looks like it is coming along troy. pretty neat tank int eh end with the rock wall and middle rock "pile"

P.S. ur clown looks lonely, you shoudl get Jay's clown from him to pair up.

-Justin

Thanks Strong
That clown isn't mine. I am holding if for a friend, and using it to help cycle the tank.
I am holding off on fish intil I can talk to old lady in to letting me get a pair of snowflake clowns.

Well its been quite a while since I last updated this.  Wishing I had a nice DSLR camera to take some decent shoots, but here is what I have.   A few issues still hanging around.  Growth is on the very slow side, still can't figure out why, but it is growing.




















Everything is still frag size, like I said growth is very slow, but starting to come together.  The next thing I am wanting to do to this is get the AI LED light.  I am hoping the new light will give me more par and increase the growth.

Wow your tank looks great really like the rockwork

Another FTS, showing a little bit of growth.

That looks great!

Now, Makes me want to research on how to make rockwalls like yours. It looks really amazing! I bet it felt good when its all done.

What is funny, I like doing the build better then I like maintaining it. Once everything is done, I get board and start thinking what to do next.

Looks nice. Should look even better with the stand!

You wouldn't happen to still have the hood lieing around, would you?

Posted By Troy on 03/31/2011 02:50 PM
I get board and start thinking what to do next.

Sell it to me for next to nothing?

I think the only thing I would do different would be make the stand deeper. And the only reason is I wanted to put a CPR fug on the back and the way it is I don't have enough room. Other then that I think everything turned out really well.

Dude that is totally sweet!!!! Please tell me you're rocking LED's on this setup?

I plan to get one of the AI lights, but it just isn't in the budget just yet. Currently I am using a 150w Sunpod with a XM 20k bulb, I also replaced all the white LED on the sunpod with blue. Problem is that it still isn't enough blue for the morning or evening when the MH isn't on.

I wish I didn't haft to work the day of the tank tour. I so wanted to be on it, last time I was on the tour, I got a lot of great ideas. But maybe next year.

Its been a little while since I put anything in here. So figured I would wait till after MACNA and post some of my new stuff with some updated pic of the tank.

The main reason that I wanted to go to MACNA
AI Sol, got for the lower price, glad I waited a few extra months before purchasing this light
Its not completely installed yet, FYI the zip ties that are holding it up.



New Media Chamber by Intank.
Havent got this in use yet, still trying to work out the lighting stuff first.


Customer Collection Cup for the Tunze9002 by Intank.
I'm not sure exactly why, but I think this cup makes the skimmer work so much better.


I got a great deal on this CPR SR3, cause it was the display modle from CPR at MACNA.
Not sure why I needed it, but thought I would try it out and see how it compares to the Tunze

And now for some of the interesting shots.
  

  

  

I am loving the better attinic lighting with the AI compared to the 12-1w LEDs that the sunpod had.  

finally one of the fish that is on my list for this bio cube.
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It is the smallest fish that I have ever seen, and had to put it in a 1g tank intil it gets some size to it, before putting it in the main dispay.

Looking good, nice pick-ups! If you don't mind me asking, why did you decide to go with the sol instead of a sol nano?

Because I am going to upgrade to a bigger tank someday, and want to be able to use that light along with another one. I didn't want to haft to buy two new ones.
It is way over kill for my tank but my current highest setting on 50% for mid-day.

Ah-hah, that makes sense. I hope I didn't sound critical, I just wanted to know as I am planning out my own 29g BC and am hoping to be adding an AI fixture before long.

It didn't sound critical. I have got that question a lot since I bought that light. And if it wasn't for the future upgrade objective I would of got the AI SOL Nano.