Good Luck!
With 8' height to play with, you could easily raise the shelf by nailing 2 side boards, then your intakes would be under the shelf, covering them with some dark screen should be fine, and it will act as a filter as well. Your set-up is so clean, it looks Pro!
Man your just coming up with a lot of good idea's. I could raise the shelf about 12" to 18" then I could use the extra space to stash my chiller and some supplies or what not. Then I could put a furnace filter over the intake. to block light and filter the air coming in. 
But it will all be worth it in the end.
80 GPH will work just fine, Ihave an adjustable 160 GPH max pump, and I have it on the slowest setting. I would just go to the pet store, if they have 1/2 tubbing that will work too for the in and out lines for the chiller, the chiller comes with hose clamps so don't worry about that all you need in tubing and the pump. I had to go to home depot fo the tubing and I already had the pump, what about the pump your system came with? Thanks for the rep, much appreciated, let me know if yo have any more thought on the chiller,
No, you need twice the size in as being pulled out when passive. Thats why I recommended taking off the weather stripping on the bottom of the door. Once you raise the shelf, it will be a non-factor as far as light.
Do you think a 3" hole would be enough of an intake for 2 160 cfm blowers exhausting? I've already cut a hole in my door and I'm prepared to cut a cpl more if I have to. As long as I save my cutouts it can be repaired and I'm good at stuff like that.
Dam It's like I'm starting from scratch all over again.
That's what I was just talking about with some help from a friend. I've got a 66 GPH pump but the chiller calls for an 80 -160 GPH pump. My friend thinks the 66 will be just fine considering that I'm working with a smaller res. What do you think.
I think it will work, it might run longer to cool it but like you said, small res, so it should be just fine. Mine flows pretty slow with the adjustment I have it on. I say go for it, save $15 or so.
Okay I gotcha thanks for the info.No, you need twice the size in as being pulled out when passive. Thats why I recommended taking off the weather stripping on the bottom of the door. Once you raise the shelf, it will be a non-factor as far as light.
Thanks josh420 I'm glad to have ya welcome aboard.
, or it could be a deficiancy from the light feeding? I believe it will all stop with more food, if it hasnt allready.
No I'm not having second thoughts about putting anything electrical down there. I just don't like the thought of all that light leaking out into my bedroom. I do realize that if I raise the shelf the amount of light will be lessened. After I close the door there is still about a 5" gap between the door and the shelf. I'm trying to be as stealthy as possible and I'm afraid my neighbor might see the glow at night and I'd rather not cover up my windows. The way I had it there is no light leaks at all except for the intake on the intake fan but that's minimal. Now that I have removed the the weather strip it's a lot brighter in there. I have a few more days to think about it before the chiller gets here. It's not totally off the drawing board yet.Now, about the shelf........ Move it UP! Its one of the easiest things to do to reduce your heat. 2 fans pulling air out the top, passive intakes (below the shelf to block light). Plus, it will guarentee you negative pressure, and no smell can escape the doorway, or any crack, it is all being pulled up and out. Plus, you are pulling fresh CO2 (air) right past the ladies 24/7.
Having second thoughts about putting anything electrical under the buckets though? But leave enough room to drop the res down there later when we convert to AERO! hehehe jk <<< maybe?
