jolson10450's new frag tank build

[jolson10450]

well i ordered my tank from great lakes aquariums (24x12x7) and it should be done by the end of the week, ordered the LEDS from Rapidled.com on Thursday and got them yesterday, Super fast service that is why i will continue to do business there!

got a little bored so decided to build the heat sinks up and wire everything together for the led, the 6x cool whites are running on a lpc-60-1050 meanwell to give them a little boost of speed and the 12x royal blues are running on a lpc-35-700 meanwell for visual pleasure. so 18 leds total over a 24x12x7" tank, i think it might be overkill but should look sweet.

i wired 2 ballasts in so now i can easily switch the whites off when people are over looking at frags. just need to do a little research as to where exactly to wire in the switch, i think it has to go before the meanwell so at 120v. i used 2 heatsinks 6"x6" and used some 3/4x1/2x1/16" angle to tie them together with a 3" gap in between. each heatsink will hold 9 leds, 3 cool white and 6 royal blues.

and now for the pictures:

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/boonesville/IMAG0033.jpg
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/boonesville/IMAG0034.jpg
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/boonesville/IMAG0035.jpg

without optics:
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/boonesville/IMAG0036.jpg

with optics:
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/boonesville/IMAG0037.jpg

[larryandlaura]

Sweet build so far! I love my GLA tank. Amazing build quality and service.

[jolson10450]

Sweet build so far! I love my GLA tank. Amazing build quality and service.

yeah i am excited to get it, sucks having the LEDS here and now i got to wait until the end of the week for the tank... worst part about it is i am going up north this weekend coming up so i wont even have time to set it up i dont think lol so it will have to wait until the weekend after

[larryandlaura]

Where are you going up north? I live in Houghton Lake!

[jolson10450]

about 10 minutes across the mackinaw bridge, its just north of st ignace so i am going a bit further than where you are lol

[larryandlaura]

Gotcha! Have fun!

[MizTanks]

Only 3 more hours and you'll be visiting the Miz here :) Nice build jolson and have fun!

[jolson10450]

Only 3 more hours and you'll be visiting the Miz here :) Nice build jolson and have fun!

lol yeah but now i think plans have changed and i will not be going but we'll see

[jolson10450]

picked up the new frag tank today, GLA did a great job on it, thicker glass than i thought so super sturdy! and i got the led fixture holder built up so tomorrow during the day i will be swapping out tanks and hopefully have some nice picture updates tomorrow afternoon!

[larryandlaura]

Awesome looking forward to the pics.

[jolson10450]

well i got the tank switched over and all the rock/heater etc.... and got the lights set up. fired up the lights and all was well for about 2 seconds... then the white LEDS turned off so i immediately unplugged them. after investigation i realized that the solder joint coming from the power supply had come unsoldered so i resoldered it back up but still no lights. after investigation when the wire came loose it sent a shock through the led string and burned them out so now i have to re-order 6 more xp-g LEDS. lucky it was the whtie string that only had 6 leds though instead of the blue which have 12. so now the tank is up and running but i only have royal blue lights to keep the coral happy for a few days until i get the new xp-g whites shipped in.

i have to say i love the tank thanks to greatlakesaquariums.com those guys did a fantastic job, it fit perfect for what i wanted! the stand for the light turned out good and the leds turned out good. i had to to where i could switch off the white leds so i can just put the blues on for viewing pleasure so that turned out good but now it is just the waiting game for the white leds to come in.

i tried to take a picture but the blue LEDS overpower the camera flash and i cant even get a decent shot of the tank so once i get the white leds up and going i will post a picture.

[larryandlaura]

Sorry to hear about you leds! I love my GLA tank so they will build my frag tank!

[jolson10450]

alright i just put the new LEDs on so hopefully they do not burn out this time but here is a picture:

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/boonesville/IMAG0054.jpg

[steve&mari]

Looking nice Justin:)

Big Steve

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[XSiVE]

nice frag tank ya got there Justin!

[larryandlaura]

Very nice Justin!

[jolson10450]

nice frag tank ya got there Justin!

Thanks Ryan!

been a long time man glad to see you back!

for those wondering about my lack of activity lately its the end of summer and i now have no girlfriend so i am trying to enjoy it as much as i can and am now back to the gym so that pretty much eats up most of my free time. i will try to be on more though upcoming but i will be busy up until the weekend after labor day so please excuse my delayed responses.

[larryandlaura]

Well enjoy it while you can!

[jolson10450]

Well enjoy it while you can!

thanks! i am trying lol just lacking upkeep on my tank currently but i know once it cools down it will be better