just some before and after pics to share of the tank
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the tank is a 100 gallon glass tank....
its 5 feet long 24" tall and 18" wide...
its got 4 holes drilled in the bottom to go to my 2 fluval 404's ....
when i first got the tank i kept only fish and just had 40 watts ....
i then upgraded to about 240 watts of PC and NO flourescents.... i got some anemones since the LFS said it would be enough lighting on my tank.... back then i didnt have the internet and didnt buy a book... woulda been a better choice.... but i got some anemones and easy corals ... the anemones survived the poor lighting for about 6 months worth until i decided to get a new canopy with more lighting for hard corals.... i now have about 480 watts of PC over the tank with 2 cooling fans to keep temps stable...ive now had the new lights for about 4 months or so..... and everything is doing really good and growing at such a fast rate.... as you can see the purple anemone got huge and the other 2 RBTA's got bigger also.... my bubble coral has tripled in size and my colt has gotten like 10 times bigger than when i bought it.... seems like all is happy....
i didnt really transition too slowly i have a timer system and i just started out wtih 6 hours instead of 10 and now im back to my original times....
thanks for the questions and compliments!!!
its 5 feet long 24" tall and 18" wide...
its got 4 holes drilled in the bottom to go to my 2 fluval 404's ....
when i first got the tank i kept only fish and just had 40 watts ....
i then upgraded to about 240 watts of PC and NO flourescents.... i got some anemones since the LFS said it would be enough lighting on my tank.... back then i didnt have the internet and didnt buy a book... woulda been a better choice.... but i got some anemones and easy corals ... the anemones survived the poor lighting for about 6 months worth until i decided to get a new canopy with more lighting for hard corals.... i now have about 480 watts of PC over the tank with 2 cooling fans to keep temps stable...ive now had the new lights for about 4 months or so..... and everything is doing really good and growing at such a fast rate.... as you can see the purple anemone got huge and the other 2 RBTA's got bigger also.... my bubble coral has tripled in size and my colt has gotten like 10 times bigger than when i bought it.... seems like all is happy....
i didnt really transition too slowly i have a timer system and i just started out wtih 6 hours instead of 10 and now im back to my original times....
thanks for the questions and compliments!!!
murph145
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it looks 5 inches deep but inactuallity its hiding an egg crate system to pull water through the gravel to the drilled holes in the bottom of my tank that feed my 2 fluval 404's
the egg crate is probably 2" tall but has gaps along the edge which allows sand to fall on the sides to cover it up.... its probably 3 inches on top and then the egg crate with another 2 inches along the side to cover it....
the egg crate is probably 2" tall but has gaps along the edge which allows sand to fall on the sides to cover it up.... its probably 3 inches on top and then the egg crate with another 2 inches along the side to cover it....