Wayne's 105g 'Rainforest of the Sea'

[wmcinnes]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

If you shack 2 - 3/4" pieces of plywood it will raise the bulkhead nut 1 1/2" above the stand allowing you to get to it to tighten the nut, you would have to cut at least a 4"- 5" round hole in the plywood where the bulkhead is though. I can easily make it 23" no problem.

Okay gotcha! Well now that I know I have a few options I am not so worried! Phew! Lets do that then. Thank you for helping me out!

[The Grizz]

So go with 23"?

[wmcinnes]

Yup, the extra inch should do the trick

[wmcinnes]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

So go with 23"?

Yup the extra inch should do the trick!

[The Grizz]

Done deal

[wmcinnes]

I think the biggest issue for me right now is trying to decide what I want to do with my background...

My 90 had a black background but I think I want to do something different.. a dark navy blue maybe? Im unsure how this will look with the black overflow box in the center of my tank.
Does anyone have pics of their tanks with a blue background and black overflow? Just curious!

I also like the idea of the shadowbox background. It creates a really nice gradient affect but I think I would have trouble finding an acrylic sheet to do it with & am unsure how the box setup would fit with the open top rimless tank.

Here's an example of the shadowbox. This particular individual had a canopy.

[Myka]

How is that shadowbox done? Is there is light running along the back above the shadowbox? That looks pretty nice, but I think the center overflow is really distracting from it. I imagine it would be a pain in the butt to clean the back glass too.

You can get a similar effect using paint and painting the low lighter and slowly fading into a darker color near the bottom. I really like this look.

[kien]

Very nice setup you've got planned out!