King_Martini Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 ***Born on March 20, 2005*** =============== Specifications =============== • 5 Gallon Perfecto tank (4 gallons of water w/rock and sand) • Custom Cut Lexan Cover • Custom Red Oak Base and Hood • 8 LB Live Sand • 6 LB Tonga Deepwater live rock • 25 Watt Visitherm Stealth Heater • Digital Thermometer (Internal and External Temps) • Microjet Powerhead • 40 Watts of Lighting (2x 20W coralife 50/50) • 2 Blue Led Moonlights • Cooling Fan (From CPU heatsink) • Penn-Plax Silent Air B11 for power outages =============== The Crew =============== • 5 Blue leg hermits • 1 Emerald Mithrax Crab • 3 Nassarius snails Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 ============= Inside Canopy ============= Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 ================== Inside Canopy Moon ================== Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 ============= Inside View ============= *EDIT* Took out the Ebo air diffuser for the battery back up pump and modded the powerhead, then attached the airline. Less clutter in the tank and I can turn on the air to oxygenate the water when I want. I could also put the battery back up pump on a timer to kick on and off throughout the day. Just more options I guess. Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 ============= Back View ============= Link to comment
timb000 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 nice tank king. the last pic looks bigger than a 5 gallon tank. edit-I mean the full tank shot. you posted before I did. arg.. Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 No Filter... All natural filtration from Live Sand and Live Rock. Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 Thanks timb000, I really love it! I just installed the LEDs today, I am guessing this should boost my coraline since coraline tends to like actinic lighting. Link to comment
Cesar Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Really cool Martini. I have a 5 gallon tank just sitting there and I was thinking of doing something with it. Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 =============== Night Viewing =============== Tried to stay away from spotlight effect and too much intensity. The pic is a bit darker than the true lighting. Link to comment
calvin Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 glad to see someone else using the coralife screw-ins. easy solution. a reflector of some sort would be a huge help, though. Link to comment
alexwbush Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 white is a reflector I wonder if a metal reflector would make much of a difference Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 I actually pondered the difference between the two. White and polished metal reflectors are very close. A mirror reflector is superior to both. I went with white for 3 reasons. The first is that I want plenty of clearence between the top of the Canopy -> Bulbs -> Lexan cover (the metal reflector would require more shoehorning and get hot.) The second is that the white paint would disperse the LED lights more. Also, the white paint I used was high temperature grill paint for fire hazard reasons. Paint also seals wood quite well OK that was four reasons... Thanks for the input though! Link to comment
King_Martini Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 New Pic. Added a Firefish Goby. Also added some DIY functionality to my powerhead. Check it out here. The Coraline is growing great with alot of diversity in color. Link to comment
King_Martini Posted May 1, 2005 Author Share Posted May 1, 2005 Finally cleared up my water from some nasty blooms. Click on the link below for more details on this DIY filter... Link to comment
King_Martini Posted May 1, 2005 Author Share Posted May 1, 2005 Was bored and thought I'd post a pic. The tank was looking especially clear today. YAY. I need to start stocking some corals, just need to free up some $$$ first. Link to comment
mushroom head Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 What kind of coral u getting??? Link to comment
mushroom head Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Nice talking to you on the chat line:) Link to comment
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