lpabsolute Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Desk Before... Desk After... Blue Background Lights are a do-it-yourself 2- 24watt 10K 50/50's Dig. Timer and Mini Magfloat Sand... Filter... Sand in tank... Some LiveRock from my other tank... Link to comment
pico1 Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Looks awesome! Are you gonna do a fuge mod on the aquaclear? Live rock looks excellent! Link to comment
lpabsolute Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 Looks awesome! Are you gonna do a fuge mod on the aquaclear? Live rock looks excellent! Yes, i'm still trying to figure out what i exactly want to do with it. I was def. planning on turning it into a fuge in the next few weeks. Just wanted to put everything together to make sure the filter works to my liking. It's working great. I just took a couple pieces of LiveRock from my current 54g Reef tank to get the tank up an going. I'll be adding more LiveRock and Corals next week. Link to comment
kevxross Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Cool. I look forward to seeing what you do with it because I'm doing the same thing (5.5gal on the computer desk) though we've gone different routes with it already. (Two of those speakers are supposed to go behind you ) Link to comment
lpabsolute Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 Cool. I look forward to seeing what you do with it because I'm doing the same thing (5.5gal on the computer desk) though we've gone different routes with it already.(Two of those speakers are supposed to go behind you ) Do you have any pics of your tank and what are you trying to do with it? I use to have my speakers setup differently in my other house, but don't have that much room for them here...... Link to comment
kevxross Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Sure thing: The rockwork looks a lot different in person somehow. Here's my thread on the building of it with more details and pics. Link to comment
g0tfish Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 you had room for 2 more pcs in there. Pack that light in! Link to comment
Daemonfly Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Looks good. 5.5g with AC500(110) is a nice & simple way of setting up a nano. I'm switching my setup out for a more intricate system, but if I were to change anything, I'd glue in some baffles on the output of the AC to help dsiperse the water flow in different directions. Link to comment
lpabsolute Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 I'm looking for some easy ways to cut down on the flow in my tank with my AC500. I've already got the filter running on the slow position. I"m running it on the basic setup, carbon filter and sponge. Any ideas? Link to comment
montevallofalcon11 Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I did this mod. It helps slow down the flow. Also you can trim the impeller blades to back the flow down. Link to comment
Daemonfly Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I shaved 1mm off the top of each of the impeller blades. Link to comment
Surfzup2k4 Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Man, whoever built that top is the damn man! haha Looks good ###### EDIT: And get some coasters, you're screwing up your desk Link to comment
lpabsolute Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 Finally got my filter to work the way i wanted. I made a couple baffels and cut 3 of the 6 impeller blades off. I still need to add something to the intake inside the tank to keep my fish from swimming inside of it. All of this has reduced the flow enought to keep my sand in place and still give me enough filtration. Man, whoever built that top is the damn man! haha Looks good ###### EDIT: And get some coasters, you're screwing up your desk If you like i could get one made for you. ###### How's the stand coming along? Worked on it any lately? Pics? Link to comment
Surfzup2k4 Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Finally got my filter to work the way i wanted. I made a couple baffels and cut 3 of the 6 impeller blades off. I still need to add something to the intake inside the tank to keep my fish from swimming inside of it. All of this has reduced the flow enought to keep my sand in place and still give me enough filtration.If you like i could get one made for you. ###### How's the stand coming along? Worked on it any lately? Pics? Hell yea, i'd love one. You going to call and ask me or should I ask myself? Im getting the plywood tomorrow or wednesday. I need to get that thing out of my bedroom. Link to comment
lpabsolute Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 Here are a couple of new pics i took today. You can see a full shot of the tank so far. You can also see the filter and some mods made to it to help reduce water flow. (Baffel added, black piece taken off from inner u-tube, cut and inverted the end piece for the u-tube on the inside of the tank..kinda hard to see from the pics). I'm planning on adding some more liverock this weekend...and the pics will continue. Link to comment
lpabsolute Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Here are a few pics i took today with some new LiveRock and some Zoos... Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 WOW that looks really cool with the big rock of orange zoos.. cant wait to see that rock fill in Link to comment
Argent Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 incredible! I soooo want to put a 5G tank up at home now! Link to comment
lpabsolute Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Just added a small tiger pistol shrimp.....I'll try to get some pics later tonight... Link to comment
lpabsolute Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 Nothing better to do... Link to comment
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