LED BC29(((New HD Video!)))

[patrickbush]

FTS 8/3/2011

FTS 3/9/11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBUUW2QbkE


Current FTS 2/15/10

Hardware: BC29 with 24 Cree LED's. 12CW and 12RB
In-Tank media rack with floss, carbon and GFO
Aqaticlife 115
MP10




Livestock:2 Orange Lined Cardinals
Bi-color Blenny
Oc. Clown
Green Chromis
Pistol/Spotted Goby Pair

Video 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwzI8-3sTXw
Video 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBUUW2QbkE

Vandals!

 

[patrickbush]

 

[ange062]

Cool lookin tank!!

 

[iFisch]

Amen to that! Can you tell us a little more about the tank? It's age, equipment, so on and so on?

 

[triggerfreak]

Got any pics of the actual led set up and info on how you did it and where you got the stuff.Wanting to go led in my 29 bio.

 

[Hextall]

Got any pics of the actual led set up and info on how you did it and where you got the stuff.Wanting to go led in my 29 bio.

I'm co-signing this petition.

 

[aquaenthusiast]

It's nice to see another tank from NC, your biocube looks great!

 

[patrickbush]

Cool lookin tank!!

Thanks!

Amen to that! Can you tell us a little more about the tank? It's age, equipment, so on and so on?

The tank has been setup for a year, prior to that it was set up for about 10 months then I moved.
Hardware: BC29 with 24 Cree LED's. 12CW and 12RB
In-Tank media rack with floss, carbon and GFO
Aqaticlife 115
MP10

Got any pics of the actual led set up and info on how you did it and where you got the stuff.Wanting to go led in my 29 bio.

I got all the led's from Nano-tuners, the heatsink is from heatsink usa, and all the wire etc is from Radioshack.

I'm co-signing this petition.

It's nice to see another tank from NC, your biocube looks great!

Thanks!

And here are some newer shots.
Enjoy!

 

[patrickbush]

 

[iFisch]

Nice looking fish - what variety is that?

 

[patrickbush]

Nice looking fish - what variety is that?

It is a green spotted puffer,and its normally sold as a brackish fish, but does well in marine. I'd call it cautiously reef safe.

 

[corpse_grinder0]

that tank is CLEAN!

 

[patrickbush]

that tank is CLEAN!

Thanks.
Thought this picture was cool, don't mind the dirty glass:lmao:

 

[patrickbush]

Some new pictures for December, it's almost been a year since the last move!

Enjoy!

 

[patrickbush]

Tank has changed a little bit., puffer is doing well, growth is great, scape has changed yet again. I love the biocube, but as everything grows out, I just don't have the footprint I need for the look I want. I'm thinking about upgrading.... I'll get some pics up if I scrape the glass today, its covered in coraline. I've been simplifying my set up, and in this spirit I did something I never thought I would do. I removed the skimmer. 7 fish in a BC29(one of them is a messy puffer) and no skimmer should equal excess nutes, but I haven't had any water problems at all, even when I missed water changes for 3 weeks. I'm quickly becoming convinced that the whole zeo thing is snake oil. Every additive is got to be 80% vinegar, at least that's what they all smell like, and my corals look so much better without it. I was dosing 6 things a day, and finally realized that I want this cube to relax me, not be more work. I thought I might have to kiss my sps goodbye and go all softy for simplicity's sake, but I decided to give it a try. I stopped carbon and zeo additive dosing, took the zeo lites off line and put a ball of cheato in the display. Corals looked great. Waited for the algea to show up, and it didn't. I then got the itch to not have to empty my skimer cup, and had been reading about alll the beneficial things that get taken out by the skimmer, like pod larvae, eggs, coraline spores etc. Pod population exploded, worms all over the place( little ones, not big predatory ones) coraline off the charts and my sps took off. I dose cal/alk manually now, but just need to finish building my doser and that will be automated. I can't remember the last time I tested anything, ( bad I know) but everything is doing quite well. And I still feed heavily, the puffer eats a lot, but its been over a month and no algae to speak of. Pics to follow.

 

[Brentley25]

Great pictures

 

[patrickbush]

Thanks!

 

[ExFOWLR]

I just put an mp10 on my BC29 and its kind of loud when at full flow. Is yours kind of loud at full flow? It almost seems like it needs a little more glass in between the two sides.

 

[patrickbush]

I just put an mp10 on my BC29 and its kind of loud when at full flow. Is yours kind of loud at full flow? It almost seems like it needs a little more glass in between the two sides.

It seems to be a common complaint with the mp10. Mine quieted down after it broke in, but was still a little loud. I added the spacer, but it kept coming disconnected, so I just live with it.

Yesterday was the last day of my spring break, so I decided to do something fun. Caught some Anoles in the yard and made a terrarium.

 

[patrickbush]

May FTS