225 Build - Funky Style

muck · #1 05-20-2010, 07:17 PM

Cmon Chris... cut that FW crap and through a couple bags of salt in there.

lastlight · #2 05-20-2010, 07:27 PM

Looks great man

All those 2x4 stands, ladders and boxes I see in the tank...are those eventually going to be replaced with rock structures?

Zoaelite · #3 05-20-2010, 08:05 PM

Wow Chris this has to be the most professional looking tank I have ever seen!
I love the tile work on the stand, really brings the whole tank together! Any ideas on lighting for that bad boy?
Levi

muck · #4 05-20-2010, 08:18 PM

Reminds me of a tank someone in Calgary had at one point...

lastlight · #5 05-20-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by muck

Reminds me of a tank someone in Calgary had at one point...

Tile is so 2008 and 2009.

Zoaelite · #6 05-20-2010, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Tile is so 2008 and 2009.

Ahah

Funky_Fish14 · #7 05-21-2010, 02:19 AM

Ryan. Hahaha... I know I know man... Im just not in the $$ range for a salt tank that big :P

Brett, thanks haha. And oh man... I figured someone would comment on all the junk in the room haha, and I will actually be adding a whole bunch of driftwood and plants eventually so 'they' will be replaced with something but not quite rock, lol.

Thanks Levi! And yeah as i've said before I have to give all the credit for the tile work to Brett. He did an incredible job on that stand.

Oh and Brett I dont know if you ever got the chance to test how watertight the stand is... but I sure did. Cause I made sure to hook up the drain within the stand and my drainage bin... I flooded the sump while filing it (turned on the fill tap and closed the stand door and forgot about it lol) ended up with 2-3 gal on the floor and about 10 in the stand and 5 into my bin when I caught it lol. Works like a charm!

More later... getting my stupid mac fixed again lol.

Cheers,

Chris

Funky_Fish14 · #8 05-21-2010, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Tile is so 2008 and 2009.

So what should I remodel this out of date stand with?

lastlight · #9 05-21-2010, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

So what should I remodel this out of date stand with?

It's beyond salvage dude! Return to sender.

Funky_Fish14 · #10 05-21-2010, 05:19 AM

Oh the substrate (though hard to see, I'll get a picture tomorrow) is a mixture of a purple-y sand I picked up locally from a place called SIL industrial Minerals (a sandblasting company) and seachem Onyx (which is grain and has a much larger grain size). The mix was accidentally created in a 15g tank I have running, some of the old onyx did not get taken out, and I filled it with the new sand... found out it looks very natural so I went with it (as opposed to that ugly white sand people put in saltwater tanks :P) or black stuff, haha.

Sorry for rambling more.

Cheers,

Chris