lockrookies 90g main display tank (upgraded pictures and led moonlight bar)

[lockrookie]

well its getting close to my 1 year update for this tank so i may as well post pics now and a short video


the start



without the back drop



present day



short video
click on picture for video

[lockrookie]

just picked this up from pats yesterday and im sorry my photography skills are not so goodmy pics dont do this piece justice

so here it is my first elegance coral

[lockrookie]

its a sad weekend. friday night i had looked over to my tank to seeing my hellow tang swimming funny. in closer inspection he was breathing rapidly and pale faced. my regal was also. breathing rapidly. freakout mode ensued. parameters seemed fine. so luckily i had 10g of water pre mixed. and i mixed up a new batch of 25 g of water. did a 25g water change friday night and another 15 g water change saturday. my efforts seemed to help the regal. but by sat night my yellow tang had passed on.



the other tank mates. seemed un affected by this. other than the previous week my sleeper head goby and firefish whent missing. so im not to sure whats going on with this tank. but ill have to keep a close eye on things. nothing hasbeen added save for a coule sticks of sps. hopefully the tank doesnt nuke on me but as it looks now i think im passed the worst. fingers crossed.

jeff

[lockrookie]

so an update had a little mishap yesterday...

was helping the wife in the daycare and walked upstairs to smell burning electrical found right away that it wascoming from my lights needless to say my fixture was hooped. so after having a panic attack and posting my dismay on our local board.....i picked up a tek 6 bulb t5 from trrunner since he had an extra and was nice enough to offer it to me. and with a little bulb juggling from the ones that i didnt fry it lights up my tank like none other. i am very thrilled at the moment. thank you a million harrold you are a life saver.

but.. lol there is always a but... this light comes to me with a few challenges...
first challenge was the depth of the fixture my tank is 15"deep...20" from front to the the wall. the fixture is 16". so with a little adjustment of the brackets (which i love btw easy to adjust) i was able to set the fixture back a little bit and still will have room to feed once lid is opened. as a foot note my old fixture was only 8 and a half so thenew fixture is double the size.

whats life without its challenges right.. well second issue was the height of the fixture.. keep in mind this tank was designed, stand and all for a fresh water setup. itwasnt meant for salt so i didnt think to leave room for improvement.
my lid inside height is 6" but with braceing forstability i only had room to have my fixture sit 2 1/4 from the water.. yes ultimately the reason for the fried fixture.more so due to the fixture had no splash guard...oh well whats done is done right... anyways the tex fixture with its legsmake the light sit higher thus the top puts it at 5 1/4 inches. this problem i have not yet figured out, but i feel a trip to a hardware store is imanent.. im most likely going to have to tear apart the hood and make some major changes.

lastly and i know some ppldontcare to have them but tek lights dont comewith moonlights.. i find they are a great nightlight for those late night bathroom breaks lol... well im in theprocess tonight of tearing the moonlights out of the old fixture and will build a new dimable set. just have toget creative with the wireing.

but all in all i am very impressed with this light(it will come in handy when i upgrade this tank to a 120) as well as with trrunners tanks it was a wonderfull chat and dont forget i havea ric with your name on it.

[The Grizz]

Sorry to hear of the loss Jeff hopefully the rest of your fish come back around.

Good luck with the hood mods, no one ever said this hobby was easy, right.

Please take a pic of how you retro the tek with the moonlights. I want to do this as well.

[lockrookie]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Sorry to hear of the loss Jeff hopefully the rest of your fish come back around.

Good luck with the hood mods, no one ever said this hobby was easy, right.

yeah i lost a few fish withthat episode butthings arecoming around now i actually added a picasso trigge ri have to get a photo of once i fix the hood situation.

Originally Posted by Cugio

Please take a pic of how you retro the tek with the moonlights. I want to do this as well.

im not sure if iwill be adding to the tek lights itself i dont want to have anything that will cause rust and ruin yet another fixture but once ive made my moon light contraption i will post pics.

[Skimmerking]

hmmmmmm that 50 gal is nice looking we should trade my 8 footer for your 50 gal.