Fish building/man cave build!

[dantimdad]

Sorry I haven’t been posting. I have been so busy and not at all happy with my 45 AIO nano reef. I am thinking about going with a little bit larger tank and a sump again.


My freshwater planted tanks continue to amaze me. I sell a 5 gallon bucket of plants every three weeks and trim out about that much between the two tanks.


I have been doing a ton of cnc and laser engraving and 3d printing.


I finished the drywall work in my wife’s office and she started painting it

 

[sfin52]

Sorry I haven’t been posting. I have been so busy and not at all happy with my 45 AIO nano reef. I am thinking about going with a little bit larger tank and a sump again.


My freshwater planted tanks continue to amaze me. I sell a 5 gallon bucket of plants every three weeks and trim out about that much between the two tanks.


I have been doing a ton of cnc and laser engraving and 3d printing.


I finished the drywall work in my wife’s office and she started painting it

You know pics or it never happens

 

[dantimdad]

You know pics or it never happens

I’ll have pics of the office this week. Here’s. The 12 foot tank.

 

[dantimdad]

Here’s a stand im building for a buddy.

 

[dantimdad]

These are some laser projects.

 

[dantimdad]

If anyone within 100 miles of Hartselle has a 60 cube or a rsr 450 just the tank at a decent price let me know.

 

[dantimdad]

Well scratch the above request for tanks. I am picking up a Red Sea E 260 max for free!

The front glass has a big chip, however, I just happen to have a piece of half inch glass that's 48"x30" that I am trying to talk an unnamed aquarium manufacturer into cutting down to 90x55cm for me.

I will pick the tank up tomorrow and, of course start modifying the heck out of it. I am going to see about cutting out the internal sump to allow more room and drilling the tank for a fijicube 800gph overflow I have laying around. I think my buddy has an RS sump out of an older model that will fit nicely and I can put in my curve 9 elite. (no kill like overkill!)

This will be a fun, slow build. I think I am going to start completely over with dry rock because I just can't seem to get rid of aiptasia or bristle worms completely.

I will probably use the kessil a360we I have and build some light bars to go with it on a custom 2020 light rack like the other two tanks.

For the stand, I believe I will rebuild the doors to look like the 5 foot tank it will be next too.

 

[dantimdad]

So I am going Sunday to get the free tank. However I am going to have to buy a pice of glass. No one wants to cut 1/2” including me. lol

 

[dantimdad]

Btw I am debating my choice in lighting. I may go with two AI 16 or possibly two Red Sea 50.

Given the space I have this is about as big as I’ll ever be able to get so whatever I do I am going to do it once. That’s why I’m taking my time this time around.

 

[dantimdad]

So I got the tank and stand today the stand is not useable. It’s what cause the tank to leak to begin with then it got a big chip in it causing me to need to get a new front glass.

I am going to cut out the partition for the internal filter, remove the Red Sea bulkhead mess and close up the holes.

Then I will drill for a Fijicube overflow.

The stand will be 3030 (I have one almost done anyway I will adjust the size)

Still deciding on lighting, flow and sump.

I already have risers, ato and ato container that I built under @Lowell Lemon guidance almost 5 years ago.

I may build a custom sump. Haven’t decided. My cnc will cut 24”x 16” so that would actually work and allow room for the topoff container

Hers some nasty before pics

 

[dantimdad]

If you were running a 36" hybrid fixture with an a360we and 4 T5 36" bulbs. What combination T5s would you run? I like a slightly blue appearance but nothing that looks cartoonish. I used to run Gieseman Megachrome 12000K MH with a little actinic VHO thrown in and liked it a lot.

 

[sfin52]

I really like the coral plus with blue plus

 

[sfin52]

I may have a video for you. Brb

 

[sfin52]

If you were running a 36" hybrid fixture with an a360we and 4 T5 36" bulbs. What combination T5s would you run? I like a slightly blue appearance but nothing that looks cartoonish. I used to run Gieseman Megachrome 12000K MH with a little actinic VHO thrown in and liked it a lot.

This may help.

 

[dantimdad]

This may help.

Ok so actinic and and ab special seems to be a good starting point

 

[dantimdad]

Next question: skip the kessil and just use 3x39 watt t5 or not?

The tank is 36x22x21.5 roughly.

I will be keeping mainly lps and softies but I have to have a monti cap and slimer

 

[sfin52]

Next question: skip the kessil and just use 3x39 watt t5 or not?

The tank is 36x22x21.5 roughly.

I will be keeping mainly lps and softies but I have to have a monti cap and slimer

I really like the saturation and you grow sps with t5.
The led really provides shimmer.

 

[dantimdad]

I really like the saturation and you grow sps with t5.
The led really provides shimmer.

I would definitely miss the shimmer