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    I would buy sheet acrylic, but I don't have a table saw to cut these guys. If I did, I would be making all sorts of stuff.

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    You can order acrylic already cut to size from tapplastics.com for a pretty reasonable price. They do a much better job cutting than US Plastic. You can make mods to the basic cuts with a Dremel, jig saw or drill, then just glue it together with weld-on 16 and you are good to go.

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    Still working on getting my LEDs together. Here is my UAS with a 15w CFL spotlight and 2 undersized air stones after about 2 weeks:


    It was more of a joke than anything but it is definitely going to be ready once I get the proper lights.
    Thread with my current build of UAS: Here
    150g seahorse system:
    75g seahorse DT
    25g deep sand bed fuge and cheato tumbler
    55g sump
    40g fuge for pod production

    Arduino based controller for dimmable LEDS and lights over fuges, heater/chiller, ATO and RO/DI production.
    Temps run between 70-73*F.

    Photos of the horses and DT:http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t...mbo/Seahorses/

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    Got a proper bubble wand and bigger air pump and have great coverage on the screen now. Unfortunately have to wait another week on LEDs as they sent me the wrong color...
    Thread with my current build of UAS: Here
    150g seahorse system:
    75g seahorse DT
    25g deep sand bed fuge and cheato tumbler
    55g sump
    40g fuge for pod production

    Arduino based controller for dimmable LEDS and lights over fuges, heater/chiller, ATO and RO/DI production.
    Temps run between 70-73*F.

    Photos of the horses and DT:http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t...mbo/Seahorses/

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    Here is my LED box build. 8 red and 2 blue, removable diffuser, some gasketing just because I had it. Just waiting on the power supply and then it's ready to go.



    Thread with my current build of UAS: Here
    150g seahorse system:
    75g seahorse DT
    25g deep sand bed fuge and cheato tumbler
    55g sump
    40g fuge for pod production

    Arduino based controller for dimmable LEDS and lights over fuges, heater/chiller, ATO and RO/DI production.
    Temps run between 70-73*F.

    Photos of the horses and DT:http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t...mbo/Seahorses/

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    Disco!

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    Got my LED power supply today...We be scrubbin'!




    Thread with my current build of UAS: Here
    150g seahorse system:
    75g seahorse DT
    25g deep sand bed fuge and cheato tumbler
    55g sump
    40g fuge for pod production

    Arduino based controller for dimmable LEDS and lights over fuges, heater/chiller, ATO and RO/DI production.
    Temps run between 70-73*F.

    Photos of the horses and DT:http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t...mbo/Seahorses/

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    Very nice

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    Because of the way I mounted my screen I need something to scrape against. Built a little table that fits snugly behind.



    Thread with my current build of UAS: Here
    150g seahorse system:
    75g seahorse DT
    25g deep sand bed fuge and cheato tumbler
    55g sump
    40g fuge for pod production

    Arduino based controller for dimmable LEDS and lights over fuges, heater/chiller, ATO and RO/DI production.
    Temps run between 70-73*F.

    Photos of the horses and DT:http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t...mbo/Seahorses/

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    Week 1 results after adding LEDs:

    Scrapped it down and I could feel rootyness bellow the slime. And then I flipped it over...


    A few patches of bright green on the back!

    So I think having had it 'priming' for a couple weeks with a CFL really helped it jump right to action once I got the LEDs. Area of the screen that is still white are due to the bubble wand shade at the bottom and the fact that there is a small area on the right that doesn't get much of the bubbles.

    I had been hesitant about the tank face growing algae but just giving a it a quick scrape twice a week is enough to combat it so far. I also removed my biopellets this week and I'm still running my skimmer for now. I figure I'll wait for the screen to hit full on green and the nuisance algae to clear up a bit before dialing it back and eventually off.

    Looking forward to what next week brings.
    Thread with my current build of UAS: Here
    150g seahorse system:
    75g seahorse DT
    25g deep sand bed fuge and cheato tumbler
    55g sump
    40g fuge for pod production

    Arduino based controller for dimmable LEDS and lights over fuges, heater/chiller, ATO and RO/DI production.
    Temps run between 70-73*F.

    Photos of the horses and DT:http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t...mbo/Seahorses/

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