Well I have lined up the sps I was after! now... where do I put them??
Help me place them (haven't picked them up but wanted time to kind of plan it out. I will post pictures of the colonies the frags are coming from for color reference, one frag isn't pictured, Garf Bonsai
Here is the tank (obviously) :lol:Circled in red is where colonies are starting to grow in. Do I really have room??:lol::twised:
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...Untitled-5.jpg
Here are the mother colonies. frags will be 1"+

Bump, anyone wanna help a brother out :lol:

How about building your rock up a little higher? that would give you another level for corals... You have way too much unused glass space too.. Magnets!:mrgreen:

haha thought about it.. not quite sure yet... I have a frag rach I might have to put them on temporarily til' if figure out a solution

Well if anyones still following :lol: tomorrow is going to be picture day :D picked up a 6 line on Saturday he'd very nice :) likes to come to the turkey baster to be fed. He has found a little cave that he has called home 3 nights in a row and seems to go to bed every night at 9:45 LOL weirdo. I like this little guy a lot he gets along great with every one but is a bit shy with sudden movements around the tank, probably still adjusting to the new surroundings

A few new corals I picked up on saturday, not the greatest pictures
pictures definitely dont do justice
Purple Bonsai (Garf)
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...a/DSCN3534.jpg
can't remember the other kinds here
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...a/DSCN3535.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...a/DSCN3536.jpg
this one looks bleached but its actually like a sky blue color, again just my "epic" camera skills.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...a/DSCN3537.jpg

and here is the result of eggcrate over a tank long term... Tan lines on my monti, time to buy a screen kit.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...a/DSCN3518.jpg

Nice additions

Guess I'd better build a screen before I get too many corals :smile:

well we're in the process of HOUSE HUNTING!!!! :D:D:D
This is super exciting, and while I don't know when we actually intend to buy, I do know one thing... There will be a larger tank in the future after all.

I want to do a 3'x3'x2' Cube with all the stuff contained in a sump room.
It will have glass eurobracing to have the "rimless look" with out all the mess.
I have been thinking about this for months since starting my current tank, as to how I would go about doing a larger version of it, and this is what I came up with.

Starfire on 3 sides
External overflow, to maximize tank space
custom DIY LEDs with mounts
and here are some mock ups of the LED configuration I drew up last night.

I will likely do DIY Leds and try to copy the AI Vega, but more in the Sol's style
here is the mounting system I am toying with
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...na/light-2.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...na/light-3.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...na/light-4.jpg

Double support Approach
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...na/light-5.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...na/light-6.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/...na/light-7.jpg

Personaly I like the 2 bar approach better it looks more supportive as well as balanced. The tank i have planned is 3'x'3'x2' cube so having about 1 1/2 years to plan before I under take it gives me lots of time to tinker. This is just what I came up with last night. The round bar would more then likely be 1" square tubing its just easier to bend round tubing in my program. Kinda gives you a general idea of what I am thinking anyway. the tank would be about 135g and i would rather have more light then I need and just dim rather then not enough.

The leds I am thinking would be CREE
Cool white 6500k or higher
Blue
Royal Blue
Violet
and a couple reds for sunset/sunrise as well as nocturnal viewing.

anyways thats just a dream for now, but its a plan as well so this is even better. plus I have the go ahead from the Mrs. when the time comes :D

if you can stick with round bar that looks great.. i wish i had cad skills lol

:P thanks took some design schooling in the evening back when I did drywall.. never pursued it though. meh..

I like the round bar as well

I plan on editing it a bit further to make the whole fixture enclosed in acrylic so it has a manufactured look to it. now depending on the color scheme of the house, and the color of the stand will determine the color of the light casing and mount arm. I personally hope to go with white, but we'll see