415 Gallon Plywood Tank Build
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acrylic51
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Not much progress due to the holidays.....Did manage to final get the background I was hunting, and wanted to give a quick glimpse and get everyones opinion as to what they think.....Not sure if I want to go this route or explore the rock/foam wall idea a little more....
Need your opinions!!!!!!
Need your opinions!!!!!!
spanko
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I like it.
Bak in Jan 08 I decided to try out a reef flat biotope based mostly on this picture.
Thought about a lot of schooling damsels, cardinals etc. type fish. Started to set it up but after a while I realized the tank was just too small of a footprint to get what I wanted.
Went a long with it for a while though.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/305547/and-in-the-beginning
I think this a wonderful idea for your tank, especially with that background. JMO
Bak in Jan 08 I decided to try out a reef flat biotope based mostly on this picture.
Thought about a lot of schooling damsels, cardinals etc. type fish. Started to set it up but after a while I realized the tank was just too small of a footprint to get what I wanted.
Went a long with it for a while though.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/forum/thread/305547/and-in-the-beginning
I think this a wonderful idea for your tank, especially with that background. JMO
acrylic51
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Hey Henry beautiful setup!!!! Was sorta my original plan to a point. Hate seeing piles/walls of rock and looking for that cleaner look you showed. I have also thought about the bonsai look, and seeing the background on Corey's setup looked good. I'm after an open look feel for the tank. I will have to really look at your thread in super detail at home instead of on my phone.
spanko
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If you are going to do a faux bottom, flip the tank over so that the bottomof the tank is facing up. Then paint the bottom (outside) of the glass. You can get that textured paint that looks like sand.
http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=sand+textured+paint#q=spray+on+sand+texture+paint&hl=en&prmd=ivns&source=univ&tbs=shop:1&tbo=u&ei=7U0aTY-vKt-HnAewxvSoDg&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=image&resnum=3&ved=0CC8QzAMwAg&fp=a20cfd04ba3c5cf9
http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=sand+textured+paint#q=spray+on+sand+texture+paint&hl=en&prmd=ivns&source=univ&tbs=shop:1&tbo=u&ei=7U0aTY-vKt-HnAewxvSoDg&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=image&resnum=3&ved=0CC8QzAMwAg&fp=a20cfd04ba3c5cf9
acrylic51
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Uuugggghhhh that disrupts my whole finish idea for the tank itself on the outside!!!!! I was just thinking about the faux look since I hate seeing sand heaped up in areas and seeing the bottom of the tanks....my last setup just running the OceanMotions 8way with the barracuda withe the nozzles mounted at the top would move the sand bed. Trying to come up with a game plan to avoid that. Will probably use an 8way again, pluse 3 Tunzes suffer in the external wavebox, and considering Tunze 6055 up top in each corner for flow.... Now you see my concern for sand blowing????:flame:
2quills
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You know looking at the picture with the backround on there what I think would be cool...Keep the backround and basically trim all of the corners of the tank on the inside of the tank with rockwork like a rock wall. They would look kind of like pilars and you could incorporate some ledges or shelves into em for some frags or something. I'm out of ideas for the bottom. I say that unless you do sand then it's all going to get covered and won't matter anyway unless you plan on somehow keeping the bottom free of algea. Tint it sand colored would be what I'm thinkin.