love the setup You did a heck of a job on the canopy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYonPJjjF78

Quick vid taken by request, someone wanted to see some detail of the plumbing.

That's a very nice and simple design! How loud is the water falling from the overflow into the chamber, and from the outflow of the PVC into the sump?

the skimmer is louder than the overflow

you can only hear it if you get real close

totm potential. following. sick job man

nice build man

Great build sir thats a very clean looking tank. Anything new going on with it?

Hey guys thanks for checkin out my thread just been busy not much work done to the tank. Added the pj cardinal that I've had for about 4 years. Bought a red spotted blenny today. Reefcleaners hooked me up with about 2 million snails and some macro algae for a great price. Hopefully this week I'll pick up some coral! Enjoy the pics....

I like the fixture you built. When I first saw it I was wondering if it would balance on its own.

Wow, what a clean looking start to finish DIY. Now comes the fun part of stocking :-). Keep the updates coming.

clean as hell, love it..

Ok haven't done much with the tank but picked up a few frags yesterday. The orange ric and torch have been in there about a month. The rest were added yesterday so they're not all open.








(Yes its a seaclone, and Yes I know your opinion on seaclones)


(This macro bleached when I put it in. I thought it was done for, but check out the new growths)



Theres more zoas and a toadstool but they haven't opened yet. Hopefully soon.

Acrylic is the way to go, much clearer than glass. Nice update, seems like things are going well!

as always, I'm a sucker for rics.

Yeah that guy is about to split. I'm actually just holding it for a buddy.

I dont know what that is but its doing a killer job cleaning the powerhead.

I believe that's a stomatella snail. They are fantastic cleaners, and they look very cool!

Thanks for the Id. My toadstool is finally starting to open up. very slightly but its progress.

Very nice! l love clean tanks.

tagging along

I think you got some cheato in your powerhead

yeah dude cheato gets everywhere! its amazing that it made its way from the sump to the display and into the powerhead.

You mean the U.S. Border Patrol is guarding your display?

That makes sense now. I was wondering why the cheato was mowing my lawn.

I have probably read this thread 5 times and never commented...

Looking good! VERY CLEAN build! Can't wait to see your future additions.

that pj is fargin' huge!

Exactly! Next it will be attempting to hitch a ride to Home Depot.

Haha yeah, I've had him for almost 4 years now. The clown and damsel I bought with my first SW setup just died a few months ago, so hes the survivor.

love the new ric!
your tank is looking good

split already then!!!

Thanks guys hopefully soon I can pick up some more frags.

Hey nice looking worms, I have a couple as well. How long have you had them?

That cool how your scooter blenny is brown on the body but , has a red dosal fin... nice feather dusters

Thanks guys

I've had them just over a week, and the scooter is a great fish I'd recommend them to anyone. So much personality.

I will say this, MAN!!!! you did an OUSTANDING JOB on your tank. The DIY skimmer, loved it. And loved how you made your light and it's bright making your corals stand out.
I love your Rics, they arwe my most fav mushies. Seems like I am not lone on that.
Keep on the great work.

I have the Seaclone as well, whats the bad thing about them that most people don't like.
I have my hanging on the side of me tank (since i don't have a sump yet) and the worse thing i cannot stand about it, is that every time i stick my hand in the tank for whatever reason that is, i get bunch of tiny bubbles . Other than thati think it's an alright beginner skimmer.

Thanks man! Yeah the sea clones are hard to adjust so that they perform well and don't produce micro bubbles. Thats why they get a bad wrap. Because I use mine in the sump it dosent matter much, but using it as a hang on back can get to be a pain.

yeah it is a PAIN. Other than that, it's cool for the time being

Cool tank... A lot DIY man

Hey Steve - have not seen an update in a while... How goes it?

Need to add it to the list.

this tank is phenomenal! i wish i had the skills to DIY like you do! great work! and the artistic aquascape you have... so awesome! Definitely can't wait to see this one fill in! keep up the good work!!

Looks great. My next 2 tanks will be acrylic for sure. Love the tank. Love the scooter, the worm, and the rics.

Hey thanks for the interest guys. I just shot a quick vid for an update. Its uploading to youtube now so once its done I'll post.

The current tank stock is
fish
A pair of false percs
PJ cardinal
scooter blenny

coral
frogspawn 4 heads with a bunch of little sprouts coming from the stem
torch 2 heads but hasn't fully opened up in a while not sure why
galaxy coral
a few mushrooms
about 12 diff types of zoa and paly frags
2 rics one orange one green
neon green toadstool
3 gsp frags
yellow feather duster
And hair algae farm

I'm actually doing well with the hair algae its receding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ludi6Or5no

Hopefully youtube doesn't kill the video quality it was shot in hd

Awesome. I knew as soon as I heard that jingle that there was a dog in the room lol.

nice... video quality is good and the acrylic tank rocks!!
makes me want to re-think the whole glass tank thing

Love the video!

I did notice something that frightened me though... Your acrylic is bowing... A lot. The Center crossbar seems to be holding quite a bit of pressure on a relatively small area. Did you consider or have you heard of eurobracing?

I do not own a saltwater tank nor do i have a Acrylic tank so feel free to ignore my advice, i may well be ignorant. It just looked like there was a bunch of deflection in the sides of your tank and i thought i would point it out before it became a problem.

Your tank is gorgeous and i would hate for it to end up catastrophically failing.

Saw that too, even on the short sides, but figured its been up almost a year must just be normal behavior.

great vid, thanks for sharing.
I have nocticed you have a good amount of CUC. And after seeing a few other tanks with a good amount of CUC, i am thinking i need to add more to my tank