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Lanemck
12-16-2012, 08:12 PM
Howdy I just finished a weekend long project converting my reef octopus bio pellet reactor to a UAS with an estimated cylinder screen at 150 sq inches and 48 watts of LEDs (8 stunner strips: 4 magenta 3 magenta/blue and 1 blue white) powered by a tunze. I am hoping this will be enough light

Its up and running any comments / critiques would be appreciated

Thanks 3698

SantaMonica
12-16-2012, 09:26 PM
Welcome.

Screen?

Lanemck
12-17-2012, 08:14 AM
The Screen is the typical roughed up to prickly plastic cactus, knitting mesh, just formed to a cylinder via a form and super glue

SantaMonica
12-17-2012, 10:19 AM
Looking forward to the first 14 day growth.

Lanemck
12-17-2012, 10:32 AM
I am too, thanks!

Ace25
12-17-2012, 11:12 AM
Can't really critique it because I have never seen anyone make anything like it, but I hope for the best and really look forward to updates to see how good it works. :) Great job 'thinking outside the box' in more ways than one.

cdm2012
12-17-2012, 02:21 PM
That looks like a cool design Lanemck! I hope it works for ya. I have been in the process of working on a similar design but I'm using a cfl bulb. I will post my design in a new thread

Lanemck
12-17-2012, 06:06 PM
Thanks cdm and ace, i hope it will work, browning already starting and Sorry I 3704realized my pic was upside down

Lanemck
01-02-2013, 06:39 PM
3801 2 week photo

Floyd R Turbo
01-05-2013, 08:20 PM
Nice!

mess7777
01-16-2013, 12:46 PM
interesting idea.

Lanemck
01-17-2013, 01:50 PM
it worked really well; had some nice GHA growing this last week, it was a pain to unscrew the media reactor to get the screen out to clean ...so being the ever constant tinkerer I just purchased a Kessil H350 and have it sitting over the middle of a PM r30 sump with an acrylic mounted Horizontal screen fit over the refugium section with a vortech underneath it and 3 pumps of varying flow rates moving water to/from the return section ....with some serious flow and intense light I hope to over come the less effective horizontal scrubber concerns ... Ill uplaod some pics tonight

yanton
01-31-2013, 09:49 AM
hi, I think the phyto reactor approach is a brilliant one. if tinkered with, this could be a unit that could be packaged and work out of the box for any hobbyist.

i am hoping to get my own adaption made, using a phyto reactor, but with an outlet near the top, allowing fresh aquarium water to continually flow in. the air would be pumped in through an airstone, producing air rich fizzy water.