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captevo
03-09-2009, 12:49 PM
Hello, I'm new here, and very interested in getting this ATS going.
- Plastic Canvas
- Sylvania 3000K
- Freshwater tank with guppies.
It's been 24 hours, and nothing show yet. :)
Do you think it's ginna work with my mod?
Thanks.

captevo
03-09-2009, 12:52 PM
should the screen be submersed? completely?

kcress
03-09-2009, 01:03 PM
The water needs to cascade all the way down the screen. I would not use a screen that had holes thru it as you'd never get the water all the way down the screen. :shock:

Otherwise it looks okay. I would be concerned with that bulb overheating and failing soon though. You need some ventilation or the electronics in that CFL will, absolutely, soon fail .

captevo
03-09-2009, 01:21 PM
Thanks, kcress.
I thought about heating problem too, but the box is just a temp solution.

SantaMonica
03-09-2009, 01:46 PM
Looks like a good start. You could put a solid piece of plastic below the canvas, so the water stays flowing across it. Basically, when the water flow is turned off, the screen should be dry.

captevo
03-09-2009, 02:02 PM
Thanks for the tip.
Here's my attempt to fix the flow

SantaMonica
03-09-2009, 03:13 PM
Ok looks good. Now get some rough sandpaper (or a file) and really rough up the canvas. Put it in, and report back in one week :)

kcress
03-09-2009, 06:33 PM
Yep agreed, and your bulb should be ok now too.

captevo
04-02-2009, 02:51 PM
Hello, I just wanted to report back that it did work.
But I'm going to leave the Eclipse 12 the way it is; stock.
Now that i know it works, I can start on my 90gal I'm putting in.
Thank you for all your help and research in this awesome system.

I know I'll come back with questions when i do the 90 gal for sure. :)

worley
04-02-2009, 04:43 PM
Great, glad to hear it's going well, got any measurements or pics?

captevo
04-02-2009, 05:24 PM
Thanks, Worley.
Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to take the pix with the good pretty green algae on the screen because my hands were wet.
My ONLY suggestion for whoever want to do this is...
- "Rough it up with sandpaper" : This step is very important... at least to me. I could see it speed up the process greatly.