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so when can we add sessile inverts.

alright everyone i have another question regarding the clean up crew Garret is having a really big sale on clean up crews and i was thinking about going up there and getting a 100 mexican red leg hermits at .69 cents each and and hundred Black Nassarius Snails at .39 cents each cause i need these for my big 265 gallon tank so if i do this can i count each one for the 69cents and 39 cents allowing me to have more than someone else just need some clarifaction on that thanks.

ok thanks mitchell cause a small clam would be awesome

so just one more question what are we lifting the price for exactly to be able to add nice clams or or a cool fish correct that might be a little more expensive

i am really interested in the salfin but dont make it to portland very often and he would be awesome in my 265 man i would like to have him

so just to clearify a clam is a sessile invery and a turbo snail is considered an invert correct. and i can go and and start adding a clean up crew up to $5 just want to make sure dont want to be breaking the rules. and im still stuck on what im going to do as for corals and fish. cause i would like to do both but i love the idea of a clam and i thought hard about sea horses but they are just so touchy from what i have read and heard. and also i hear they can be pretty pricy so.....(scratch)

yeah i have thought about it but the thing is... is that im trying to keep the integrity of the gumball machine if that makes any sense.. but im still scheming. but thanks for the idea and im afraid thats what i might have to do

yeah the heat sinks work awesom but im having problem with the water evaporation getting on the leds so im trying to figure out how to stop that so thats in the development right now

Well it was for sure my wife's idea I just came up with the design ideas and she helped build it i just hope it goes well if I would have used a square bowl it would have taken away the magnifying look but I didn't think it would have looked as cool

im not really sure what type of metal it is but i think im pretty safe but just to make sure im going to get an eye on it but for the most part it all seems to be doing fine no discoloration in the water but when the wife gets back from visiting family we will take it apart and spray the underneath part of the gumball machine other than that there really isnt any other place but thanks for the heads up on it.

thanks everyone it was a tuff but it was alot of fun and i hope u all enjoy it and that it works out in the end

thanks derbird just did it pretty painless actually haha

does anyone know how to make these pics to were they can be scene

does anyone know how to make these pics to were they can be scene without a photobucket account

Ok everyone here goes my first nano build idea ever starting from the beginning. I first was reading around online and saw that there was going to be a competition for a nano tank. So kinda of having an idea of what this was i did a little bit more reading and found out that you all were doing it in a gallon or less so this really struck my attention cause i thought hmmmm how hard could this be and i started reading the rules and thought ok this is going to be difficult for someone who first is some what new to the hobby and has never even did a nano tank. So i decided against for like a day and said what the heck sink or swim so i started reading all of your guys ideas and how you were saving lots of money at goodwill and what you were using just how you were making stuff work. So I thought for a couple days on what i could use to be orignal with just the little bit of time i had to come with an idea and how i could make it work. Wasnt coming up with anything at first but i had the great idea of a coffe pot how awesome if i could find a way to get a switch to regulate the heat to keep it a the desired temp and some lights on top and figure out a way to turn the back into a sump/filter and have the water trickle down from the top. But i decided i didnt have enough time so my wife finally asked me what i was doing so much research on and i told here and she gave me this great idea. [ATTACH]12912[/ATTACH] click here So I said ok what the heck so we started our search and found one on craigslist for $10 dollars so we headed out and picked it up. my next problem was how am i suppose to not only get lights in this thing how am i going to filter it cause it is pretty much point less if i have to take the lid off and put a hang on the back i wouldnt be keeping the orginal look. So we started scheming. first we gutted it and drilled a single hole in the back for the return and one down the bottom for the overflow. In this process i decided i was going to try and do a sump if im going to try i mine as well go all out so i decided to build a little acrylic box with a baffle in it so i could seperate the pump from the algae and sand believe me this was not easy considering that have to build it to were it fits underneath and still keeps me under the regulation of 1 gal. so after a few pain staking hours and redues and new designs i had my sump. then my next problem was lighting how do i achieve lighting under the lid and for the sump for the algae. so after a few messages with burningbaal and several calls to rapidled i had my plan. orignally i was going to run 2 royal blues and 1 cool white for the display and 1 cool white for the sump. but after a bad design flaw and breaking one of the leds i was forced to run 2 royal blues for the display and the cool white for my sump. So then came the sodering and believe me they need better Youtube videos cause trial and error was how i got it long story short, plugged it in and it worked. so we put it all together fill it full of water and low and behold it looked like crap.... Why you ask cause i never thought of it being round and full of water makes it look like a huge magniflying glass. So back to the drawing boards took it apart and painted the back half of it black so hopefully it wouldnt be as bad but also worked out nice cause it hit the return lines and the wiring for the lights. put it back together and still has the magniflying look to it but the way we have the rock and sand i think it looks pretty cool. We had some miss haps here and there but all in all not to bad. Also if there is one more thing i have to add on here all the desinging stuff for like the sump and wiring came from me but i have to give a huge amount of credit to my wife who put alot of thought and work into this in designing the overflow pipe to making a small filter sock to cut down on microbubbles she was awesome in helping me and i am very thankful and happy i have a wife that loves this hobby more than i do. so now here is some pics of the process i hope everyone enjoys and dont critize me to much. only the cool blues are working [ATTACH]12913[/ATTACH] my first time sodering [ATTACH]12914[/ATTACH] the bottom with sump and cool white led [ATTACH]12915[/ATTACH] and this is what it currently looks like now we are still figuring out how to take pics of it i promise we will get better. [ATTACH]12916[/ATTACH]

Ok everyone sorry i have been so secreative and not telling what my project was cause i wasnt really sure that it was going to work and believe me there has been alot of trial and errors to get were i am at the moment so first off i need to start a new list of what things have cost me cause i ended up not using everything i bought from rapid led so here was my orignal list. Tank $10 rubber hose $3 acrylic to build mini sump $8 pump $10.. i ended up only using 1 cool white and 3 of the single heat sinks. so now i have Tank $10 rubber hose $3 acrylic to build mini sump $8 pump $10 2 royal blues $7.00 1 cool white $4.50 driver $16.00 3 heat sinks $9.00 10" piece of 1/4 pvc or smaller i think just say $2 So my total is $59.50 I do now know if i will need a heater at this due to the fact that my house is not have A/C and my main big tank in the house adds to that fact so i was wondering if i could just factor in $15 in case i need to buy one around winter time please let me know thanks. I will start a new thread of the description of my build and see if i can figure out how to post pics on here.

ok everyone u will have to fill me in on what sessile invertebrates are cause i really have no clue tried looking it up online just a little lost on that and we are in the cycle part of the contest correct. and when can we add cuc again

Ok so i just got off the phone with rapidled and placed my order for my lights so hopefully ill have it by the end of the week.so what i got. 2 royal blues. $6.80 2 cool whites. $9.00 Mean Well LPC-35-700 constant current driver $16.00 5 single aluminum heat sinks. $15.00 my dad had some thermal grease out in the shop so didnt have to buy any so dont know what the value is on that.so i believe my total is up to 77.80 so hopefully i can get my tank here soon so i can see if i need a heater hopefully not. (scary)

Well I emailed rapidled and they said that it could work in theory but they know for sure that it will work if I use wood or metal to do it won't be that hard to make that. my new bowl should he be here next week so hopefully I can get it all put together so you all can see my secret I'm thinking my bowl that I had to replace it with is going to be larger than A gallon by a few ounces so if it is ok with everyone if I glue a piece of acrylic in the bottom to make it regulation size if that is ok cause I searched high and low for a replacement and this was the only thing that I could get that would make my tank keep it's original look

Hey bswe22 what info do i need to pm you this will be my first buy so kinda new to this whole thing. i read on brs about once the group buy starts on tuesday we can place our order right then and it will ship immadiately to us and we will be charged then or at the end of the group buy the following monday cause there is a couple things im wanting to get as well. thanks for your help

heres my problem my lid is round and not big enough for a 4" heatsink so can i glue a small piece of acrylic to the bottom of the lid and then use these for each indivdual one http://www.rapidled.com/single-led-heat-sink/ and not have to worry about it melting anything thanks for the help again

ok i really like that ill probably buy that thing my question is do u think i can tank off one of the moon lights and run to cool blue leds and use the fourth one for my sump to grow the algae. and also did you get the soderless led with that or no just not real familiar with all of the led stuff yet. and do i have to mount it to a heat sink or can i just glue it to the bottom of the lid im using it is metal. thanks for your help

what are you hooking your led to for power i see u dont have a power supply for it or u just going to use something around the house like a phone charger

looking for led for my tank. im able to put a rope but i cant have a hang off the back light. im needing something to help make corals grow. do you guys have any recomendations