My tank thread

[Joe Fish]

Here is a collection of pics I recently have taken. Tell me what you think or what could use changing.

Xenia that is starting to open. Still early.

More Xenia

Cleaner shrimp

My homemade moonlighting

My starfish

Clowns

Fire Shrimp

Moonlight

Fuge

My camera didn't pick up the blue light very well. It's a lot brighter than it looks.


Sorry the sizes are so big. Comments welcome.

 

[Igor The Cat]

sorry i cant see any piks!

cheers

-Java

 

[FishGeek]

me either

 

[Joe Fish]

What do you see??? I see the pics.

How about now?

 

[Igor The Cat]

fixed thanks! BTW nice tank lol

cheers

-Java

 

[Igor The Cat]

but i think that our fire shrimp either has anti-gravitational power, or the pik is upside down...

cheers

-Java

 

[Joe Fish]

He likes it under that rock for some reason. My cleaner shrimp was the same way for a while. Now he out and about all the time.

 

[Lorna]

looking great! now a full tank shot?

 

[Katie217]

looks really good, i like the moonlights! also the starfish very pretty!

 

[Milo]

YEAH COME ON FULL TANK SHOT ..... PLEASE!

 

[Joe Fish]

I see why sometime the pics are becoming unavaiable. I currently use geocities to post my pics because my main hosting provider up and left. I only have a small amount of a transfer limit to use.

 

[Milo]

try photobucket.com they are free

 

[Igor The Cat]

i like imageshack.us

cheers

-Java

 

[Mushroomman]

Looks like its comming along great. Neat moonlight.

 

[Breene]

Hey where did you get the LEDs? And did you wire each of em up yourself? Do the ones you have come with a built in resister? They look like they may... they have a metal casing.

 

[fish outa wata]

dang it joe, I think that the gov't computer is blocking the pics. I'l have to wait till I get off of work. I use photobucket as well, super easy, just copy to the insert image and wallah!

 

[Joe Fish]

I bought the LEDs, resistors, and casings seperate. Yes, I did all the wiring myself. The site was Neon Lights at Oznium.com - underbody kits, LEDs, cathodes I think. It's a car effects place. It was only $13 including shipping.

 

[kevin4052002]

I like the tank, the fuge and moonlights especially. Nice work. *thumbsup2

 

[Breene]

What do you use to power your led strip? How did you rig it up? Im thinking of ripping the power supply out of my old computer sitting in the garage and using their ever so convient method they posted on the website haha. I was wondering if there is an easier way...

Nevermind... I think I will end up doing that but using some cold cathodes instead. I completley forgot about those from back in my nerd days. They should be perfect for moon lighting. I will only need 1 of the 5 four-pin molex connectors on my old psu and I can mount it all in my canopie im building. Im just worried about how bright they will be... I may have to find a way to dimm it a bit. Maby wrap a strip of white fabric from a tee shirt or something around it to make it look more moon-like. Thanks for pointing out the website though.

 

[Joe Fish]

I just used a 12v power adapter to something. First I soddered the resistors to the LEDs. Then I took speaker sized wires and soddered that on the other end of the resistors. I then took a wire nut and put all the wires together including the power of the adapter. Then did the same for the negative side. You can use a PC power supply just as easily, just more cumbersome. You have to jump the power supply so it will turn on though. I was going to take that route, but didn't know what I wanted to do with the power supply.