Yellow's 90G Upgrade

[yellowworld]

This is my problem. I wanted to paint the back of my tank from the beginning but it somehow slipped to the wayside, now i'm kinda stuck for what I can do.
1. Painting the back is a possibility still but my only concern is that you'll still be able to see into it.
2. I thought about a piece of acrylic in the overflow but I don't think the colours will match the paint even if perfectly matched beforehand (see picture - the darker is on the outside the other on the side and the last inside the overflow)
3. I am now thinking that I can get a full sheet of thin acrylic to place inside the tank the full length of the wall. BUT there are two issues with that - how to get it to stay flush with the back wall and there are a few points of my rock work that is against the wall ( I cant move it very easily)

Here is the colour problem (they are all the same - left to right, inside overflow, outside tank (darker), inside tank (same as overflow)



Anyone got any thoughts or other suggestions?

[yellowworld]

Hey Guys so last night was a long one! I have two 6 bulb 3 foot Tek lights that I needed to put over my tank. Why two, you may ask and I would say because I have an odd tank that is 3 foot long by 3 foot wide by 2 foot tall. Next you may ask why not just 2 250w MH's and I would say because this tank is in my room and its hot enough in that place without MH's cooking me like a chicken. So here it is my custom 12 bulb 3 foot Tek light that took me from 8pm till 430am to build so my tank had light again in the morning


I stopped about halfway through and thought hey, yo guys might want to see this so I grabbed my camera.
So here is where we start...two perfectly working, in good condition, made in 2008, 6x39w Tek Lights



Then I started to cut, and cut, and cut, and cut some more!






After that was done I put it together to create the outer shell for my masterpiece





Then I had to relocate the cords and switches all to one side




Now I started to rewire this bizznich





Next came the reflectors! Just about done only 5 hours later



Now the lights and look at that baby glow

[lorenz0]

that is awesome!

[FishyFishy!]

DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

DUDE!!! Killer DIY skillsss!!!!! That looks pro.

hahaha thanks mike you like it? I got some more tank shots with the new lights on ill post them up soon

[BlueTang<3]

Wow very clean set up you should be able to grow anything with that light. Just curious as you went with 2 3 ft t5 fixtures?

[Flash]

looks amazing.... slightly jealous!

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Wow very clean set up you should be able to grow anything with that light. Just curious as you went with 2 3 ft t5 fixtures?

I had a 4 bulb wavepoint fixture from my previous 30 gallon over it and it just wasn't cutting it, so I went to find an 8 bulb 3 foot tek light, I did actually find one but I got out bid on eBay, so I did the next best thing. My tank is only 3 feet long so that was my max on length and I wanted more then 6 bulbs cus im going to have this tank for a while and don't know what im going to get into so I want to make sure I have enough light to do everything.

Plus having control over 4 different sections means I can mess with bulb configurations and start up times as well as just having a few off for the softies

[fishytime]

dude.....you really hacked those two lights all to heck, didnt ya?........great job putting humpty back together again though.......the tank looks great yous two...

[yellowworld]

Originally Posted by fishytime

dude.....you really hacked those two lights all to heck, didnt ya?........great job putting humpty back together again though.......the tank looks great yous two...

hahah thanks doug, yeah I know hey they were so pretty when you saw them