Hi everyone,
I want o share my new zeo tank to all you guys, my mistakes and I hope soon success
here is short story...
In 2002 when I came to US I buil my first here 102 gal tank have it for about a year then got acrylic 180 gal 6'x2'x2' this one I was enjoying till august 2010 when I downgraded to Marineland 93 gal Deep Dimension cube 30"x30"x24" couple months ago I decided to build new tank a little bit longer than 93 gal cube and low iron (starphire) glass this time...
New tank dimension finally are 48"x30"x22" high it is something about 137 gal.
Here are some buil progress pics, i don't really had time to get decent pics so i used my phone, I'm sorry for that
next day...
In my opinion 1/2" thick glass is enough cause tank is only 22" high.
I don't know if is any prestige when tank is rimless I'm European my first tank was rimless and that was 26 years ago when I was 8 years old, all my tanks in Europe was rimless by the way that's why I'm always smiling when people here in US saying "my tank is rimless" it sounds like something miracle to me Usually I'm building stands myself but this time I got help from my friend Martin (Special thanks for you Martin and all Modern Wood crew !!!) he own beautiful woodwork company and build excellent cabinet under my new tank, to make it strong and waterproof he used 1" thick Baltic Birch Plywood which is two times stronger than reg 1" plywood and much more water resist.
I moved everything already to new tank and now I'm looking to buy some good light fixture, temporary i'm using two AI led modules but it doesn't work.
I understand I should do this before but still can't decide which one to buy... I was thinking to buy T5 fixture for my new tank but when I started counting expenses I'm not sure if I want them any more, for my tank I gonna need 8-10x54w bulbs fixture 432w-540w Every 6 months bulbs has to be replaced for new one, each 54w bulb is about $30 shipped so that's gonna be $240-$300 twice a year... I know people have beautiful sps growing under the T5 fixtures but the expenses makes me want to stay with LEDs.
For the led market I was looking at AI but I don't really like them since I'm using them right now, Vertex Illumina looking promising but is a bit expensive...
Reeftech Prometeus LED fixture, second generation the slim one just arrived to the US the new look and design is beautiful, personally it couldn't be any better.
I already had the first generation above my 93 gal cube and one unit was perfectly covered 30"x30" area. I don't want to waste my time looking for another brand I'll try the new one now and see if one can cover 48"x30" area.
?
Here is a shot of my tank... is totaly mess I still have to build some aquascape the rocks and corals are just transferred, everything is temporary
I'll update more informations and pics soon...
All the best guys.
mark
I want o share my new zeo tank to all you guys, my mistakes and I hope soon success
here is short story...
In 2002 when I came to US I buil my first here 102 gal tank have it for about a year then got acrylic 180 gal 6'x2'x2' this one I was enjoying till august 2010 when I downgraded to Marineland 93 gal Deep Dimension cube 30"x30"x24" couple months ago I decided to build new tank a little bit longer than 93 gal cube and low iron (starphire) glass this time...
New tank dimension finally are 48"x30"x22" high it is something about 137 gal.
Here are some buil progress pics, i don't really had time to get decent pics so i used my phone, I'm sorry for that
next day...
In my opinion 1/2" thick glass is enough cause tank is only 22" high.
I don't know if is any prestige when tank is rimless I'm European my first tank was rimless and that was 26 years ago when I was 8 years old, all my tanks in Europe was rimless by the way that's why I'm always smiling when people here in US saying "my tank is rimless" it sounds like something miracle to me
Usually I'm building stands myself but this time I got help from my friend Martin (Special thanks for you Martin and all Modern Wood crew !!!) he own beautiful woodwork company and build excellent cabinet under my new tank, to make it strong and waterproof he used 1" thick Baltic Birch Plywood which is two times stronger than reg 1" plywood and much more water resist.
I moved everything already to new tank and now I'm looking to buy some good light fixture, temporary i'm using two AI led modules but it doesn't work.
I understand I should do this before but still can't decide which one to buy... I was thinking to buy T5 fixture for my new tank but when I started counting expenses I'm not sure if I want them any more, for my tank I gonna need 8-10x54w bulbs fixture 432w-540w Every 6 months bulbs has to be replaced for new one, each 54w bulb is about $30 shipped so that's gonna be $240-$300 twice a year... I know people have beautiful sps growing under the T5 fixtures but the expenses makes me want to stay with LEDs.
For the led market I was looking at AI but I don't really like them since I'm using them right now, Vertex Illumina looking promising but is a bit expensive...
Reeftech Prometeus LED fixture, second generation the slim one just arrived to the US the new look and design is beautiful, personally it couldn't be any better.
I already had the first generation above my 93 gal cube and one unit was perfectly covered 30"x30" area. I don't want to waste my time looking for another brand I'll try the new one now and see if one can cover 48"x30" area.
?
Here is a shot of my tank... is totaly mess I still have to build some aquascape the rocks and corals are just transferred, everything is temporary
I'll update more informations and pics soon...
All the best guys.
mark
