Low vision build

[Bruttall]

Love the concept, and that your doing this to include your kid. Kudo's Sir! I like how you are arranging your scape. I struggle with epoxy also, gel super glue works ok, but sometimes it helps if I grab my 4inch grinder w/masonary wheel and surface the seams a little, give the glue more area to grab onto.

Poor Kitty, lol. I have 3. They are into and on top of everything. Only 1 ever fell into a tank though, so far.....

Congrats!! on Number 3? Think I counted 3!!

 

[fishmandan]

Love the concept, and that your doing this to include your kid. Kudo's Sir! I like how you are arranging your scape. I struggle with epoxy also, gel super glue works ok, but sometimes it helps if I grab my 4inch grinder w/masonary wheel and surface the seams a little, give the glue more area to grab onto.

Poor Kitty, lol. I have 3. They are into and on top of everything. Only 1 ever fell into a tank though, so far.....

Congrats!! on Number 3? Think I counted 3!!

Thank you! This has been a fun journey with Shep! We do in fact have 3. The littlest just turned one a few days ago.
Angle grinder is a great idea! I considered acrylic rods and drilling, but just went with epoxy and glue.

 

[fishmandan]

I’ll do a big update this coming week. Dropping a few shots from the tank while the construction continues around it.

 

[fishmandan]

Well construction is complete! Make a wish built a reef themed therapy room around Shep’s reef tank.
The tank itself is running pretty smoothly. Stocking currently is 9 chrysiptera damsels, 1 purple tang(who might me getting kicked out), 3 red firefish, 1 Bangai cardinal (plan to get more once they are available locally), 1 green goby, and a large cuc.
I’m still working out how to word what we have experienced with Shep using the tank for vision therapy but what I can say is that he loves it! When he is in the therapy room his eyes are always on the tank.

 

[fishmandan]

A pair of squareback anthias and a majestic Foxface added to the tank. Everything is growing nicely and the tank is in a happy spot. Our hair algae issue has resolved and I’ll be dividing up some of the soft corals soon. It still amuses me that the kids love the fish and inverts the most. They completely ignore the corals but that’s ok.

 

[fishmandan]

It’s been a minute on an update and life has sort of matched the chaos on a reef. Photos aren’t from our tank but from the Chattanooga aquarium.

Shep’s low vision reef is running well. We are at a point where we are just enjoying the tank. Maintenance is slowing down and no plans to add anything new for awhile. We are just happy to enjoy our slice of the reef.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

It’s been a minute on an update and life has sort of matched the chaos on a reef. Photos aren’t from our tank but from the Chattanooga aquarium.

Shep’s low vision reef is running well. We are at a point where we are just enjoying the tank. Maintenance is slowing down and no plans to add anything new for awhile. We are just happy to enjoy our slice of the reef.

I love the chatt aquarium, been a hot minute since I've been there, though. I always liked how they had a salt water exhibit and a fresh water one.

 

[MnFish1]

It’s been a minute on an update and life has sort of matched the chaos on a reef. Photos aren’t from our tank but from the Chattanooga aquarium.

Shep’s low vision reef is running well. We are at a point where we are just enjoying the tank. Maintenance is slowing down and no plans to add anything new for awhile. We are just happy to enjoy our slice of the reef.

Can you send a picture of your tank? Glad its working well

 

[fishmandan]

Sorry it’s been a minute, life has been running 100mph lately. Shep’s Reef is running smoothly and the kids are loving it. This is our family happy spot.

 

[fishmandan]

It’s been a minute since I posted. Just needed a break from forums and social media. Posting a few photos and hopefully a longer update in the next few days.