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  1. M

    Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

    Mine is the old 8 channel controller as well.
  2. M

    Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

    I could use all 3 at a lower intensity. There won't be much wood left in the hood! It's being made from 2 layers of oak worktop bonded together - I'm already planning to rout slots for aluminium bars between the two layers before bonding to try and prevent any warping.
  3. M

    Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

    Ah ok that's useful to know. I'll see what they look like. Because I'm routing openings in the hood (solid oak worktop) I can't be changing my mind once I've done it!
  4. M

    Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

    I was going to use the 2 x ND tiles, and sell the colour one - As I think the 8 channel controller can only run 2 tiles anyway, and I'm certainly not in the market for another aquaray controller!
  5. M

    Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

    2 x 1500ND tiles and 1 x 1500Colour Plus tile, including all rails and suspension kits for £200 - result! :thumbup:
  6. M

    Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

    Thanks for the thoughts. They're going to drop into routed openings in a solid oak worktop lid that will be hinged at the back to simply lift out of the way of an open topped tank. Therefore the heat sinks will be completely open. So from a practical point of view between these or the...
  7. M

    Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

    So that's one vote for TMC Aquaray, and one vote for Twinstar... There is a saying in beekeeping: 'Ask 3 beekeepers a question and you will get 4 different answers...' I fear aquascaping is much the same! Anyone else with thoughts? I already have an aquaray controller (which are expensive)...
  8. M

    Aquaray Grobeam Tiles or Twinstar Light

    Trying to decide on lights for my new tank. 80 x 40 x 45 cm Will be going into a custom made oak hood, so no legs or hanging equipment required. Want something with plenty of capacity. Will use controller to fine tune levels. Want to grow a good carpet, so don’t want something that’s not...
  9. M

    Lighting Layout Query

    Unfortunately the tank is not wide enough to run the Grobeams parallel front to back.
  10. M

    Lighting Layout Query

    Yes they are to scale. The long landscape rectangle is the outline of the tank (80 x 40cm) The 'extra' rectangle on the back (upper edge of the tank on the diagrams) is the back box that will contain all the pipework. The hood is hinged to this, so that it sits horizontal (of course) in use...
  11. M

    Lighting Layout Query

    Cool, that's what I like to hear!! You do say twinstar though, so I'm guessing that when you say 60cm you actually mean a 60cm light. The Grobeams are labelled as 600, but I assume they mean ideal for a 600mm tank, as the units themselves are only 47cm long. But I'm looking at the light...
  12. M

    Lighting Layout Query

    Advice sought on lighting layout. New 80 x 40 cm base tank. Aquaray 600 Grobeam Duo which I am happy provide enough light for the volume of the tank. However I am having a little dilemma regarding layout within the oak hood I am making. The Grobeams are a fair bit shorter than the length of...
  13. M

    Help! - Am I getting my lighting Maths correct?

    Thanks for the info Marcel. The image you attach was the one I was using in my original post! ;)
  14. M

    Help! - Am I getting my lighting Maths correct?

    Thanks for the reply. Not sure what that's telling me?! Lighting seems to be a confusing area! If the tank in post 7 used 1 light and achieved a reading of 35 at 40cm above the substrate, then with 2 I should get around 70 yes? This seems to tie in with the calculator above.
  15. M

    Help! - Am I getting my lighting Maths correct?

    Trying to work out if I am purchasing enough light for my new 80 x 40 x 45 cm planted tank. Will be well planted and will want to get good carpeting on the bottom with CO2 injection via an inline diffuser. Am purchasing an Aquaray Grobeam 600 Duo (2 bars, 10 LED's) as I already have the...
  16. M

    How many Aquaray 400 Mini Tiles should I use?

    Have been running a Fluval edge with an Aquaray 400 mini tile for some time now. I already have the older Aquaray 8 channel controller with dimming and storm function. Am about to build a new open planted tank with all the hardware hidden in Oak boarding and glass lilly pipes. I will build an...
  17. M

    Wrestling with an Arcadia Luminaire with some crazy wiring.

    Phew... what an afternoon I've just had. Have ended up having to completely disassemble a 5foot arcadia luminaire. I'll explain: I took the offer of the 4 x T5 Arcadia 5 foot luminaire from Jim at TGM since he was off-loading them due to a lighting changeover. I assumed it would be the same...
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