180 Build

reewik · Mar 9, 2012

Make me some pickles please...I am looking forward to seeing what you do with you scaping. Are you going to do an imediate move or gradual?

pickupman66 · Mar 9, 2012

are you going LED or halides for it?

FF337 · Mar 9, 2012

tagging along for the build. I am in the process of putting mine together as well.

fraghunter · Mar 9, 2012

Are you doing a DIY algae scrubber tagging along here

NeveSSL · Mar 9, 2012

I'm sure he is.

What are the details on your scrubber, Mike?

Brandon

gmoney243 · Mar 10, 2012

No pickles eric and ill probably just move everything over including water since I can't think of a good reason to wipe clean and start over exept to get rid of bristleworms ..

I will be using my LEDs I have now just build an additional 2' to it and probably add some more colors.

Scrubber will be a simple gravity fed with cfl for the moment although I have been debating asking our resident acrylic expert if he can make me a small box with leds lighting it

reewik · Mar 10, 2012

wait a minute, we have a resident acrylic expert????????

gmoney243 · Mar 10, 2012

oops .. no ...

gmoney243 · Mar 11, 2012

Fri and sat was busy but today I finally got time to drain and wipe the tank. After 2 day soak what was keft melted off

reewik · Mar 11, 2012

Ok you got it all clean, now dirty that sucker up man!

gmoney243 · Mar 12, 2012

reewik said:
Ok you got it all clean, now dirty that sucker up man!

pretty much lol .. just been to busy with work and family this weekend .. but im off tues-thurs so hopefully these nxt few days will have some progress

gmoney243 · Mar 12, 2012

Added new background

mixer911 · Mar 12, 2012

looks nice mike. I like the blue background too. I used to do my tanks with blue as well.

killereef · Mar 12, 2012

Isnt that tank has a smoke glass in the back? I used to have one like that but I think Mine was a 220 or 180, mine was smoked.

poolkeeper1 · Mar 12, 2012

mixer911 said:
looks nice mike. I like the blue background too. I used to do my tanks with blue as well.

Not sure about the Blue with Black overflows on both ends?? Have to wait and see with Rock and full of water it may be fine in the end.
Bill

gmoney243 · Mar 12, 2012

Killer its just reg glass. The background can b changed also if it doesn't work

I thought the same at first bill but once I fitted it thought it looked nice

reewik · Mar 13, 2012

I was gonna do a mirror background to give the allusion of a deeper tank.... Should have tried it.

gmoney243 · Mar 13, 2012

reewik said:
I was gonna do a mirror background to give the allusion of a deeper tank.... Should have tried it.

sounds cool wonder what it would actually look like. have you ever heard of shadow boxes? if not look them up they are cool idea where u build a box with stuff in it and light it behind your tank with like blue clear acrylic and suppose to look like stuff off in distance like your underwater lots of different designs including one i was some guy had a tank behind it so you saw fish and stuff shadows moving behind the tank.