MPevine11's Fluval EDGE with maxspect G1 60w LED

[MPevine11]

STARTTED the tank 7/09/2010



Tank Size: 17x10x9 fluval edge
Filtration: aquaclear 10 with .5 oz chemi-pure
Lighting (currently): 4X10w Mr-11(2:00 Pm– 10:45Pm)
Lighting (soon): MaxSpect G1 60w LED
Temp Control: Fluval edge heater, keeps the tank at 76 when the room is 69 (air condtioner)
Water movement: MP10 ES (comming soon), for now Koralia 425 gph
Skimmer: No
Reactor: No
Coral: 4 Mushrooms, hammer. more to come with new lighting
Maintenance
Water Changes: 1.5 gallons on a weekly basis(saturday). I clean the glass every water change and clean the filter media.
Salt: Tropic Marin Pro-Reef. i mix to 1.026
Additives: nothing
Testing: all i really test in this tank is SG. everything seems fine when i notice something diffrent i test the rest
Feeding: frozen foods, and Formula Two pellet
Top off: Toping off evaporated water is done by hand daily.

Live stock:
1 ocellaris clownfish
1 small cleaner shrimp
3 blue leg bhermits

SOON:
Helfrichi firefish




I modded the HOOD to make it extend towards the middle of the tank, this way when i mount the maxspect LED in it will have much beter cover.i used 2 orange hoods, hinges, 1/2 inch bolts with nuts, and sand paper to do this.

cut with a PVC saw, and pointed pliers.
Credit to jbb_00 from nanoreef.com for the idea for this hood




Some current pics:
9/21/2010

FTS Old, i will update, this is from 8/2/2010
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy7/Racoon11/Picture006-1.jpg
the custom HOOD
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy7/Racoon11/1a2b014.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy7/Racoon11/1a2b016.jpg
hinged for easy feeding
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy7/Racoon11/1a2b015.jpg
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy7/Racoon11/1a2b008.jpg'
temporay lighting untill i get the maxspect G1 60w LED
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy7/Racoon11/1a2b012.jpg
How the Hood looks on, theres a gap because theres a cord under the hood temporally
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy7/Racoon11/1a2b003.jpg



Please check back, this will be updated when needed.

[wireefman]

Very nice, I too have an edge nano tank. I'm running a 60w led light pannel I got off amazon... No noame brand but all my pallys rics and scollys love it... I have 20 different pallys with 20 more coming next week. 10 sexy shrimp brittle star, and my only fish is the helfrichi as well... I'm going to be adding a canister filter modded as a cryptic fuge for addittional flow$ I currently have a via aqua 10 that does about 80 gph for flow, but I hate having powerheads in the tank... Ill post some pics once I get home.....

[MPevine11]

Very nice, I too have an edge nano tank. I'm running a 60w led light pannel I got off amazon... No noame brand but all my pallys rics and scollys love it... I have 20 different pallys with 20 more coming next week. 10 sexy shrimp brittle star, and my only fish is the helfrichi as well... I'm going to be adding a canister filter modded as a cryptic fuge for addittional flow$ I currently have a via aqua 10 that does about 80 gph for flow, but I hate having powerheads in the tank... Ill post some pics once I get home.....

i plan to add a sump eventually. but right now its on my TV stand and i dont want a sump/refugium in my TV stand.

how did you mount your LEDs?

[wireefman]

Wish I had a pic on my phone, but I used my dremmel and cut off the lights that came with the tank and just built a canopy around the outer edge of the EDGE, I used 1/8 in wood and framed the outer edges of the led pannel, so the light is allowed to penetrate the entire tank

[MPevine11]

i see, so no hood on your tank?

[wireefman]

Not the stock hood, but I do have a canopy using very light wood materials, ill be home in 2 days from my buisness trip and ill post a pic then. I also though about buying 2 shelving brackets and putting them above the tank and suspend the pannel, I just think a canopy finishes the tank, I didn't want to loose any light spread so the lights sit about 3" above the tank surface