yup that is a sweet looking tank the back piece if you dont mind me answering is the over flow like a jbj nano tank. with the holes driled for a closed loop. there is a hagen tank out there that i saw at the lfs i love them great clam tank too.

ahah I see it now but for some reason depending on how I look at it I can see 3 different tanks. 2 of which are very awkwardly shaped ahah

It was doing this kinda thing to me ahah

http://www.optical-illusion-pictures...ges/stairs.jpg

Depending what you plan to keep, the design of your tank might make it difficult to light adequately. What are the dimensions and what kind of lighting are you hoping to employ? I'm really digging the design, but I am worried that the angle of the tank might provide adverse lighting conditions to any coral you want to keep.

I don't think the front is THAT sloped that he'd have issues?

Hm. Perhaps I'm looking too closely at the pic that was posted of the real tank. My concern is that the light will reflect too much given the angle of the glass. I suppose, though, it's going to depend more on what kind of light than anything else. A single MH mounted at an angle would probably take care of that issue.

A lot of light fixtures are narrower than the tanks they're above but the reflectors typically fan the light out. So if the fixture is above the opening it should fan out enough by the time it's to the bottom. I do agree that there will prob be some gradient but nothing too drastic I doubt? If you go back to the pic you'll see that the little light about that tank fans out enough to light the entire bottom of the tank.

yeah so i got a sweet deal on a 36" light and i changed the tank design. the one i built is not as cool as the one i had designed up earlier but ill have pics up within the hr. just loadin them up on photobucket.
thanks for all the comments on it. and yes wes it did the same to me when i looked at it and it still does.

Oh come on already get with the pic's :razz::razz:

relax greg haha. photo bucket takes forever to load pics

so here is what i did all day yesterday out at grizzly acres.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020736.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020738.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020743.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020744.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020747.jpg for size compare
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020748.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...0/P1020750.jpg

its not quite done i just need to euro brace it a bit with one inch strips and then ill be all ready to get some water in it