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Sold the tank/stand/lights for $200.
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I was switching it on and off with a Sonoff smart switch. Still using that, But I sold the tank and lights a couple months ago, got a new tank that I've put a couple cheapish LED pendants off trademe over until I get around to DIYing something or getting a high end pendant. Or more likely I'll just stay with these for ages. Most of my plants didn't survive the move to the new tank and the severum kills anything I put in it.
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No. I don't know of any good locally available RO/DI, but there are many off Aliexpress and similar. Someone else will have to point you towards one.
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Ira started following Nosy As Overflow, Can I use tap water for my saltwater aquarium?, micro nutrients and and 6 others
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I've got a small hydroponic setup too. You can try to look it up information, but good luck wading through 10,000 results on how to grow weed.
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Be interesting to see what it looks like in another 25 weeks, about my normal maintenance interval on my filters.
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SHouldn't you reverse the order of the sponges and filter wool? THe filter wool would clog up in a day or two while the sponges would still be nice and clean?
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Cees...Hmmm...That name sounds vaguely familiar....:)
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What fish are in your tank? I'd probably go with something like a Jebao RW-4 and set it somewhere around the middle of the power range if I had fish that like a bit of current. But, I like my tanks to have heaps of current.
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I wouldn't worry about heat too much It probably will only cool a few degrees over a whole day, nothing to worry about. But you can throw some blankets over them if really worried. I'd be more worried about the filters. Probably give them a quick clean and drop the media in the tank would be the easiest to keep the media alive. Stir up the water every once ina while like livingart says.
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You also should probably have a small powerhead or two in the main tank for circulation in addition to the return pump.
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It's an HP DPS-460BB. I've used some arctic silver and a zip tie to the hot side, the sides of the psu that aren't covered by the heat sink are a lot cooler. Good thing I keep all this junk laying around.
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Wrapping it around a tube like that would seem to defeat one of the major advantages of the LEDs, that they're relatively directional so not much else needed to be done.
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Have you tried telling it to mind its own business?
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I had a thought just now while doing a water change. They do get pretty warm, which at the very least probably doesn't help the strips stick down. You could probably use something like a sheet of aluminium, stick the strips to that. They might stick better, and it will help by heat sinking them a bit. Then maybe space it from the lid a little with a few 5-10mm thick spacers for some airflow under it. I say you because I can't be bothered.