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    Crazy Algae Growth

    That's true. I keep forgetting about that. I guess the next step is to get rid of a few fish. :-(
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    Crazy Algae Growth

    Just checked phosphates and they are 0.
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    Crazy Algae Growth

    Right now I have 11 fish and a cleaner shrimp. The are all 3" long or smaller.
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    Crazy Algae Growth

    continued from the UAS thread. I use RO/DI water. I have 2 bulbs turn on at 10am (very dim). They get to full power at 11am. The other 4 turn on 11am (dim) and reach full power at 12am. The bank of 4 starts dimming at 6pm and are off at 7pm. The bank of 2 starts dimming at 7pm and are off at...
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    Water change refill without buckets

    NC2WA That is AWESOME!!! I would love an in-wall tank. I love the pipe pictures! IMG_0433a is my favorite!
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    Water change refill without buckets

    So true peppie!
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    Water change refill without buckets

    I think you are right, james734. I am stuck with buckets for sand sifting. I'm not sure how I will drain on non-sand sifting water changes.
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    Water change refill without buckets

    My wife doesn't like me carrying buckets through the house as I always seem to spill a little. So the first step to a happy wife was to plumb the water change tank in the garage to the sump. I put a couple of bulkhead fittings in the 20 gallon tank. Using 3/4" PVC I made a manifold then ran...
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    Tank leak help!!!

    Did you get the pm? I looked in the sent folder and there was nothing there.
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    Tank leak help!!!

    Sent you a PM .
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    Tank leak help!!!

    I mean an extra 60 gallon that you can borrow for as long as you need.
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    Tank leak help!!!

    I have a 60 gallon located in Renton if you need it.
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    DIY LED build machined from billet alluminum

    Lucky! I wish I had a garage big enough for a mill! I don't blame you about sticking with what you have and know. If I wasn't pressured to get out of the machinist's office I would still be using Mastercam.
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    DIY LED build machined from billet alluminum

    So far I'm happy with Bobcad. But, first a disclaimer. I'm not a machinist so don't take my opinion too seriously! :-). I make parts for fun. I was using Mastercam X5 at work. The machine shop manager was getting tired of me using his office so I bought Bobcad V25. Right now I am trying to get...
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    DIY LED build machined from billet alluminum

    Thanks eartaker! I'd like to put one more vice on that! This was the first part I used a roll tap. What time saver! No pecking anymore! The video in post #12 has the tapping at 1:34. 6-32 .6 deep with a .125 clearance hole .75 deep.
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    DIY LED build machined from billet alluminum

    I finished the top today. It turned out pretty nice. I have some other machining to do next weekend so it will be 2 weeks until I can finish the back side. I ran this pretty slow. The total time for the front was about 3 hours of machine time. I expect the back to be about 2 hours. Here's one...
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    DIY LED build machined from billet alluminum

    Got a few operations done tonight. Here's a video of some of the ops.
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    DIY LED build machined from billet alluminum

    Here's the video.
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    DIY LED build machined from billet alluminum

    I can put some videos up. I use a Doosan DNM500. Here's a link to a picture. It's a pretty good machine. Luckily the company I work for lets me use it for hobby projects. I couldn't afford one of these! Here's a link to a video of the top operations program. That's the next best thing to...
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    DIY LED build machined from billet alluminum

    I think so too TheKraken. Check out the third picture. The arced pattern of 4 holes on each LED location is for different size fans. We made a mock-up using 1, 12 LED PCBA and a CPU heat sink. It needed a fan to keep the temperature reasonable.
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