New 29 that view's Deep

[seareefrun]

I'll post photos of the set up if anyone want's to know how?
This photo was taken at bed time for the tank.

 

[bige]

Looks great!

 

[GR808]

how did you do that.. looks fantastic

 

[seareefrun]

This one was done with a 4" deep shadow box that fit's the back of the tank. It has a store bought background. The Items in the box need dusting around once a year with a can of air. Later I'll add some color like plants and colored stony corals that won't grow alge in the box

 

[GR808]

do you need substantial room in the back for the shadow box?

 

[bige]

That's pretty cool. I didn't even notice the shadow box until you said it was there. Good thinking.

 

[seareefrun]

The depth of the shadow box is only limited by how much room you have. Three inches is as close as you can get to have room for decorations and a CFL(50/50) to light up the box. I have used a 1&1/2" depth box with background photo only and still doubled the depth view. No light required for box this close.

 

[seareefrun]

End of week two from start up. Plant in refugium will fill no-ponding box in a month or so.

 

[seareefrun]

I moved this cold water pacfic coral from my main reef to My 29 mini. I've kept it for over a year now. I took it from a beach where there are no restrictions, it was rooted to the clam shell.

 

[seareefrun]

Here's a hitch hiker I noticed after 7 months of owning this shroom rock. I moved it from the main reef to the mini.

 

[seareefrun]

Week 4 and the coraline alge's starting to grow.

 

[Lynnmw1208]

Oh wow! that looks absolutely amazing!!! Do you have a thread anywhere on how you built this? I would love to see pictures of the actual shadowbox! I have seen these before in other threads on other forums and such but you don't see them very often! The depth that they give is unbelievable!! It totally looks like you took a picture of the ocean rather than your tank. Does the box have to be really deep or just a couple of inches?

 

[seareefrun]

Thanks, I used and always use a sheet of 1/4" plywood and a furing strip 1"X 3" minimum, the depth would be as much room that you have behind your aquarium and use plastic brackets to hang on back(this tank had enough room on the stand for the box to sit on). The light spectrum for the box is best lit with a 50/50 reef tube for salt tanks. They make any aquarium look bigger as long as the light(spectrum and lower wa

ttage as it's only lighting air), in the box matches the tank. Make shure you buy enough background to come back to the tank edge to cover the ends.

 

[skinz78]

Very cool concept!

 

[seareefrun]

I put this seahorse in from another tank yesterday and He seems to be well blended He likes the snake poylps( these are nocternal.

 

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I added a Purple Flame yesterday from another tank.