Some Pics

Kronk · #1 05-25-2008, 02:43 PM

Figured I would post some pics of my little reef.

New Emerald crab he was snacking on algae seconds after i dropped him in. At that point i also noticed he was missing 3 Legs!

I dont think he is used to the brightness of the metal halide, shrooms make a good umbrella apparently

Kronk · #2 05-25-2008, 02:49 PM

Fire shrimp doing what he does whatever that is?

A decent macro shot of the Nem's texture

Yes the tank is on the floor... no i dont like that idea just waiting for the 65g. by the way this is one of the few times the cat even bothered to acknowledge the tank is there. And i keep the door closed... mostly

Kronk · #3 05-25-2008, 02:59 PM

My reef when i first picked it up 2 years ago... used as you can tell. Who can believe it, i have been in the Hobby with a 20g for 2 years without upgrading is that a record?!?

A shot of my 10g Planted

My first aquarium 44g pentagon with cichlids i made the back of the tank out of concrete and styrofoam.

rocketlily · #4 05-25-2008, 03:13 PM

Nice pictures. I really like the planted tank. I've been developing an interest in these lately. Is the back of the tank real rock or something else?

Kronk · #5 05-25-2008, 03:17 PM

Its a type of sandstone i found when hiking, its not heavy at all so i just siliconed it to the back of the tank.

danny zubot · #6 05-25-2008, 05:36 PM

I really like the back wall of the hex tank. It gives the tank a certain mysterious feeling. Very cool.

Diana · #7 06-03-2008, 02:35 AM

Nice pics! You should post your hex tank on malawimayhem.com (not sure if you're over there already

). They would be very interested in how you made the background!

Cheers
-Diana and Raf

Kronk · #8 06-05-2008, 02:51 AM

I should have mentioned i sold the cichlid tank a while back. It was a pentagon shape 44g there are some DIY threads on cichlid forum that show some different ways of making those backgrounds. At the moment i am making my own live rock i will post some pics of that when i am done. It will be a long process though as its going to be a busy summer... here is one rock i made to test the batch the salt isnt disolved yet so it doesnt look porus

BC Mosaic · #9 06-05-2008, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Kronk

...... rock i made to test the batch the salt isnt disolved yet so it doesnt look porus

Sorry, but I don't understand.

Nice tank work there BTW.

Kronk · #10 06-06-2008, 12:38 AM

Quote:

here is one rock i made to test the batch

The DIY rock is made with a number of different materials, i made one rock so that i could test the recipe.

Quote:

the salt isnt disolved yet so it doesnt look porus

The rock has to be soaked in order to disolve the salt which i have not done yet. Once the salt disolves it will leave holes in the surface and interior of the rock. The pic makes it look like a solid block of concrete because the salt crystals kind of blend in. When the salt disolves the rock will look more like lavarock than a sidewalk.