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[Delphinus]

Great job on the islands!

[The Grizz]

Love the minimal rock scape ider, nice job Brettaroni

[Lance]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Love the minimal rock scape ider, nice job Brettaroni

+1 Gonna look terrific with some large SPS colonies and fishes swimming around those islands.

[spawn]

Scaping looks sweet, & it's good to see it with light above it. Even though it's just one, it gives reason to believe when the tank is all properly lit up that having a white tank room won't be so bad. I'm kinda considering repainting the inside of mine blue, because I worry about the aesthetics of a white backdrop.

[lastlight]

Thx!

I'll still be adding some standalone rocks to build things outward a bit on the sand in a few spots. I have to wait to incorporate all the rocks covered in coral first. I may refrag some stuff too I won't have a clue I don't think until I'm doing it. Nervous!

[fishytime]

Its alive!!!!!.......alive!!!!!

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by spawn

Scaping looks sweet, & it's good to see it with light above it. Even though it's just one, it gives reason to believe when the tank is all properly lit up that having a white tank room won't be so bad. I'm kinda considering repainting the inside of mine blue, because I worry about the aesthetics of a white backdrop.

Just a note that the first shot had only the phoenix on. The rest of the shots had the fishroom lit. You can see in the first pic you get almost the same effect as a black bg (which always seems to give me more of a dark grey look when a tank is lit. With the wall being far enough back it actually has that dark greyish look to it but that might change when all the lights are on (with decent reflectors I might add). The backdrop might appear as a slightly lighter gray? My lights are also going to be closer to the front of the tank to help keep the back looking darker.

I was considering some magnet mounts for some sheets of black corrugated plastic for removal. I want to be able to magfloat the back of this tank with ease. I might even leave it totally open. It seems a lot of things with this build are solve as you get there

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Its alive!!!!!.......alive!!!!!

So is my luck!

Before I added salt (and knowing reef crystals is low for Mg) I just grabbed my container of MG and dumped it all in! Was maybe 3/4 of a gallon? I knew I'd need at least that much. Anyways did my tests tonight:

Ca - 450 (Can't help it RC is high for Ca)
Alk - 9
Mg - 1400 (on the nose!)

So I thought why not toss a frag in. It's showtime!

[lastlight]

Ok maybe I am on drugs it's not grey at all. On my screen this is exactly what she looks like (I slapped some rails together so I could rotate the fixture and power on BOTH crappy old phoenix bulbs). I'm doubtful I'll put anything behind the tank I really like it. I will need to tidy my cables of course to run along my bracing...

[spawn]

looks blue over here. Looks good. Thx.