DIY LEd waterfall build for 75 mixed reef w/ marine plants...

[Devaji108]

just thought I would start a build thread.
my system is a RR 75 with 40br reef octopus skimmer mid light to bio-load but still stocking. up and running 7 months now. went on vacation cam back to GHA yuck

some pics b/c thread needs eye candy ...
tank before:

[Devaji108]

quick video of tank after GHA:

it has gotten worse

[Devaji108]

oops lets try again for the video:
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[Devaji108]

humm maybe site can't do video? how about a direct link to video then.;
http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_0001.mp4

[Devaji108]

ok back to the build.
tested my flow and was @ 400 GpH

a mock up of were my screen is going to go:

but decided to made all new pluming for the ATS...

for lights I am doing to Osram red on each side on screen that is 8 x 5"
my heat sinks:

got the led's on:

quick test to make sure they still work after attacking them to the heat sink:


wiring them up to a mean well LPC 35- 700

[Devaji108]

next i drilled to 4x4" pice of acrylic for the splash guard:


the trick is to start out small and slowly go bigger I used 4-6 drill bits getting these hole the size for my bolts.

the cover w/ the guard on :


as you can see the ligts are pretty small and streamed lined. I think they will look nice in my sump/fuge

[Devaji108]

ok now for the pluming.. i'll post pics when I get that part done. but I decided to go with the hole method instead of the cut b/c I did not have the tools to try it.
info come soon feedback and thoughts are very welcome as this is my 1st ATS build.

[Devaji108]

here is the link to a thread on here all about drilling the PVC instead on the cut.
http://algaescrubber.net/forums/show...tical-scrubber
cheers

[Devaji108]

here is a pic of the PVC pipe with the holes drilled in. there not 100% straight but I was thinking the loop along with the black garbage bag cover would help it out...

[Devaji108]

hummmmm....here is a quick video of my 1st test run I think the holes are to small as I was getting alot of spray so I added a bag. it's pretty noisy thinking about making bigger holes.
thoughts?
http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_0037.mp4