i now officially have no excuse for avoiding getting my tank up and running.
with some amazing help from my neighbor and some industrious college guys, we hauled the tank up the stairs today and plopped it on the stand. i cleaned it up as best i could with a wet rag to get it picture ready, and had a bit of a photoshoot. (this is probably the cleanest the tank will ever be)
next on my agenda is to skin the stand. instead of your standard stand with doors, my plan is to make the stand look like a sealed box when closed, but have the sides not permanently attached so i can remove any side at any time. i’ve already ordered the magnets to secure the plywood to the stand, but was waiting to get the wood until i had the tank setup so i could measure exactly. the skin will cover the base of the tank as well as the silicone. for the back panel i’ll be using some peg board to help with ventilation and attaching stuff.
i’ve ordered my pump as well as the loc-line fittings, so hopefully soon i’ll be able to finalize my plumbing. i’ve also ordered my profilux plus II ex controller, but mostly b/c i’ve been waiting for weeks in order to start programming against it. :]
now the fun begins.
Looking good. Congrats on the new tank.
Dude I love aphex twin. If you check out my youtube/corallite channel you will find that I use many aphex songs in my reef videos.
cool stuff man. i’m also hoping to make reef videos more common place with this setup (i have a Xacti 720p camcorder).
reefing is stuck in web 1.0 and i wanna do my part to help upgrade it, heh. :]
Looks awesome, kinda empty tho. I saw a salt water aquarium sto’ the other day and reminded me how hairy you are. Have you put pepper in it yet?
You’ve motivated me to do more with my own tank!