**Great effective low cost design**

No, its standard white plates.

It was 1st setup of that kind and it is still holding after few years!

But if i want make it again i would choose green plates ( for bathrooms ) and red plate ( fireproof ) for top, where the ballast is.

Setup is made of :

ORCA reflection material
A-Wing Defender Medium ( which is same reflection quality as avenger! , only half of price)
TT vents 150 - 405/520 m3 ( running on 1st gear only )
Carbon Filter 420m3 ( max. 630 )
Osram Plantastar 600w
1x big fan

For testing purposes i bought UV 36W T5 tubes with 30% UVA , 6% UVB, later on i did not find any differences under UV tubes, even with chemical analysis…i will get to this later.

Rest of the setup is homemade DRIP system with two really cheap pumps
2500l/h and circulation pump 1000l/h
2 valves,2 knees,1 T-plug , 1 fast plug to water hose

combination of 2 valves and fast plug enables you to

Drain water, fill tank with water, circulate water and regulate water flow.

Top looks like a wood shed, thats because i´ve tried many combinations and positions with diff. vents and reflectors :slight_smile:

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