I got alot of stuff around the tank that has black or black trim... speakers, my FW tank, etc... Just figured it would look better if it matched.. haha I've been finding this size board at HD for awhile, always plenty of stock..

There is a set of rails inside the panels that rest on the frame of the tank. They are positioned high enough up that when placed on the tank, the face panels cover the black frame on the tank, the MH plate then just spans the width of the canopy and rests on top... However I am looking to add a set of hinges to the MH plate so that I can lift the light up instead of completely moving off to the side or the floor when changing water or feeding etc..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...no/canopy2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...no/MHPlate.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...no/canopy3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../canopytop.jpg

Haha! Yea, all I needed was a mitre saw, which a buddy has, so had the day off, figured I'd give it a try.. haha... I will need another one for my 75G tho... ;)

Finally got a good shot of my Porcelain Crab... I rarely see him in any detail, and he fancied coming out closer to the front of the tank this evening...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../Porcelain.jpg

and also made a short tank tour vid..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...th_NanoVid.jpg

Very nice I really like it.:biggrin:

Looks really nice I like The DIY hood!!
how are the sps doing under that intensity of light, any heat issues?

i love how active your tank looks,
great job!

The only SPS i can judge right now, is the colony, as I've only had the frags for a couple days... I am seeing lots of white tips on the colony, so it seems to be showing new growth, but ya, I do currently have a bit of a heat issue... Today wasn't too bad when I got home this afternoon, the tank was around 27-28... but the couple days before it was pushing 30-31 i think.. was barely readable on the thermometer (cheapo LCD sticky ones).. if I leave the window open it seems to help keep it cool, but then I freeze my butt off.. haha Planning to add a fan or two shortly.

Thanks alot!! :mrgreen:

any new FTS?

Modded my Canopy today... Added 2 CPU cooling fans.. and a controller to control them. The wiring was cleaned up after it was all where I wanted it... so excuse the sloppiness of the first pic.. haha

The controller is dual channel so I can adjust the speed of each fan seperately if I need to... it also comes with 2 tempurature sensors, so I set one up to keep track of the air temp in the canopy and one of them just under the water level to track the water temp.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Nano/fans1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...controller.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...o/FTSOct08.jpg

Das is getting high tech. Looks good man.

Picked up my first clam yesterday from Red Coral.

A Paisley Maxima:

Last night under 100% Actinic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Nano/clam1.jpg

Today under 13K MH:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Nano/Clam2.jpg