SpencerShepard Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hopefully this will answer some of your questions: Xbox Aquarium The tank was just put together this week. I've had the coral background in another aquarium for several weeks as well as running the canister filter on that same system. My maintenance schedule is detailed in the write up on our site. As far as cords it's just the 3 you see in the picture. The Xbox power cord powers the lighting, and the black cables are actually hoses for the filtration. Link to comment
rbaby Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 That is intense..and awesome!! Link to comment
21093r53 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 hard as shi^! nice work! Link to comment
brandon429 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 the coralline looks absolutely real! how about topoff, how often is it and how much fw are you adding to keep salinity? Link to comment
mmcguffi Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 even just considering the tank itself (minus the xbox shell) this thing definitely deserves at least a TOTM nomination look at that second picture Link to comment
Hoosierfan Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I need one of these. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 with fish? really? ...I wish you luck with this, its going to be one heck of a challenge to keep this running Link to comment
Ezsharkman Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 ohh snap! this just gave me an idea im taking apart my iphone right now and gonna make a tank out of that 1 Link to comment
surgicalsense Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 ohh snap!this just gave me an idea im taking apart my iphone right now and gonna make a tank out of that Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I want un-color corrected, if not UN-SHOP'd pic's.... I don't believe this, yet. sorry. Link to comment
siwelk Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Neat. But will it let me usher in a new era of headshot pwnage? No. Link to comment
Ezsharkman Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I just finished my build i soaked the phone in my other tank for a month and bam! all kidding aside... the xbox pico is beyond epic! Link to comment
brandon429 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Im still wanting salinity control details. will go check the reefcentral thread to see if its been updated. there are no fish that are appropriate for a sub gallon tank, not any. not even a trimma. Link to comment
ajmckay Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Cool tank, I leave disappointed by the lack of details... Blueworldaquarium blog not loading... Link to comment
echopiece Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I just finished my buildi soaked the phone in my other tank for a month and bam! all kidding aside... the xbox pico is beyond epic! Should have used the iPhone 4S, you would have had more space! "Siri, can I turn my iPhone into a reef tank?" All joking aside, it will be interesting to see this tank long term! This one will give the show "Tanked" a run for their money lol. Link to comment
brandon429 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I think no one splashes their tanks across the web in a seemingly trollish format more than I lol. the key difference is I stay around in each of the 100 threads to type on them. We love your tank man, for the love of pete come back to answer questions and stay for at least 30 mins thats a fair request on totm material. Link to comment
Thrassian Atoll Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 He has had it running for a week, how is that TOTM? I thought it had to be a year minimum? Hopefully he has pics of putting the tank together, I would like to see it without the xbox shell. Should have used the iPhone 4S, you would have had more space! "Siri, can I turn my iPhone into a reef tank?" All joking aside, it will be interesting to see this tank long term! This one will give the show "Tanked" a run for their money lol. At least an iPhone 4... Link to comment
ApiratenamedJohn Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Any pics of it just in a room, Not all blacked out? Awesome tank though. Link to comment
GioReef Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 interesting idea.... essentially its just a glass tank with an xbox frame over it. im still doubtful though Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I am now keeping up with this skeptical thread, on whether to believe it or not.... I specialize in keeping pico size tanks and our smallest is 1.6 gallons, the user is showing .45 gallon in capacity of display, and how much did he say using the Eheim canister? That being said, when you run any pico of that size, and you seal it as he has shown, your oxygen to surface breathing is greatly affected, thus dropping the PH like a mad man. Corals/polyps are going to suffer given time with the acidity drop. Even if there is a small fan in there as intake/outake, then he runs into evaporation issues. Something is not adding up, but I may be wrong... Have to wait and see, as the colors on the yumas and rics are just beyond belief... Link to comment
.Newman. Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 its age gives meaning to how healthy it looks. its going to be difficult to keep it in this shape, no doubt. we know than no body short of being an experienced reefer is attempting this (otherwise it would have already failed) so this setup does show promise. and of course yes, i believe this is real haha. it is essentially what georeef described. reef-art nonetheless, and successful reef-art if this can survive a year or more. Link to comment
Cintax Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 There is a video so I am thinking it must be legit. If not, it is still pretty nice looking. I'm impressed. A 0.45 gallon display would still be feasible with a large enough water volume in the filter, but since he said that a 60% water change is done by disconnecting the filter and filling it with fresh saltwater, I'd say we are looking at a very small filter. Total volume around 0.75 gallon? Also, those must be some high end RGBs to have such a nice intense colour. Link to comment
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