sim2142
Community Member
As much as i liked listening to gurgling while trying to sleep and having bright blue leds burn my retinas all day its now time to set up a new tank and keep it as far away from my bedroom as possible. This is my second tank and the only one i havent just randomly thrown rocks and fish into.
Found a Cade 900 because it was the only tank with an aluminium stand and i didnt want a repeat of the previous cabinet warping (imagine if reef companies used pressure treated wood instead of mdf, problem solved?). I also went with a 3 inch coral sand bottom as my previous tank was bare and i wanted something different which still allowed for high flow.
I decided to follow a theme and design my own aqua scape. I used a variety of rock plates glued together with coral cement to create a continuous shelving/plating style rock.
I used plastic grids on the glass under each of the two feet to raise it to the height of the sandbed and keep it supported.
I ended up replacing all the plumbing with 3 oversized vinyl tubes, i added a valve and used the second emergency drain to run a herbie style overflow which now made it near silent. Hopefully they can look nice for a while before getting coated with algae.
Couldnt really work out how to mount the light so i just looped its hangars over an Ecotech rail.
Now to painfully wait till it cycles.
Found a Cade 900 because it was the only tank with an aluminium stand and i didnt want a repeat of the previous cabinet warping (imagine if reef companies used pressure treated wood instead of mdf, problem solved?). I also went with a 3 inch coral sand bottom as my previous tank was bare and i wanted something different which still allowed for high flow.
I decided to follow a theme and design my own aqua scape. I used a variety of rock plates glued together with coral cement to create a continuous shelving/plating style rock.
I used plastic grids on the glass under each of the two feet to raise it to the height of the sandbed and keep it supported.
I ended up replacing all the plumbing with 3 oversized vinyl tubes, i added a valve and used the second emergency drain to run a herbie style overflow which now made it near silent. Hopefully they can look nice for a while before getting coated with algae.
Couldnt really work out how to mount the light so i just looped its hangars over an Ecotech rail.
Now to painfully wait till it cycles.
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