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Old 10-15-2008, 04:55 AM
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Hey All,

Heres the budget for the $395.45:

Hardware:
Used Hydor Koralia 4 - $40.46
Used 200W Weipro Heater - $15.12
Used 175w Metal Halide Setup(20k bulb) - $100

Livestock:
5 Astrea Snails $1.99ea as per LA. $9.95

Free Budget:
Standard 10g - $20
Tube of black and clear silicone - $10
Scrap Glass/Acrylic - Free
Approx. 8 pnds of Rock - Extra Laying around
Stand - roughly $25
Canopy - roughly $25
Mag Float - $15
Thermometer - $3

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Remaining: $229.92


Hard to get a good full tank shot with this type of tank... Ill post from both flat panes consistently for the monthly shot. All other pictures will be in the thread.

15th November 2008




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15th January 2009



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Old 10-15-2008, 06:44 AM
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This be the empty 10g. Afew beers in there for good measure. Somehow a couple are empty. Its hard work putting a 10g on the counter. haha
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Old 10-29-2008, 05:29 AM
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Well after a couple weeks of no posting progress is taking place.

First removing the braces from the glass:



Then the glass is all apart and ready to be siliconed back together

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The final product:











The stand you see is not the one Im using. I will be building one tomorrow along with a canopy. Hope to have water in the tank before this weekend so I can play a lil catch up.
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Old 10-29-2008, 05:59 AM
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The Light Im using is a 16" hamilton tech light fixture(28w x 2):





I got it off of a local reefer for $20. Confirmation of price will have to be included I presume at a later time.

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What a beautiful tank this is going to be!
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Old 10-30-2008, 12:15 AM
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Bit of an update....

Freshwater tested the tank tonight. The koralia 1 I planned on using isnt producing enough flow for my liking thus far. Had an extra 4 laying around so I tried that and I think we may have a winner. Ill see if its too much flow when I finally have rock in there and corals, but its easy enough to change out for others.

Ill be building the stand this evening and hopefully finishing it tomorrow. Still want to have water in it come this weekend.










and yes Im getting a few micro bubbles with the larger pump. Im sure the problem will go away once Im running filter floss.
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Looking good dude. Glad it held for you but you're still going to brace the base right? Or are you going to gamble?
You need to run the water level a little higher and that should stop any microbubbles.
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That's a "superman" looking tank!
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Looking good dude. Glad it held for you but you're still going to brace the base right? Or are you going to gamble?
You need to run the water level a little higher and that should stop any microbubbles.
building the stand tomorrow which with have a 1.5" lip around the base. The I will silicone the tank into the stand. That should be plenty for bracing. I was just making sure there were no leaks.
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