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To be honest, when I first received Gouldian's invitation for the nano competition, I straight away said NO to him, In my mind it's just impossible for my to start another nano tank with my current ne

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It was a sad day to see my mum said farewell to the three fishes when I pass over to the buyer on 25/10. So, this is the 3ft IOS tank (3ft x 1.5 x 1.5H) will be using to hosts my LS in the meantime,

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End product today... and going to soak with water tonite... Size: L16xW10xH14 inch

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Awesome!

Yes, they are with me now... :)

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According to my plans last one month, I had now came to my stage #8 -- Add in DIY ornament and decoration

Last week till today, I had been busy all the time for my first DIY ornament in my life, as I decided to go for a classic greek pillars looking, I had been go round Singapore but couldn't find a suitable one at last, so I decided to DIY to the size that I want. Here some pictures will tells you how I go about it:

1. To model the base I used polyfoam because it's easlier to get the right shape that I want. Of course, polyfoam is a floawing substance, so I need to add on more weight to it with the white cement and sea sands, that are the materials usually uses in the DIY live rocks. :heh:

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The greek pillars...

Solid lah!!

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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Of course, the skin paper we need to coated with few layers of polymer resin to prevent from water rotted, pastic tube needs to fill up with white cement and sands...

Finally, I need few bottles of vitagen liao... Guess why?

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Haha... I need to use the bottle to model the base part of the pillar...

Do you know my wife and I had consumed 5 bottles of vitagen after our dinner just because I have 5 pillars in total. :cry:

Same to the wooden substances, they were coated epoxy resin to prevent from water rotted.

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Here is the clear epoxy resin comes with 4 liters of Base and 1 liter of hardener, usually ppl using it to paint the outer layer of ship to prevent metal in contact with sea water and become rotten.

So, basically, my ornament is all coated with this epoxy resin to prevent all toxic chemical leaks into the aquarium. Of course, it's wise to use less toxic material unless no choice. :evil:

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Here are the paint materials... Mainly white cement's itself, acrylic paint and acrylic epoxy spray...

The acrylic epoxy spray was what I had been used in the past which I painted my 3ft seahorse tank the other ornaments and was proven very safe for my Reidi and others horses, Now I even coated with another layer of epoxy resin to enhan the protection.

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End product today... :yahoo: and going to soak with water tonite...

Size: L16xW10xH14 inch

U r like those expert artistic craftsman. Nice work!!

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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WAH!!! Bro, u go for the wrong competition liao!!

hahaha.....artistic~

Yes, I think so... haha...

Never mind lah, just for fun, anyway, I believe reefing can be an art also, what to do, kids like seahorse, they like imagination, I just wanna create a totally unusual set-up for them, of course, I will try my best to convince the judges too, Merry Christmas, Kids! :cheers:

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Wanna see more funny idea? coming soon for the corals selection...

Okay, 1st to come are the GSP and Zoas, or I call them "green grass" and "sea flower". Haha... I think you guys knows what I intending to do next... :idea:

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Yes, I think so... haha...

Never mind lah, just for fun, anyway, I believe reefing can be an art also, what to do, kids like seahorse, they like imagination, I just wanna create a totally unusual set-up for them, of course, I will try my best to convince the judges too, Merry Christmas, Kids! :cheers:

Where the snowman and santa? Should place inside..

Tank Theme: Mixed Reef with clams

3 feet tank with IOS

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Lightings: T5 actinic blue x4 , T5 white x4

Skimmer: BMQQ

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Nice effort bro!

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Main Tank Display- 4ft (L) x 2ft (W) x 2.5ft (H) 3side view

Return Pump- 2x Eheim 1262

Wavemaker- Conch II + Tunze

Skimmer- Hydor Performer 700DP

Lighting- Sun System Tek-Light T5 8 x ATI 54W

Chiller- Hailea 1/4hp

Reactor- Skimz FR Rowaphos

Dosing Pump- Bubble Magus BM-T01

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Thumbs up bro

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Good planning work here and kudos for the effort in doing the beams. Not to mention selecting the livestock and conditioning them. Can't wait to see your master piece.

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