Hypertek's Shallow LPS Tank

Hypertek99 · Sep 5, 2008

Got this watermelon chalice in yesterday. I'll be adding it to this tank.

Here's another pic of the acan

rebelprettyboy · Sep 5, 2008

haha stand is looking nice! And nice Chalice. Im gonna have to grab me one of those as well when my tank gets set up

Hypertek99 · Sep 7, 2008

Well i'm working on the stand but it's coming along slowly as i don't have a table saw so i'm using a hack saw. Takes forever!!! Hahaha

Poseidon · Sep 7, 2008

Nice progress, it is fun to follow a build thread from the beginning. I may have a new build thread myself in a few months.

Saltysteele · Sep 7, 2008

Looks great, bro! Do a bunch of acans!! :D

Hypertek99 · Sep 7, 2008

Saltysteele said:
Looks great, bro! Do a bunch of acans!! :D

Definitely lots of acans, micros, chalice and favias.

Hypertek99 · Sep 11, 2008

Ok made 2 more sides. These are going on the bottom. I made them taller as i like my stand to be tall so i don't have to bend over to see my tank.

iani · Sep 11, 2008

Nice yellow and red acan. Very unique. What kind of watermelon chalice is that?

Hypertek99 · Sep 11, 2008

ianiwane said:
Nice yellow and red acan. Very unique. What kind of watermelon chalice is that?

That's a TEC's Watermelon Chalice

iani · Sep 11, 2008

Ahh, I thought so. Its a nice watermelon. I have a few frags of it myself.

Hypertek99 · Sep 11, 2008

ianiwane said:
Ahh, I thought so. Its a nice watermelon. I have a few frags of it myself.

Yep i love it. Where do you keep yours?? In high light or shade?? High or low flow??

iani · Sep 11, 2008

I keep mine in moderate light and flow. I got mine from TEC, it was when they first released it when they were doing larger frags.

Burks · Sep 13, 2008

Great start!

How much are the Super Nano's supposed to handle? I'm working on my 40g breeder right now and wasn't sure if I wanted one 700GPH overflow or two of the Super Nanos (only going to run MAYBE a 500GPH pump.....I'll get my flow from powerheads for SPS).

Hypertek99 · Sep 16, 2008

Well here is an updated shot. I ran out of screws but there will be a brace in the middle too. I'm going to finish it up with the front and sides and the front will have 2 doors on it. Maybe a drawer too?? Not sure yet. The top half is not done either will look like a built in canopy when i'm done then i'll be staining the whole thing cherry. It's slowly coming.

rebelprettyboy · Sep 16, 2008

Get her filled already!! I finally ordered my light fixture for my tank. Still gotta get the bulbs!

turbois300 · Sep 16, 2008

It's taken you this long to build that?????? You should have called me.... we could have done that in abou 15 min. tops. Hope to see more soon.

Hypertek99 · Sep 16, 2008

turbois300 said:
It's taken you this long to build that?????? You should have called me.... we could have done that in abou 15 min. tops. Hope to see more soon.

Haha That little bit didn't take long. I really haven't worked on the stand for like a week now. It's not even half way finished yet. You guys are probably thinking of a boring old stand i'm building. It's actually going to be like a cabinet. But i have to rethink the top as the vortechs are not going to fit on the sides they way i have it now.