Jgoal55
Active member
So.....per my usual, I am very slowly making my way back and beginning to piece together certain parts of my tank in the new house. Right now my canopy is being finished and I have a couple of questions...
1) I am going to go with some combo of LED's (not sure which yet) and T5 retrofit kits. I have always added Noctua brand fans to my canopies in the past. They are incredibly quiet and durable. I've always used the 120-140mm size that runs at 800 RPM's and 18.5dcb, but now they have a 200mm size that runs at 3000 RPM's and 40dcb. Which do you think I should use?
Personally, I'm of the opinion you can't ever have too much airflow, but I wonder if 40dcb will get on my nerves. In the day, while working in the office, I don't think it will, but since my office doubles as a movie room at night, I wonder if it will then. I guess I could always turn them off via the controller in that situation though.
2) The outside of the canopy will be stained. I'm wondering if I should paint inside with Kilz or perhaps a marine epoxy. Or maybe just a poly clear coat. Thoughts?
As always, thanks for the help!
1) I am going to go with some combo of LED's (not sure which yet) and T5 retrofit kits. I have always added Noctua brand fans to my canopies in the past. They are incredibly quiet and durable. I've always used the 120-140mm size that runs at 800 RPM's and 18.5dcb, but now they have a 200mm size that runs at 3000 RPM's and 40dcb. Which do you think I should use?
Personally, I'm of the opinion you can't ever have too much airflow, but I wonder if 40dcb will get on my nerves. In the day, while working in the office, I don't think it will, but since my office doubles as a movie room at night, I wonder if it will then. I guess I could always turn them off via the controller in that situation though.
2) The outside of the canopy will be stained. I'm wondering if I should paint inside with Kilz or perhaps a marine epoxy. Or maybe just a poly clear coat. Thoughts?
As always, thanks for the help!
