Thanks.

I have a 250 Watt MH 20K radium light on it. Seems to have really good growth on the coral!

Awesome tank

WELL I WENT RIMLESS!







I like the look better!

now i really want to do that to my tank.

looks good bro

Ya it's hard to justify to do! I had too




HEYY Glenn!! Thanks

Told you the hardest part convincing yourself to doing it. Maybe we can start a trend. Nice work.



did you make the light yourself?

I made the metal legs for it.

But the light is a 20K SE Radium, Reflector is a Lumen max Elite, and Ballast is a 250 watt galaxy

I really need to keep up on my water changes and show my tank some more love... But so far two water changes in two weeks... hahaha... I was slacking for a bit..

I'm really loving the rimless look to my tank now!

Darn you guys, your gonna make me do it aren't ya lol
Looks good!

Wow, that's a nice look. Do you have a glass cover to keep fish from jumping out?

DO ITT! It's the "Cool Thing" to do!



I use a clear netting over my tank

few shots

It looks good Andy.

Thanks Jason! Now get yours rolling!!! I wanna see it pronto!

That is a nice acan.
What are these? Name I mean?

Sweet tank BTW.

any way you can do a step by step direction on how to remove the rim? can it be done to a tank with water in it?

There are directions around nao tank thread somewhere... let me know if u still need help tho

My clown fish decided he wanted to go shoe surfing on my shoe last night... I found him this morning as I was going to put my shoe on... Unfortanetly he didn't make it.

That's too bad. Poor guy.

His other friend has been looking around for him I bet...

NEED HELP GUYS!!!


Alright so the red turd algae is getting out of hand so I'm going to rip off all of my coral off the rocks and then clean all of the rocks... Luckly most of the coral came off real nice and is sitting on the sand bed right now. So now I need to figure out how to clean this rock. This is how I'm thinking of going about cleaning the rock.. Correct me if I should do something different.



1:soak all of the the live rock with 50/50 Bleach and water for 2 days.
2:rinse with water and let sit in a bucket full of fresh water for 2 days.
3:Add 2lb box of baking soda per 15 gallons of fresh water.
4:Rinse off with fresh water again and let soak for 1 day.
5:dry out in the sun for 3-4 days.



After all the fun stuff I think I will need to let the rock cycle again since I do not want to re- cycle my tank with corals in it. So I'm going to put the live rock in a bucket with salt and pure water and let sit for about a month with a power head running.

Should this work out guys????

I know it's a lot of work but my tank is getting out of hand with the nasty alage and I want to start with fresh clean live rock.

Well right now I took all of the rock out of my tank... All the coral is laying on the sand bed.

I used muratic acid to clean the rock very good. I'm also going to get new sand for the bottom.

Should I take out my old sand or just cover it with the new sand? The old sand it pretty nasty looking.

I would seriously consider replacing your sand. Or give it a big rinse. When my BC29 was torn down the amount of #### in my sand was disturbing. IF I did another nano I would change the sand every year. I tried vacuuming but it is so hard to do with a small tank.

Ya that sand in my tank is nasty!

Here are some pics..

Seems like when I upload pics onto photobucket the color doesn't look as good.... weird??



The acans always look better in person

My tank is under construction!! All the rock is out of the tank right now due too large amount of red turf algae.. I'm going to replace the sand not sure if I'm going to do white or black yet? Also I'm thinking of a very clean rock scape with minimal rock work. Also I have new RO/DI filters coming tomorrow! My tank is in need of 100% pure water! A big water change is def on call for!

Anyone know of any tank that have a nice minimal, clean, rock aquascape?

Links would be great

Having brand new RO/DI filters is very nice... Feels like I have some weight of my shoulders now. I'm going to do a 5 gallon water change today and do another 5 gallon water change maybe tomorrow or this weekend, just so I can get my tank water nice and pure as it can be. I have been slacking on the water changes for about 4 months now and it shows in my tank. But it's time to get back to them!

I can't really tell - did you use the "official" hanging kit (not the arms, but the wires) to hang the light from your hook? Or did you do something else?

Also where did you connect the brackets? It looks like you connected one of the arm brackets to the top of your tank? Is this right? If so, how does it support the weight of the heavy light?

The wires I bought from home depot. It's just thin steel cables and you will need to get some crimps. i ran the steel cables thru my light and thats how they hang.

The arms for the light are held with brackets behind my stand.

I can get you some better pictures of this.. if u want?

Well here is my new constructed tank! before and after pic!

Before


After

Looking Very Good!
I to am thinking of making the jump to black sand in my RSM!

I really like how it makes the color of the corals jump out more.

Hopefully it will stay clean

nice job man. I say you have a great looking tank and keep up the good work. Oh, what kind of dish did you use on the refugium light fixture.

Thank nanocube boy. I used a cake pan that we never use in the kitchen any more.. Works great!

does anyone find it hard to take good pics using a 20K bulb?

Here are a few more pics.

Nice... I idea! What kind of bedding you use for the tank? It doesn't look like sand.

Click to view attachment

Here are some new photo. They are taken underwater too.

Peach Ric


This chalace has been making its way back to life!


zoos, duncan, gsp, gorgonia



cool looking brain





Nanocube boy- two bags of this
http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/prod...mp;pcatid=21432

Some more photos!







MY FAVORITE

I just LOVE that doggie pic... and I love your pup!

We should have a photo contest with pics of other other pets enjoying our tanks!

I love the last pic with your dog !!

Good Idea! THat would be funny



Thanks! Everyone loves the pic.. I wish it was better quality tho..(took it with the iphone)

Ando I just wanted to say you caused me to derim my tank.............. and thank you very much, they look so pimp without the rim appreciate it man.

The rimless looks soo much better in my own opinion! Wouldn't u agree?

and you're welcome Fletch

yeah dude for sure if anyone gets a non stock light for any biocube cut the rim off for sure its easy, hardest part is getting the silicone off imo.

Well I have a new phoenix 14k bulb coming in the next few days and the jbj ato. I think the 20k radium has a little too much blue to it.

Here is a pic of one of my acans. I love this thing!



NOt sure what the deal is with my sps. Most of my sps have died this milli looks like it has some life in it.. What do you guys think?

I'm due for some new pics...I'll get some up within the next few days

how did you take the photos underwater...?

I read through the entire thread...Good job!

Quick Question, why did you get rid of the T5 Lighting and choose MH instead?

Also do you have much evaporation with the MHs? Did you setup an overflow for the evaporation?