Fish's new cube

[Fish]

And here's a few more pics after I changed the sandbed today:























- Chad

[st4tic]

can you post pics of whats under your tank?

thanks

[Fish]

I'll hunt around. Watch my videos though, they have some clips of the equipment. After that you can let me know what you'd like to see more of.

- Chad

[crusty1]

That's a great looking nano! I love the lighting. Do you have more info on that?
Chris

[Fish]

Thanks Chris!
The lighting is a 70w metal halide with a 20k bulb. I bought the ballast, reflector, and bulb and then wired it into a halogen desklamp. I took these photos while I was gutting the desklamp and bolting in the retrofit:






- Chad

[petah]

how much does it cost for a cube to be made? $$20-50??

[prosnow]

well i just had a custom cube made...check out my pics in nano reef, and mine cost more then that...starfire is expensive...

[petah]

looks great! but lets say i dont use that glass and i settle for saphire glass.. or a low iron glass.. somthing that will not cost an arm and a leg.. what $$ would i be looking at?

[Pan]

Originally Posted by Fish

Hi all,

Here are a couple pictures of the tank set up at work. It doesn't look as good against the wall as it will when I move it back to the original spot next week:





I am going to place it on a base of hockey pucks to raise it up enough for the hoses to clear the slot in the desk top. It shouldn't look quite as "Canadian ghetto" as it sounds . I will have a puck on each corner and one in the middle of the tank and all recessed a bit so that it looks like the tank is floating an inch off the desk on short black pillars.



This shot is to get a general idea of the aquascaping:

looks like a little zen mountain setup

i think it might have looked quite neat if the sand was black....
i remeber reading about a guy who loved his white sand, the only way he kept it like that was to replace it all...yes all every month....was like a 500 gallon or something like that...rich european....

[Fish]

Thanks. I have thought about black sand before too - just not sure how it would look...
The aragonite is pretty cheap to replace every 4 or 5 months... I only use a cup or so and I'm still on my original bag.

- Chad