

 

[TheChief]

wow the LEDs look sick

 

[fishymann]

yea i'm emailing them back right now trying to clarify that. If its 6500K then thatd be okay for a nano i would think. any updates reefin?

 

[skimmerman100]

tank is nice