Dez' Tank Journal

[Dez]

I have been pretty crazy with work and haven't updated the journal in a while. I've hooked up the fan from the basement. Here are the pictures



Here is where the vent ends up (goes upstairs, up the side of the fish tank and ends at one end - when you place your hand there you can feel the sucking of air so I am pleased with the flow)



And my fish tank stand/frame skirt from the den side:



With the canopy open allowing full access which I am enjoying:



and a crappy picture of my nice fishies:



Generally things are going really well in the tank. All sps have full sps extension and some of the tips are changing colour indicating growth starting. The tank is almost there. I still have to drill my water change tank and install and plumb it. Right now for calcium I'm just doing the old fashioned "let the kalk sit for a few ours in a 5 gallon pail and drip it in to replace all top-off water". It's annoying but I haven't had the time to hook my kalk reactor and calcium reactor with all the other stuff that is going on. Enjoy.

[Leah]

Wow!!!! the cabinet is just Beautiful. And the fish look great, can't wait to see some more shots.

[mark]

looks like the cabinet turned out great

[lastlight]

Wow wow WOW!!! Your work with the wood on that side is awesome! I dig the clean look without molding etc. Iron-on veneers? How did you build all that?

[Dez]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Wow wow WOW!!! Your work with the wood on that side is awesome! I dig the clean look without molding etc. Iron-on veneers? How did you build all that?

I'd like to take credit, but I paid someone to do it. For the time I would've had to take to build it, I was way farther ahead working my real job and pay someone to do it. It is solid maple and stained, then laquered. This guy had build a ton of fish tank stands. It's growing on me - looks too much like a box, but we didn't want any fancy stuff. Once decorations are put on either side of it then it might look a bit better.

[Joe Reefer]

I think it looks awesome!

[muck]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

I think it looks awesome!

Me too Des. Looks absolutely stunning!

[Delphinus]

Yeah "wow" is about all I can add to the list of accolades. Nice!