DIY Aqua Clear Filter Modifications

so i am a fan of the aqua clear filter models do to there large media compartment in the back and there clear housing.i know there are a few mods out there and i have some of my own.i am a coral junky so i thought what better thing to have than a filter is a filter that grows frags.check it out.

so here i found, in a thrift store again, a little 7 watt light that was atached to a fancy clip board.i wish i had pictures of that before i dismantels it.
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and here it is after i took a dremel and cut off all the excess and smoothed it out.removed some screws and uneccesary pieces as well as rewire the cords.
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then to cut out the soon to be hood of the filter.it so happens the word aqua clear is the plastic that need to be removed so i mark it up.
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and then the good old dremel is used to cut out the lighting area.
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never mind the CDs i like to rock out when i have projects.

i needed to have acces to the bulbs as they may need to be changed at some point so i went with some dollar store velcro stickers that i cut and fortified with better glue so that i can now be able to attach and remove the light at any given moment.
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then since i wanted the lights to be even cooler i decided to use one of the gonsen blue LED strips to give it some extra actinic power.the smaller strip fits perfectly surrounding the 7 watt bulb.
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i didnt like the bulb that had came with the lamp so i went to the animal house to see if they had a replacement and they happen to have a 50/50 7 watt bulb for me.i put this bad boy in and fired it up.it looks like its 20000 kelvin.
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NOT BAD...
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thats pretty cool, makes me want to look at that aquaclear1100, hmmm...

bring it by and lets see what we can do.i only need the top really.

put some rock in with some shrooms and away i go.gonna cut em up when i think they have adjusted to the lighting.
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