Recent content by mpdan

I have 2 Kessil A150w sky blue. I really liked this color when I had a fish only tank, but now that I have coral I prefer to have more blue. In my opinion the blue helps bring out some of the colors in the coral. It is a matter of preference.

Thanks I have been doing 5 gallon water changes every week. I picked up the 2 montipora frags last week. I am starting to see some small new coralline spots starting to grow on the rocks.

Your tank looks awsome. I like the bare bottom it will look great covered in coralline.

The tank has been running for 5 weeks. The rock and sand was transferred from my other tank that I had running for 4 years. Everything seems to be happy and opening up and looks great. The 3rd picture is a neglected bubble coral that lost almost all of it's flesh in the old tank but has now...

Haha thanks perfect view for Barbie

Hi my name is Dan, I have had this 28 running for about 3 weeks. I took down my 75 and used sand and live rock that has need in use for 4 years. I am already enjoying the smaller tank much more than the 75.

Quick update I finally completely finished the stand

Thanks a lot! I am already really enjoying the tank and the way it looks. lol no I will research for jumping thank you.

I used poly on the inside of the stand thanks for the tip. I have finished everything except the table top portion.

Ok thank you I will look into the epoxy. Should I paint the inside of the stand with the epoxy? For the top I will be staining and poly.

I didn't even think about it. I just planned on painting. Is the epoxy needed?

Any ideas on how to mount 2 kessil a150 with the goose necks instead of going straight off of the tank?

I started the stand today. I didn't have enough 2x4s to finish the legs but this is what I have done so far. The table portion will only be used for drinks. The stand will be replacing a side table between two couches. I will be sheeting the outside with plywood and then painting. I will be...

I just picked up a Deep Blue 20x20x16 reef ready tank and I am trying to see if anyone can help with my stand idea. The ideal place for the stand is where I have an existing table, so I want to build the stand long enough to still use as a partial table. Will keeping the tank only on one side of...