krisko Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 My spec V has been up and running for 6 months. The live rock, sand and fish were transplanted from another tank a friend of mine lost interest in. My current setup: -Mini Jet 606 -2 panorama pro's magenta/blue and white/blue -One touch panorama controller (dusk to dawn and cloud cover simulation) - Eco Pico Live rock - 1 purple firefish - 1 hammer coral - 1 snowflake coral - Green rickys - GSP - snails and clean up crew I made a custom light mount that replicated the orginal stock light. I love the tank its so easy to maintain, I have been doing gallon water changes weekly and everything is thriving! My Rickys and Zoa's have tripled in size in the past month. I purchased them as tiny frags. I have coralline algae starting to grow on my back wall. I have some hitch hicker star fish that are spreading in my tank so far they haven’t touch my corals so I'm letting them stay. I have tiny feather dusters growing everywhere. The firefish would hide all day in the tank that I transplanted him from and for the past 3 years we hardly saw him, now he spends most of the day in the open. Here is the tank during the first couple weeks. Link to comment
Kirk_M Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Tell us how you made the custom light arm. Link to comment
krisko Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 That light fixture is a piece of raw steel I bought at Lowes I'm sure any home improvement store will have it, It was next to the rebar. They also have aluminum, I was doing a strength test and I don't think the aluminum would be able to hold the weight of the lights. I wish I could remember the dimensions of the piece I got I believe its 2 inch's wide not sure how thick. The size I found was almost identical to the stock light fixture. You bend the steel with your hands its not to hard if you have a long enough piece. Once I got my bend in I cut it down to size with a hand disc grinder that I had bought from walmart for $20 bucks. Don't forget to cut the groove out so it can attach to the back of the tank like the stock fixture. I drilled a hole right in the bend so I could run the wires through. Use the stock fixture as a template all your really doing is making the same thing but with a longer neck. Make sure you paint it, unless you like the rust look. http://s1227.photobucket.com/user/Kristopher_Larson/media/20140702_211112.jpg.html'> Link to comment
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