help a 150g newb - let's do this reef together

[jon in alberta]

Originally Posted by parkinsn

Does it look like this or is flat on the bottom?

Perfect!

thanks for the photo.

it is flat. maybe compacted the styro an additional 2mm from where the glass compacted it. Good catch tho. if it was like your photo, i really would have been sorry.

[Brandon5555]

I agree about the stand, IMO even if you put 2 4x4 center braces in, being that you wont have a sump underneath it cant hurt. Good luck and welcome to canreef! If you have any questions feel free to PM or just mass spam canreef haha

[jon in alberta]

So I thought I would post some pics, as I have reached the next stage. I spent a considerable amount of time this weekend on the tank (and the stand), and am about to add live rock.

Here are the photos:



and here is the one during the Vertex's 'purple' demo cycle



I really like the Vertex LEDs (as long as I don't think about how much I paid for it!)

I will likely add the live rock in a couple of days from now - presuming the 'cloudiness' is gone. I will be adding it to my sump as per nanomano's suggestion. I don't want to break up the consistency of the Marco rock I have in there now.

Any ideas on the first critters I should add? snails ... a hearty fish?

[jon in alberta]

Originally Posted by parkinsn

But you should NOT put styro under a tank with the black plastic trim on it.

Good point Parkinsn. I looked closely at that - and here is my reasoning why I don't plan to change it: this is the 3rd build with this styro (this tank is 3rd hand). I was worried about that same thing, that is until I looked closely at the styro underneath. it seems to have compressed to 'fit' the tank above perfectly. IMO I can't get a better fit and better support!

I hope that makes sense. I would take a photo for you - but I don't want to have to move all the coral in place.