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Here she is.
Pay no attention to what's in the tank. I just wanted to show off the set up. I just have some base rock, crushed coral, and a silly castle. Current resident is a striped damsel named Humbug that belongs to my father in law. He is my guest until the in laws move and set up a new tank. Once the tank stabalizes, I'll add about 10 pounds more live rock from my tank and a bunch of frags.
Tank is the regular petco/petsmart/walmart 10 gallon. The light is a 96w PC retro kit purchased from ebay. It has a hang on filter with fiber and carbon in it, a power head for circulation, and a nano skimmer (once it got seasoned, it started producing good crud. They send you ten replacement micro-bubble filters which keep the micro-bubbles to a minimum. For the low price, I'm satisfied with it as a mini-skimmer, although it does take up some room in the tank. I hope to hide it behind some rock later).
Unfortunately, my wife is into interior design, so I have to make things look good on the outside. I made the hood out of some sand ply and put on three coats of stain on the outside to match a cheap table I stained a few years ago. Then I put on a few coats of urithane (sp) on outside and inside to protect the wood from moisture. I put on some decorative moulding around the lid and around the bottom of the tank to hide the ugly black tank frame. My wife is pleased with the look.
I like the little tank. Might be the fact that it's new, but I like it better than the monster tank in the living room. 8)
Pay no attention to what's in the tank. I just wanted to show off the set up. I just have some base rock, crushed coral, and a silly castle. Current resident is a striped damsel named Humbug that belongs to my father in law. He is my guest until the in laws move and set up a new tank. Once the tank stabalizes, I'll add about 10 pounds more live rock from my tank and a bunch of frags.
Tank is the regular petco/petsmart/walmart 10 gallon. The light is a 96w PC retro kit purchased from ebay. It has a hang on filter with fiber and carbon in it, a power head for circulation, and a nano skimmer (once it got seasoned, it started producing good crud. They send you ten replacement micro-bubble filters which keep the micro-bubbles to a minimum. For the low price, I'm satisfied with it as a mini-skimmer, although it does take up some room in the tank. I hope to hide it behind some rock later).
Unfortunately, my wife is into interior design, so I have to make things look good on the outside. I made the hood out of some sand ply and put on three coats of stain on the outside to match a cheap table I stained a few years ago. Then I put on a few coats of urithane (sp) on outside and inside to protect the wood from moisture. I put on some decorative moulding around the lid and around the bottom of the tank to hide the ugly black tank frame. My wife is pleased with the look.
I like the little tank. Might be the fact that it's new, but I like it better than the monster tank in the living room. 8)
