Nano's 35g Cube

[Nano]

A few new corals I picked up on saturday, not the greatest pictures
pictures definitely dont do justice
Purple Bonsai (Garf)

can't remember the other kinds here


this one looks bleached but its actually like a sky blue color, again just my "epic" camera skills.


and here is the result of eggcrate over a tank long term... Tan lines on my monti, time to buy a screen kit.

[gregzz4]

Nice additions

Guess I'd better build a screen before I get too many corals

[Nano]

well we're in the process of HOUSE HUNTING!!!!
This is super exciting, and while I don't know when we actually intend to buy, I do know one thing... There will be a larger tank in the future after all.

I want to do a 3'x3'x2' Cube with all the stuff contained in a sump room.
It will have glass eurobracing to have the "rimless look" with out all the mess.
I have been thinking about this for months since starting my current tank, as to how I would go about doing a larger version of it, and this is what I came up with.

Starfire on 3 sides
External overflow, to maximize tank space
custom DIY LEDs with mounts
and here are some mock ups of the LED configuration I drew up last night.

I will likely do DIY Leds and try to copy the AI Vega, but more in the Sol's style
here is the mounting system I am toying with




Double support Approach




Personaly I like the 2 bar approach better it looks more supportive as well as balanced. The tank i have planned is 3'x'3'x2' cube so having about 1 1/2 years to plan before I under take it gives me lots of time to tinker. This is just what I came up with last night. The round bar would more then likely be 1" square tubing its just easier to bend round tubing in my program. Kinda gives you a general idea of what I am thinking anyway. the tank would be about 135g and i would rather have more light then I need and just dim rather then not enough.

The leds I am thinking would be CREE
Cool white 6500k or higher
Blue
Royal Blue
Violet
and a couple reds for sunset/sunrise as well as nocturnal viewing.

anyways thats just a dream for now, but its a plan as well so this is even better. plus I have the go ahead from the Mrs. when the time comes

[lockrookie]

if you can stick with round bar that looks great.. i wish i had cad skills lol

[Nano]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

if you can stick with rund bar that looks great.. i wish i had cad skills lol

:P thanks took some design schooling in the evening back when I did drywall.. never pursued it though. meh..

I like the round bar as well

I plan on editing it a bit further to make the whole fixture enclosed in acrylic so it has a manufactured look to it. now depending on the color scheme of the house, and the color of the stand will determine the color of the light casing and mount arm. I personally hope to go with white, but we'll see

[Nano]

well I got my new Nikon D3000 today, so far, DSLR's are a hell of a lot different then my point and shoot P500. With a little playing around I managed to take 2 decent shots so far. now I just have to keep experimenting with lighting and settings til' I get it right. This is just the stock 18-55mm lens so macros are still a bit trick ATM... heres one of the clown(s) and one of the Bangai Cardinal (Finnegan)

[scubadawg]

Looking good so far, just have to start playing with your WB settings

Next purchase

http://en.nikon.ca/Nikon-Products/Pr...%252F2.8G.html

and a collapsible lens hood.

Yung