My 3.5 footer...at long last! :)

[southpaw23]

Another view sitting on the tank. Please excuse the dirty hood...didn't get around to cleaning off all the wood dust before takin the pic...was too eager to see the whole setup...

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Also incorporated fans to the hood to reduce heat from the lights on the water...unfortunately the fans i got are wayyy too noisy so i haven't been using em and the 150 watt halide doesn't seem to be overheating the water too much....again...the fans will be useful if and when the 250watts come along..

Here's a closer look...

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Outside look with the black plastic grills...

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Now for the overall look of the tank...all doors and hood in place...

[alien07]

Nice setup bro. Can PM me the price for the whole setup? Thanks!

[southpaw23]

Another angle..

ps. Apologies for the blurry pictures...still need work on the photography skills..

[southpaw23]

And with all the doors closed....looks pretty slick...

[southpaw23]

Another angle....and notice the lil 2 footer to the right of the pic....nice sense of scale eh? Feels good to finally setup the big guy...the 2 footer was fun but there are so many limitations when it came to livestock and space that i'm looking forward to the bigger tank experience...

[southpaw23]

After 3 bags of sand....

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And after mixing the salt, about 40 kg of Liverock when in the tank...interestingly enough...there are only 4 large pieces in the tank...should make scaping a lot easier to work with...but i'll only get to the scaping much later as i need for the tank to cycle first so that i can transfer the existing rocks from the 2 footer to complete the entire scape...

[southpaw23]

Used my 2ft fuge light as a temp light source for the meantime....as u can see, the water was pretty cloudy at the time....took quite a number of days to clear up...and i think the die off was pretty significant as i wasn't able to run to full system for about 5 days...so no skimming in that period of time...

Am not too worried tho...i'll get the coraline back overtime....

[southpaw23]

Hmmm...for some reason the pics are turning up alot more blue than it actually is....well, here's another look with the 2 footer in the background...

[LoReNsIa]

hey bro.. u do the hood ur self or wad? haha.. looking great.. haha..

[southpaw23]

nah...it was made by the tank maker as well...i just specified the dimensions and design...

[jem]

hey..u din rinse through your sand did you?..

[southpaw23]

Yes i did Jem....maybe not enough....think it was rinsed three or four times through....

[acidjazz]

bro, did u clean the live rocks? dip in fresh water and all?

u will see worms and crabs aloating after that.

[southpaw23]

Nah....didn't wanna kill the life in the rock with a dip so i just dumped the rock in the tank....but i'm sure that there are nuisance crabs in there somewhere...will live with it for now...and maybe try and catch some of em along the way.

I wanted to preserve the biodiversity by not killing off too much with a dip....hope it doesn't come back and haunt me in the future...

[acidjazz]

Nah....didn't wanna kill the life in the rock with a dip so i just dumped the rock in the tank....but i'm sure that there are nuisance crabs in there somewhere...will live with it for now...and maybe try and catch some of em along the way.

I wanted to preserve the biodiversity by not killing off too much with a dip....hope it doesn't come back and haunt me in the future...

It will haunt you big time.

Go take out the LR and rid it of pests like crabs.

[southpaw23]

Eh?....too lazy... The rocks are huge....mind you the 40kg of rock in the tank only consist of 4 pieces...one of em is probably close to 15kg....how?

Well...maybe when i'm rescaping in two weeks time, i'll go try and rid some of the pest from the rock.....thanks for the warning....

[jem]

bro..acidjazz is right!

u wouldnt want to end up like me!..

found 20+ crabs when i soaked my LR

[flying carpet]

Another handy work by ah heng.

Nce tank bro. Your nano looks good.

[southpaw23]

bro..acidjazz is right!

u wouldnt want to end up like me!..

found 20+ crabs when i soaked my LR

That's a scary story jem...just might get me to relook at my rock for lil pest...

[southpaw23]

Another handy work by ah heng.

Nce tank bro. Your nano looks good.

Thanks bro...was lucky that he was so "chin chye" with me else i wouldn't have been able to incorporate all my design without a huge increase in the overall price of the tank set.

As for the nano...yes...it's time is almost up tho...as i'll be moving the rocks and livestock into the bigger tank in a couple of weeks when the parameters have stabilized....

[southpaw23]

Here's a look at the inside of the hood with the Hilux MH sitting in it...as u can see, it's a nice snug fit with abt a 1 inch clearance on each side..