Using travertine for substrate instead of none or sand.

[Whatigot]

pretty cool but I will withhold my final opinion until I see it full of water and life...
Great potential though IMO.

[my2rotties]

Well that's not a huge help

I do wonder what the marble will look like when life takes over. Will it be ugly algae covered and slimy... I am wondering what divider to use since I do not want it to be too man made looking. The background will have a lot of live rock in front of it, so I am hoping the water and rocks will obstruct the joins. With the divider, it will be mostly obstructed as well, but I would not mind if some of it was showing, however, is natural looking or manmade better? These are things I don't want to discover when it is all together.

I know it is different form anything else I have seen, which is awesome for originality, but sucks for taking a risk of being different. It scares me that we have to fill it with 260 gallons of water, the rocks and corals, to see what it will be. The way it is already going, I will be hoping for a Christmas completion, but we still have to figure out what pumps we need to pump the water to the sump that will be in the basement, how to set up the reverse osmosis, and the million other things that must be done.

I just keep repeating " A journy of a thousand miles begins with one step".

Originally Posted by Whatigot

pretty cool but I will withhold my final opinion until I see it full of water and life...
Great potential though IMO.

[Whatigot]

Originally Posted by my2rotties

Well that's not a huge help

I do wonder what the marble will look like when life takes over. Will it be ugly algae covered and slimy... I am wondering what divider to use since I do not want it to be too man made looking. The background will have a lot of live rock in front of it, so I am hoping the water and rocks will obstruct the joins. With the divider, it will be mostly obstructed as well, but I would not mind if some of it was showing, however, is natural looking or manmade better? These are things I don't want to discover when it is all together.

I know it is different form anything else I have seen, which is awesome for originality, but sucks for taking a risk of being different. It scares me that we have to fill it with 260 gallons of water, the rocks and corals, to see what it will be. The way it is already going, I will be hoping for a Christmas completion, but we still have to figure out what pumps we need to pump the water to the sump that will be in the basement, how to set up the reverse osmosis, and the million other things that must be done.

I just keep repeating " A journy of a thousand miles begins with one step".

all completely personal preference....
as long as you still repect yourself everytime you look at your tank then you made the right decisions.
I have a hrd time believing that the fish and inverts we keep are fooled for a second that the glass cages we confine them to are "natural" so tit's really a personal choice when it comes to your tank.
if you like it, what can anyone else say?

[michika]

Originally Posted by fencer

Catherine are those the same tiles you are using to mount frags?

Yes they are.

[my2rotties]

I can bring you a bunch of 1"x1" squares of travertine when I pick up food. I will give them to you in trade for knowledge and perhaps a lesson in how to glue frags to them in the first place. I will set some aside from the project, so they are not gobbled up by this project. I am wanting broken marble for the retaining walls, but I think my hubby is going for the manicured look. I am building all my broken stuff now, just to prove him wrong...

Hubby and I have been together so long, but this tank has us bickering just like the first two years we were together...

Originally Posted by michika

Yes they are.

[michika]

LOL!

Sure, sounds like a good trade to me!

[my2rotties]

Consider it yours' then. They are falling off of the sheets which you want anyways. I'll set about 100 of them aside for you.

Originally Posted by michika

LOL!

Sure, sounds like a good trade to me!

[my2rotties]

Well the front glass is on and it is finished!!! I think my husband outdid himself. Here are the pictures of the project.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30861436@N08/?saved=1

[PoonTang]

Very Cool! You wont ever have to worry about cleaning your back glass. Cant wait to see it all up and running.

[Keri]

Wow, that is awesome! Looks like a display in a zoo!