subflex Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Hi all. Just doing a brief post up of my tank build shots about 6 months late . It'll be none too detailed or impressive, so dont get too excited. Just wanted to show it to everyone, especially those wo have helped guide me along the way. Cabinet under construction Finished interior of cabinnet Testing of DIY sump Final return plumbing and postioning of lights I'll stop here to see if its worked so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subflex Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 All seems ok so onwards. Cabinet after much struggling is moved inside. Now wrapped in aluminium composite panel and covered with pond liner A pic of the elecrtics and gear shoved into the end of the cabinet Sump and artic needle wheel skimmer finally get to see some action First day after filling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 The frame work holding the luminarcs is mint! but can you raise and lower it when you add new bulbs ect? I'm asking cause I might copy your idea Mine hang from the ceiling now but I'd like something like your setup instead on my new tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subflex Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Shot shows the actinics on and shows initial aquascaping (which has changed about a million times) The exciting 'first time with the halides on' day And this is where its is now Wasp may recognise these Some inhabitants Thats all for now, but just a quick thanks to: steve, Nick, Cookie, Wasp, Ben, Cracker and everyone else who has helped with advice, time frags and everything. Oh, tank is now 5 months along and is now seeing the hair algae receed and coraline biggining to take hold. Other higher forms orf algae like valonia and aiptasia are also now starting to grow, yeah :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subflex Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 The frame work holding the luminarcs is mint! but can you raise and lower it when you add new bulbs ect? I'm asking cause I might copy your idea Mine hang from the ceiling now but I'd like something like your setup instead on my new tank I cant lower the whole frame but I can drop the lights down by using long screws through the hole in the top of the reflectors. It was the easiest, most secure but cheap way I could figure to do things. Just a bit of aliminium angle really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 aWESOME, GREAT JOB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Wasp may recognise these Good to see, looking better than when you got them from me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subflex Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Thanks Ben. Shot anyone yet? Wasp, its amazing how they grow when they have room to breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 aWESOME, GREAT JOB ditto :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subflex Posted January 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Thanks Fay Soon I hope to be a person who can moan about the amount of time I have to spend scraping coraline algae of everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subflex Posted January 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Technical info (yawn): Laguna 6 return pump (using a 5 at the moment with the 6 being on the fritz) Laguna 4 on a closed loop hoked up to a 3/4" sea swirl 2x 6100 streams with a 7095 multicontroller 450 watts of heating hooked up to an aquamedic temp controller Artic needle wheel skimmer 2x 250 watt MH's, diamond reflectors, navra bulbs 1x 4', 1x 3' T8 actinics for supplimental lighting salinity: 1.025 ca: 450ppm mag: 1320'ish alk: 11.4dkh temp:25-28 deg nitrates:<5 ppm phosphates: 0 but I suspect they're in there nitrites: 0 Amonia:0 The reworking of the rocks into pillars along with the addition of the sea swirl has seen a great improvement in flow around the tank, with the fish and sps frags seeming much happier. Although it does look like an insane person did the aquascaping for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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