Sean's 8.5G Rimless Reef - 3/07/2013

I do agree..red sea.. slowly replacing for them myself .. : ) good call. 8)

 

Thank you. Yes, that would be the Red Sea Pro test kit. They use the glass bottles rather than a vial/test tubes. Very nice, and easy to use. I hope to eventually replace all my test kits with this brand...got the most important ones first. They also sell replacement reagents for about $12 for each test.

 

That is the part I love the most !!8)

 

All taped up.



Sanded smooth...




New paint.





EMT clips





...and now they match.





Before and after...gloss white / matte black.

 

..I think it will look great..prep is key ! : )

 

Updated FTS 7/30/2012

This is the best I could do. I will have to play with the settings again to dial in a more accurate white balance. These were on preset manual, but the camera still overcompensated for the blues. It actually looks much more blue/violet than this...closer to 14,000K and not as drab looking.

 

Last night I got all the equipment finally moved over.

I've decided to go with a clear wood finish on the cabinet, with a clear poly as a top coat. This should look more like furniture, matching all the bookshelves on the first floor.

 

Bye-bye old tank.





Poor live rock (at bottom right) haha







Saving some remnants to go in the 10g.

 

I haven't received the replacement parts from Hydor yet. It's been about a week and a half since they were supposed to be shipped out so I sent them another email...

[EDIT] ...customer service rep in on vacation until August 10? Ugh...

 

That's pretty sick for being a college reef. Great job! You'll be the envy of your floor.