Bonsai Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Heavily influenced by Calvin415's closet-tank build, I've decided to started my own. I'm using a closet located in my basement office that will be perfect for a tucked away, minimal upkeep frag tank. I have several colonies of Zoanthids and Palythoa in my BC29 in my living room, and my BC8 at work that are begging to be fragged This is a bit of an exciting venture for me, because it is my first tank to use a sump, and I was able to work out a deal with Advance Acrylic to have a custom frag tank built with the dimensions I needed. Current FTS - Jan 30th, 2010 After un-boxing the package, and dropping in a sheet of black eggcrate Frag tank and sump on a simple stand I made from Pine 1x4's (I wish I could hide the screws...) Top-down shot of the tank installed on the stand Link to comment
Anthonyjiz Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Wow that looks amazing! Keep it up buddy! Link to comment
ajmckay Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 This tank is going to rock. I like the dimensions and the tank itself looks nice. I wish the stickers would go on the side though... Link to comment
Bonsai Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Let there be light! 2x24W T5HO ... one ATI Aquablue, one ATI Blue+ Almost time for water Link to comment
Lawnman Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment
davidr2340 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 This is an amazing frag tank bro!!! NICE!!! Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Wow, that's really nice. Another awesome tank from Bonsai. Link to comment
Land0 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I bet that tank will be tempting to take outta the closet.. Link to comment
d'Espresso Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 lets get this tank now son! Link to comment
Bonsai Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Thanks for all the nice comments - I'm very excited about this project. The closet currently doesn't have doors, I never installed bi-fold doors when I built the closet three years ago because there is a pipe that prevents it from being 80" tall ... so it's only 76" tall ... which means I have to buy solid-core doors and chop them down to size. I bet that tank will be tempting to take outta the closet.. Indeed - but the reason the tank is in a closet in the first place is two-fold: Children and Cat. I have two little kids, so an open-top tank out in the middle of a room, especially with a sump, is a no-no. And second, I don't want my cat fishing zoa frags out of the tank for a fatal lunch. Stay tuned! Hopefully I can get these doors together, and once they're installed, it's time to add water and live rock (to the sump). Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 those lights are awful high, arent they? Link to comment
Bonsai Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 those lights are awful high, arent they? They're about 11" from what will be the water surface. They're hung though, so it's easy to make adjustments if needed once the system is running. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 oh okay..... i was just thinkin'.... "Why cant i hang my T5's that high?" nevermind then.. Link to comment
Bonsai Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Some colonies soon to be fragged for the new tank: Purple Death Palythoa Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoanthids Nuclear Green Palythoa Armor of God(ish) Palythoa Bam Bam Zoanthids Kedd's Red(ish) Zoanthids My Monster Zoa Rock Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 ^COOLEST. SHOT. EVAR! Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Nice! You'll have to keep an eye on detritus collecting below the black eggcrate though. Will you have LR in the sump? Link to comment
Bonsai Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Nice!You'll have to keep an eye on detritus collecting below the black eggcrate though. Will you have LR in the sump? I have a Koralia 1 in the frag tank, and I'll have LR in the sump Link to comment
Bonsai Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Quick update: this tank is now live and running. I've cut a dozen or so frags off the zoas previously listed in this thread - hopefully I'll get to snap some photos tonight. I borrowed my friend's Photo Box to experiment with. Stay tuned. Link to comment
DAHNIC561 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I like this tank...but you need an MP10 to match it's clean look...lol... Link to comment
Bonsai Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Photo Update FTS with Newly Added Mangroves Freshly Cut Frags Small Colony of Japanese Zoas Mother Colony of Bam Bams (bad coloration in this photo) Mother Colony of Fire & Ice Zoas Link to comment
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