BioCube 8 with 54Watts

[Jasonf08]

I wish there was a place or website i could see the color difference. Ive seen the 10K vs the 14k & aggree with you the 14 is awsome. Chris @ nanotuners says he has been unable to get the 14K in the 70watt yet.

Looks like i need to save up some cash

 

[stealle]

I'd say get the 10000K. Then get a 14000K when it needs replaced.

 

[lbaskball45]

Hey question for ya, nice mod by the way. What did you do to that little guard on 1st chamber that is covering the lower intake? Did you take that out? And how did you get the water to flow from chamber 1 to 2? Because I know that they are all separate and the only wayt he water moves is by the top? Please let me know. I have a 14gal biocube.

 

[stealle]

I removed the lower tray/grate in chamber one. If you visit my thread over at nano-reef.com I have all the mods explained with more pictures...

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=101001

 

[sma11s101]

What is that that you have the fuge light stuck in? and is that just a regular old home depot light socket you got there?

 

[icepick5587]

lookin good

 

[stealle]

Again, my thread at nano-reef.com that I posted above goes into more detail about the mods. So anyone interested should check it out.

The box I used for the fuge light is just called a PVC access box. I got this one from lowes, but I've seen them at home depot and other places. They are usually grey and shaped a little different. I did some cutting so the light fixture would fit how I wanted it. I also used J.B. Weld to attached some plastic on the sides so I could use 1" velcro. I also painted it with some textured black paint so it would blend in with the back of the tank.

The light socket is a porcelain (ceramic) light socket. I found this on a spot light/utility light at lowes. It wasn't very expensive, but I kicked myself later when I found at another hardware store you can buy the porcelain light socket alone for a couple bucks. Oh well, the utility light had a cord attached so I didn't have to buy one of those.

 

[gmy]

SW Steve.....great start in regards to your BC8 tank and mods.

Question.....when you upgraded your fans did you encounter any problems connecting them to the circuit board? If so how did you make it work?

 

[stealle]

No problems. Piece of cake for the wiring. I cut the existing wires and spliced in the new fan wires. Not much to it. Just use some wire strippers, twist the wires together and cover witha wrie nut or some electrical tape. I had to do it that way because the silenx fans (highly recommend - totally silent) that I used have a three wire connection. The BC circuit board is made for a two prong connection. Since most computer fans come with three wire connection (the third wire is just for a computer to detect the RPM of the fan) you have to cut off the three wire conection. The third wire on the fan can just be loose... wrap it with a little electrical tape.

The tricky part of my fan upgrade mod was trying to replace the factory 50mm fans with larger 60mm fans.

 

[gmy]

Thanks for the info....... I'm just got some 50mm fans with very cfm ratings. Hey, did you know the third connection post (which is empty) is also live but I think the circuit board blocks all three from being used at the same time.