What’s underneath your tank?

[bakbay]

New Years project here, too. Much better than the birds nest.

Nicely done - would love to see your birds nest to compare! ha

 

[bakbay]

Huh…I guess I probably should clean it out. Still have baby toys under there from playing with the octopus.

I dunno - those kid toys make pretty good fish feeders

 

[Johnd651]

Small tank = small stand = not to much space... but ato is under there... temp controllers, and storage

 

[ColorMeGone]

Small tank = small stand = not to much space... but ato is under there... temp controllers, and storage

I hear that!

 

[bakbay]

My smallest tank was a 60gal and with the "bigger is better" mentality in this hobby, I've missed out on some really cool pico tanks! Perhaps I should try a 5-10gal?

 

[mattroth54]

Nicely done - would love to see your birds nest to compare! ha

Thanks! I didn’t even think to take a before, but it was a wild mess.

 

[LiquidJack]

New "old" tank setup = Reefer 525XL

 

[Buckster]

I like what you've done with cleaning up the cords. When I installed everything, that was the first thing I did was to zip tie everything. It took a while but I'm glad I did. A lot of reefers have great looking under cabinet management. Great job for all that have gone the extra mile!

 

[bakbay]

I like what you've done with cleaning up the cords. When I installed everything, that was the first thing I did was to zip tie everything. It took a while but I'm glad I did. A lot of reefers have great looking under cabinet management. Great job for all that have gone the extra mile!

Some of us (ok, I) should earn a “Procrastinator” Badge?

 

[Mschmidt]

Some of us (ok, I) should earn a “Procrastinator” Badge?

@Daniel@R2R will get around to it. Eventually

 

[bakbay]

New "old" tank setup = Reefer 525XL

That's such a clean setup!!! I love the dual heaters, dosing, and cable management. The skimmer locker/drain is awesome! I need to do that on my DT but need to raise the skimmer up by 3 inches.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

im always impressed with people that have their cords and controllers incredibly neat. I bought a few 3d printed "holders" for my power supplies to be able to mount them to the wall (knotty pine basement wall). Its quite a mess and I am going to maybe clean it up this weekend.

 

[bakbay]

im always impressed with people that have their cords and controllers incredibly neat. I bought a few 3d printed "holders" for my power supplies to be able to mount them to the wall (knotty pine basement wall). Its quite a mess and I am going to maybe clean it up this weekend.

I'm lucky - my trusty son can 3D print whatever I need. What I would wish for -- wireless power! Nah... ok, the ability to change to shorter cables. Also, as for those power bricks, they're a pita! I saw someone DIY'ed a brick to consolidate cables but now you have a single point of failure.

Have fun this weekend!

 

[LiquidJack]

I like what you've done with cleaning up the cords. When I installed everything, that was the first thing I did was to zip tie everything. It took a while but I'm glad I did. A lot of reefers have great looking under cabinet management. Great job for all that have gone the extra mile!

Thank you, doing tanks many years ago I wanted to start this right and took my time (a little of a month) just making sure everything is good.

 

[LiquidJack]

im always impressed with people that have their cords and controllers incredibly neat. I bought a few 3d printed "holders" for my power supplies to be able to mount them to the wall (knotty pine basement wall). Its quite a mess and I am going to maybe clean it up this weekend.

hmm that's a good idea.

 

[ColorMeGone]

I got my doser and I got it under the tank. Had to switch things around but it's in and easy to take the bottles out to refill. Now I need to program the thing for dosing P04 and N03. Super cool app with many features to work with. Space is 17" w x 13 x 13. Tight. lol

 

[bakbay]

I got my doser and I got it under the tank. Had to switch things around but it's in and easy to take the bottles out to refill. Now I need to program the thing for dosing P04 and N03. Super cool app with many features to work with. Space is 17" w x 13 x 13. Tight. lol

Clean setup given such a tight space. I’m spoiled since I have a whole room to myself.

 

[rc8t6353]

My smallest tank was a 60gal and with the "bigger is better" mentality in this hobby, I've missed out on some really cool pico tanks! Perhaps I should try a 5-10gal?

I set up a little 10gal in my mancave with the goal of using my main tank to fill it with corals. So far it's going ok. It's definitely more challenging than the 90gal

 

[rc8t6353]

Some of us (ok, I) should earn a “Procrastinator” Badge?

I'd be in the running with you lol. Got a Hydros controller for Christmas and just got around to putting it on my tank last night. Absolute torture, but so worth it.

 

[rc8t6353]

I got my doser and I got it under the tank. Had to switch things around but it's in and easy to take the bottles out to refill. Now I need to program the thing for dosing P04 and N03. Super cool app with many features to work with. Space is 17" w x 13 x 13. Tight. lol

What doser is that?