RandomFactoid
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Hello UKAPS!
(Bloody) immigrant here! Last time I had a fish tank was back home in Europe..sometime around 2015
And finally the time has come...I've gathered my strength, some money, flowers, etc etc...and convinced my wife that WE (not me...WE) need a fish tank. Because...reasons.
Since water/gas/all other bills are through the roof atm, I decided to go second hand and got myself a 120L Aqua One tank with a 70L sump and a broken light. Some random extras (mostly marine related) also came with it as the person wanted to get rid of it all. Bargain.
There it is:
Managed to fill it up today to test for any leaks, start the pump and see how the sump functions. Conclusion is
1) Tank/sump don't leak!
2) The Durso overflow is noisy. We don't like noisy. Already ordered some bulkheads/pipes/valve for conversion to Herbie overflow. Successfully drilled another hole in the tank (first time success!) .
3) Fixed the light (found some burn out 1W LED chips) - it's still crap even after fixing. Feels weak. Looking at options to replace leds with either some high power led modules or just a higher power LED strip. I like the heatsink though. Plenty of DIY potential here. And..I promise...once I'm done with it, it will be SMART. Haven't yet decided how to boost it's intellect yet, but it'll most likely be something ESPHome or WLED...or perhaps Home Assistant based. We'll get to that.
That's it for now. Work in progress, but I thought I'd start documenting things step by step. Everything - trial and error, successes and failures
(Bloody) immigrant here! Last time I had a fish tank was back home in Europe..sometime around 2015
And finally the time has come...I've gathered my strength, some money, flowers, etc etc...and convinced my wife that WE (not me...WE) need a fish tank. Because...reasons.
Since water/gas/all other bills are through the roof atm, I decided to go second hand and got myself a 120L Aqua One tank with a 70L sump and a broken light. Some random extras (mostly marine related) also came with it as the person wanted to get rid of it all. Bargain.
There it is:
Managed to fill it up today to test for any leaks, start the pump and see how the sump functions. Conclusion is
1) Tank/sump don't leak!
2) The Durso overflow is noisy. We don't like noisy. Already ordered some bulkheads/pipes/valve for conversion to Herbie overflow. Successfully drilled another hole in the tank (first time success!) .
3) Fixed the light (found some burn out 1W LED chips) - it's still crap even after fixing. Feels weak. Looking at options to replace leds with either some high power led modules or just a higher power LED strip. I like the heatsink though. Plenty of DIY potential here. And..I promise...once I'm done with it, it will be SMART. Haven't yet decided how to boost it's intellect yet, but it'll most likely be something ESPHome or WLED...or perhaps Home Assistant based. We'll get to that.
That's it for now. Work in progress, but I thought I'd start documenting things step by step. Everything - trial and error, successes and failures
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