Scythanith's 10g Nano (March 15 Update)
 

Budget $395.45

Equipment:

Used 50 watt ebo-jager heater $22.45 x .75 = $16.84 (JL Aquatics)
Used Quiet-One 800 water pump $26.99 x .75 = $20.24 (MarineDepot.com)
Used Hagen Fluval 1 Plus submersible filter $23.95 x .75 = $17.96 (JL Aquatics)
New T5 retrofit kit $125.00 (Bayside Corals)

Livestock:

Alpha & Omega zoo's $5.00
Star Trek zoo's $5.00
Radioactive Dragon Eye zoo's $5.00
Alien Eye chalice $15.00
Purple People Eater chalice $15.00
No name chalice $15.00
Ricordea (2 smaller than a toonie, 1 larger) $20.00
Montipora sp. (2 x 1") $20.00
Radiant Urchin $28.00
Harlequin Shrimp $45.00

Consumed budget:
$353.04
Remaining budget:
$42.41

Freebies:

Stand Materials:
New Stealth 80mm fans (2) 2 x $14.99 = $29.98 (P.C. Place)
New DC adapter $13.97 (The Source)
Plywood, stain + wood conditioner & glue = ~$110 (Windsor Plywood & Home Depot)
Cord tidies, zip ties & cable wrap = free (found in my tool box)


Live rock (~7lbs)
Black sand and crushed aragonite
Black acrylic for rear equipment area (thanks Steve)

Build pictures:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/IMG_7484.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0015.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0016111.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0019111.jpg

October 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0024111.jpg

November 15th Update:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/DSC_1715.jpg

December 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...C_0072edit.jpg

January 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...C_0108edit.jpg

February 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...C_0046edit.jpg

March 15th Update:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...SC_0038999.jpg

You got a lot of catching up to do there buddy, better get on that :razz:

Will be keeping my eye on this build for sure.

Well here are some updates:

More construction on the stand and getting ahead on the lighting.

Messed up on the stand with the wood but it turned out ok. I actually used the wrong side of the plywood....oops.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0015.jpg

Thank you Steve for the acrylic scraps and the glue repairs haahaa!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0034.jpg

Getting near done, but I need to install the lights in the hood and get the last bits of wood on the hood around the tank perimeter.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...t/DSC_0038.jpg

I will get a construction tally for applicable cost for the budget once I am done, then comes livestock and water changes haahaa!

The entire tank theme will be space oriented. Rock work, inhabitants, corals, hopefully everything will have a spin on it but we will see. The livestock budget is going to get tight but we will do our best!

Game On!

Wendy & Scott

There is someone in your tank! :mrgreen:

Stand looks good. Are staining it or painting?

whats the reflective sheet for? :confused:

Kick ass stand.

Here are some of the possible inhabitants, nothing is finalized yet though!

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0023.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k9...s/DSC_0031.jpg

There are some neat fish and inverts that are on our list as well!

Send some of those zoas my way.......:razz:

Haahaa, we are actually staining it red mahogany... which just so happens to be the same colour as the wood you see on the inside of the stand...hence my mistake lol!

That is beautiful! WOW!