mseepman's 16" starfire nano

mseepman · #1 08-25-2008, 02:15 AM

Myka, tried to hang the light, ran into some issues...pm'd you about them.

mseepman · #2 08-27-2008, 06:50 AM

Well, I got a little farther in my efforts to get this tank running today. Thanks to my brother (the extra set of hands were a must) we got the light hood on tonight. What a pain in the... No studs lined up with where my hangers needed to go, so after some ghetto modifications, we got around that...don't ask how.

Anyways...here are some pics:

This is the hood just after we got it hanging. The tank and stand will go back around 2 more inches still which will center things a little more.

Here is the tank with just the dual T5HO lights on.

Here it is with both the T5HO and the 70W 14k MH.

My RK2 arrived in Vernon today, but I was not home to get the delivery...so tomorrow I will pick it up and get to working on that.

JDigital · #3 08-27-2008, 06:56 AM

That's alot of light... lol... Looks great though, I like the hanging hood.

mseepman · #4 08-27-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

That's alot of light... lol... Looks great though, I like the hanging hood.

Thanks, I think that the light looks a little overwhelming there because there is nothing in the tank and it's reflecting off the bottom. We'll have to see what water, rock and some sand do to it.

Myka · #5 08-27-2008, 07:08 PM

Glad you managed to get it hung! Looks great!!!! Almost time to get it wet....

Okguy · #6 08-27-2008, 08:52 PM

Wow Mark looks great! You're gonna have to wear sunglasses while you work.

mseepman · #7 08-27-2008, 08:59 PM

Thank guys...it's been a real struggle to get it this far with the limited amount of time I get to work on it. Today I need to do some maintenance on the main tank so probably not much of an update for tomorrow.

As for getting it wet, I need my RK2 in place first and then the whole stand and tank have to go back about 2 inches. Once that's done, plumbing can be completed and then we will add some water.