Hey all,
I had a lakka break for six months, but the evenings are boring without a reef in the house, I do have a bit of adhd, and a tank helps keeps me pour some of my restlessness into.
My original idea for this tank, is not to buy any livestock from an lfs, all must be either tank bred, fragged, or locally caught, or maybe from another reefer. The tank is a bit small for large angels, which for me are reef keeping, however though I wanted a new build, which is easier to maintain also, so thought let me use what I have available. Also I am in two minds of getting butterflies, and also going planted with local macro's, the thing though is some of the flies can get big after a year or two. I might go and dump the flies in Sims or DudleyD's reefs if they get too big
Herewith the tank, which is 1200mm (l) x 600mm (w) x 450mm (h), I was painting a blue background.
I painted the stand with about 50 coats of hammerite, and then put pine cupboards on it. I had a big problen in the fact that the tank is 1200mm, and the sump is 1220mm, so the extra 20mm gave me a problem in the spacing for the covering.
Making my diy lighting unit, the lights sit about 60mm from the water, it is open top with euro bracing, but I have a problem with insects flying in at night.
Here is some of the wood I bought, I had a big problem with the pine being warped, any carpenters that saw how I got it to sit flush, would have a fit, basically anywhere it did not sit flush, I ground it down with an angle grinder, that took a minute, then I would sand it for another minute, only 2 minutes and it's sorted!!!!
I had a lakka break for six months, but the evenings are boring without a reef in the house, I do have a bit of adhd, and a tank helps keeps me pour some of my restlessness into.
My original idea for this tank, is not to buy any livestock from an lfs, all must be either tank bred, fragged, or locally caught, or maybe from another reefer. The tank is a bit small for large angels, which for me are reef keeping, however though I wanted a new build, which is easier to maintain also, so thought let me use what I have available. Also I am in two minds of getting butterflies, and also going planted with local macro's, the thing though is some of the flies can get big after a year or two. I might go and dump the flies in Sims or DudleyD's reefs if they get too big
Herewith the tank, which is 1200mm (l) x 600mm (w) x 450mm (h), I was painting a blue background.
I painted the stand with about 50 coats of hammerite, and then put pine cupboards on it. I had a big problen in the fact that the tank is 1200mm, and the sump is 1220mm, so the extra 20mm gave me a problem in the spacing for the covering.
Making my diy lighting unit, the lights sit about 60mm from the water, it is open top with euro bracing, but I have a problem with insects flying in at night.
Here is some of the wood I bought, I had a big problem with the pine being warped, any carpenters that saw how I got it to sit flush, would have a fit, basically anywhere it did not sit flush, I ground it down with an angle grinder, that took a minute, then I would sand it for another minute, only 2 minutes and it's sorted!!!!
