robojet
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I finally broke down my frag tank. This was a standard 15g, where I cut the black acrylic back, routered the baffles, and put in glass dividers for the chambers. There are 4 chambers, with the 3rd chamber sized (but untried) for a Tunze DOC 9002. First chamber for overflow and media (floss, carbon, etc., which I have an egg crate tray for), a chamber to safely place a heater, the skimmer chamber (can be used for refugium instead of skimmer with rubble or cheato, etc.), and then the return pump chamber. Because of the small return chamber, you definitely need an ATO to maintain the water level as it is too difficult to keep up with. The tank is 12"x24", the back being 3"x24" and the main tank 9"x24". Without going back and trying to figure it out... I think this was running for about a year.
It has:
Maxijet 1200
Loc-line return
Cadlight T5 light fixture. This has 2 controls (1 for 2 bulbs, 1 for 4 bulbs). The 2 bulb part is NOT WORKING and I don't know why. I have been only using 4 bulbs, which is absolutely sufficient for the area being lit. The current bulbs are: 2-ATI Blue Plus, UVL AquaSun, GE 6500K. This is probably way too much light and needs to be adjusted. The bulbs should also be considered at the end of there life.
Also included: my remaining piece of white egg crate (14"x18") and a small mag-float.
NOTE: There are 2 notches cut in the black plastic top trim to allow for a Azoo 2 fan for cooling.
$100
It has:
Maxijet 1200
Loc-line return
Cadlight T5 light fixture. This has 2 controls (1 for 2 bulbs, 1 for 4 bulbs). The 2 bulb part is NOT WORKING and I don't know why. I have been only using 4 bulbs, which is absolutely sufficient for the area being lit. The current bulbs are: 2-ATI Blue Plus, UVL AquaSun, GE 6500K. This is probably way too much light and needs to be adjusted. The bulbs should also be considered at the end of there life.
Also included: my remaining piece of white egg crate (14"x18") and a small mag-float.
NOTE: There are 2 notches cut in the black plastic top trim to allow for a Azoo 2 fan for cooling.
$100
