40 Gallon Reef

wow

Really like the tank, especialy the fuge. I remember looking at those tanks online wondering how they would work out. but until now ive never seen one. its a brilliant idea. gj

 

Ok heres a couple of updates:

Moved the chaeto part of fuge into the compartments where the wet/dry filter used to be. Much more room in there for growth.

Put a deep sand bed in half of the area where the fuge used to be. The other half will house a UV filter by the end of the week.

I also changed the aquascape again to get all the fish out. Pics of the display will have to wait tell I get an acrylic scraper though.

 

Got my glass clean finally. Forgot what a reef looked like.

 

I love the stand... very classy.

I want to eventually make a natural (meaning no paint, just stain) stand with some birds eye maple.

 

That would be very nice. I want to start a company making custom stands. Got lucky on mine was helping a friend in his cabinet shop and he just pointed at a pile of grade a cherry and said I'm gonna throw that away later. Use it before I do. No argument here.

 

Heres a couple of pictures for you. Finally got a shot of the rabbit fish out in the open.

 

Added a couple of mandrakes to the first section of my fuge.

 

I like those mandrakes

 

Ordered a new light. Im getting a fixture with two 96w pc's and an added 250MH and moonlights. Lots of light! Ill also be ordering the remaining Koralia's I need in the next few days. Im going to be getting 4 K nanos. I figure more small pumps is better than fewer bigger pumps. Plenty of room on the back wall to place them. Ill be putting one on each end and two on the back wall. This will bring my turn over up to 50x per hour. Between that and the light my tank will be ready to house sps within the next two weeks.

 

looks good i have a baby snowflake too!