That I would like to see :lol: May be good for some Pipefish!

Very innovative, can't wait to see how this turns out.

OKay, it's been a crazy busy month and a half but I am just squeaking in under the wire. Slight progress but still some sorting of the "cabinet" to do. Here's the update:

The tank was completed but I messed up my measurements/drawings a bit so the front panel did not fit properly. Had to kludge it a bit with some extra acrylic. it's not pretty on the side but it works and it won't be visible when all is said and done.

http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/Tank1.jpg

http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/Tank2.jpg

http://hotimg25.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/Tank3.jpg

http://hotimg25.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/Tank4.jpg

I also decided to make a rock wall for the back. it's made by siliconing rock to a sheet of that plastic mesh used for needlepoint:

http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/RockWall1.jpg

http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/RockWall2.jpg

Then the spaces are filled with insulating foam:

http://hotimg25.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/RockWall3.jpg

and finally the foam is coated with epoxy resin and covered with sand:

http://hotimg25.fotki.com/a/70_70/25...ckWall4188.jpg

And here it is in the tank:

http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/Tank5.jpg

Next up was working on my LED lighting. I am still waiting on my Cree emitters to arrive but I had some cheapo chinese white emitters so they will do temporarily. I'll build a second array and swap in the mix of blue and white Crees when they arrive. Here are the various parts and the little parts box heatsink I drilled and tapped:

http://hotimg25.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/LED1.jpg

And the completed array powered up:

http://hotimg25.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/LED2.jpg

And finally the tank filled with water, sand and some rock (which has been in my frag tank and was in my 10 gallon nano before that):

http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/Full1.jpg

I will endeavor to keep the updates more frequent and regular from now on.

Awesome work so far! Only trouble is you're going to get used to having such a sexy caninet. When the time comes to upgrade your next logical step up is to gut a cinema hd display and that's going to set you back some!

Thanks. I think maybe you mean the old Studio Display? I think the Cinema HD is an LCD monitor and that would mean a very thin tank :heh:

Here's a shot from this morning now that the sand dust has cleared. Man those LEDs shimmer alot. I'll have to see if I can get some video.

http://hotimg25.fotki.com/a/70_70/254_23/Full12.jpg

Computer shell, custom LEDs, DIY back wall. This tank is going to be AWESOME!

This is looking great! Can't wait to see more!

oh wow Ron. That's awesome. Lots of creativity and DIY. I assume that powering on the MAC would turn on the lights of the aquarium? ;)

Good thing the tank is in a Mac.. if it was in a windows box you'd always have a

tank crash! ;)