Novahobbies official 110g rebuild thread

novahobbies

novahobbies

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....makin' ME want to drive up to Texas now!!
Rae, you'll love SoFla. So many good pastries to eat. Our Cuban-American friends have MAD skillz with Guava.
Just ask Siptang. Hey bud....how were those guava turnovers that DIDN'T quite make it to my house last week???
 
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siptang

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I just slightly rebaked them last night and ate 3 of them. It was freaking amazing...
 
novahobbies

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Well I had a whirlwind weekend filled with food, family, and fat cells. But I did actually get something tank-related done. I glued a few LEDs to the first two aluminum c-bars. LEDs in order are: Red/UV/Green/Red per bar.
I've decided to wire these up and test the coral color and algae growth with JUST these colors. If necessary I can remove 1 red per bar, but I'd like to see how it looks first. I wired the first bar tonight, and hopefully will have time to wire the second bar tomorrow.
These bars will go in the front of the tank. I've decided to save a little and order 8 more UV leds, which will go on their own circuit and be placed on the rear bars behind the main fixture. With luck I should have all the R/G/U bars wired and in place tomorrow night.
 
rlablan

rlablan

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Sorry, Nova.
Food conversations tend to happen around me ;)
I'm hungry...
Good luck with your LEDs. I hope they look good!
 
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siptang

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Ahhh I see what you did there. Touché salesman. Touché.
We will compare notes little later rick.
Im redoing some of my leds next week. Gotta love rhe flexibility of diy.
 
rlablan

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I am, once again, hungry.
MMMMMmmmmmm Cheeseburgers..... *insert homer noise of drolling and day dreaming of food*.
 
novahobbies

novahobbies

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Huh. LEDs wired up, tested with a 3v system (worked) and then wired up to a driver....and nada. No light. No power. Will have to test the driver output tonight.
 
novahobbies

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Sip, you're right about those UV bulbs. I'ma need to order some grown-up UVs from rapid eventually. I think I got taken for a ride on the cheap chinese ones. They're so dim it's ridiculous.
 
rlablan

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Well I took a chance on the cheap chinese equipment and love it...
You took a chance... not so much. Well, you win some, you lose some. :-/
Now you know I guess?
Do the other lights work well enough? What is the significance of the UV bulbs? Do they help growth... like sun light? Or is it just an aesthetics thing?
 
novahobbies

novahobbies

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Rae, the main fixtures I use (2 units of the 120 watt Cheap Chinese LED whites/blues) work just fine, but there is an issue of colors fading out using just the blue and white. Growth is great, but the colors are lukewarm to me. Many people have been getting good results by adding a few different light spectra to the mix. Reds in the 660nm range are good for photosynthesis...but since they're so good for photosynthesis, they're also GREAT for algae production. The greens are more for color and have little use in photosynthesis. UV is also mostly for us, rather than for the coral specifically.
 
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siptang

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Uv in general is not a bright color. Lumens on bridgelux is specially low on this color because how much mili amp this sucker can take without blowing it.crees however takes alot more power thus pits out bit more but you would still need alot to show. I have 10 in my tank and it still barely shows.
Rae its both. Looks nice and spectrum color provided by sun. ;)
 
2quills

2quills

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The 420nm range I believe is also supposedly a key target zone for photosynthesis I thought.
Do you think the dimmness is perhaps just a result of the fact that they are so low on the visible light range to the naked eye?
Wondering how theyd look above the tank as they are now if they add any flourescense pop.
BTW, I can only come over to this thread now after I've already eaten meal lol.
 
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