thebanker's Fluval Edge Reef

[thebanker]

Originally Posted by shackscs

I want to drill the bottom of mine too. How did you do this? I assumed the tanks were tempered or too thin.

Click the tag at the bottom of this thread that says "fluval edge" and find wlyon's thread. I took the liberty of tagging all the cool fluval edge threads I could find.

[shackscs]

Oh, I see. The tank is not drilled but he used the upper rim and the flow thru to the overflow box. nice! Easier than drilling the tank and I now have a way to make my sump to be built work.

[wlyon]

Originally Posted by shackscs

I want to drill the bottom of mine too. How did you do this? I assumed the tanks were tempered or too thin.

The glass on the tank is indeed tempered, however if you look at the top of the tank where the water line is, you will notice it is some type of plastic/acrylic material. I took a dremel and cut notches along the back of it much like a standard overflow and then glued on an acrylic overflow box to the back of it.

My build thread has all the pictures:http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2117048

[thebanker]

Tank is humming along. Added a large leather, and left it alone for 2 weeks with only an occasional top-off by my non-reef tanksitter. Looks good.

[St.Pete_Reefer]

AWESOME job with the lighting. I may have to get a tank like this and play around with some of my LED ideas.

[thebanker]

Thanks, it wasn't anything really special, just normal mods. It looks much yellower in real life, however...

[VGT]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2164078

LED Fixture FS for all you edge-nuts!

[thebanker]

Brought this goniopora from my tank at home, where the polyps were hardly out due to a cleaner shrimp, too much flow, and any number of reasons. Hopefully it does well in my little LPS lagoon of an Edge.

[thebanker]

Looking happier!

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Looks really happy in there

[thebanker]

... as long as I don't bump the desk...

And a quick FTS

[perkinelmer]

nice and simple

[St.Pete_Reefer]

Very cool!

[thebanker]

As I was cleaning the tank, somehow I bumped the light fixture too hard and knocked an LED in the water. I thought I got it out quickly enough until I noticed that it was flickering and emitting a burny smell.



Sorry SkullV!!


It's a good thing I have those extra cool white LED's!

[gemini aquarius(t)]

I say it all the time, but I am amazed at how healthy everything looks for such a simple tank. Good job

[thebanker]

Thanks Xavier!



I love looking through the top glass, it's the best part of this tank.

[thebanker]

My view from my work computer

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Happy euphyllia paradivisa


Happyish goniopora


Very happy euphyllia glabrescens torch coral, a sister colony to the one in gemini aquarius(t)'s 120g

[Nemos Boss]

nice lookin edge. have you considered adding a little heatsink and a few cree leds? plenty of room in the top.

[thebanker]

Originally Posted by Nemos Boss

nice lookin edge. have you considered adding a little heatsink and a few cree leds? plenty of room in the top.

Thanks.

I've certainly considered it. Truthfully I'm looking for something closer to a plug-n-play solution, since this tank is at work and I can't spend a lot of time tinkering with electrical stuff. Now if I can do it for cheap, I could maybe justify it - but every time I spec it out, it's almost $180.

What LED website do you have in mind?

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Did you use the magnifying glass for those pictures?

[Nemos Boss]

i dont know y when i type led group buy as one it comes out clay-boa... weird..

[thebanker]

RapidLED does have a 4 inch heatsink that would work, they didn't used to! I just need to make sure I really know what I'm doing before I buy a bunch of LED crap and attempt to solder it together. Something to look into. Nanotuners used to make a perfect fixture, but it was like $300... no thanks, I'll just get an AI nano for that price. Or I could just do that and be done with it. It's sorta silly for such a shallow tank though.



One thing I was thinking is retrofitting the ecoxotic ecopico light strips into the hood. Not sure if that can be done but it seems like it would work. I need to call ecoxotic and see if the strips will function without the metal fixture they are intended to be mounted on.

[thebanker]

Originally Posted by gemini aquarius(t)

Did you use the magnifying glass for those pictures?

No, actually that was just my cell phone camera!

[ST1Doppelganger]

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I went overkill with 2 inventronics drivers that have 6XML Cree cool whites 2 violet and 1 Red on one and then 6 Cree royal Blues on the other driver on a heat sink I cut to fit the hood. The hood is turned sideways and I have a second hood I'm waiting to cut to cover the pump. I made the mistake of running the light with no splash guard and moisture got to the LEDs and started rusting so when I was wiping off the LEDs a RB lens fell off but still works. I now have a piece of glass sealing it off and am waiting for my boss to place his order of LEDs so I can switch around the LEDs a bit. The plan is to clean up the wiring and to replace my red led with another violet as well as replacing the royal blue that is missing it's lens. Might also be adding two of the ocean whites that LED group buy sells which is a star that contains 1red 1turquoise and 1cyan for color pop. Yes I know this is overkill for a 6 gallon edge but will most likely upgrade to the larger edge and just use the fixture on that which will still be dimmed down.

[thebanker]

Thanks for sharing that, looks like it was a fun build! And yes, saltwater + metal + electricity = rust and problems.