DanS Future 90 gallon reef

[Bearchumjs]

Very nice!! Now you just need to get some water in it! I'm excited to see this move along!

 

[DanS180]

And this is the homemade canopy.. decent shape, other than the panel on the front, will have to be redone.. thinking of painting everything black tell me what u think!!

 

[obscurereef]

Also is that outlet to the left in the pic the only one? Perhaps you might want to move the tank before you add water to hide the jungle of cords you will have.

 

[obscurereef]

IMO it would look a lot better in black.

 

[Bearchumjs]

I'd paint it black. I didn't want to say anything about the brown incase you liked it, but if painting is an option I would definitely paint it black.

 

[DanS180]

Oh its definitely getting painted! Lol and yeah that outlet is the one I'm using.. gonna move the tank over eventually, but I have so much to do with it right now so I figured it'd be okay right there for now lol

 

[DanS180]

Looks like someone else loves the tank just as much as me haha

 

[obscurereef]

Haha. Glad you got some life in there. I'd add a bit more color though, the brown and black doesn't attract the eye so much.

 

[DanS180]

Haha. Glad you got some life in there. I'd add a bit more color though, the brown and black doesn't attract the eye so much.

Lmao.. the minute I set the tank up, she jumped on top and dived in lol she's always so curious

 

[obscurereef]

Haha uh oh, hopefully she's not so curious and goes fishing and brings you a gift!

 

[DanS180]

Haha uh oh, hopefully she's not so curious and goes fishing and brings you a gift!

Lol well I had the top off.. I'm gonna have to figure out something tho bc I'm almost positive I wanna hang LEDs up

 

[obscurereef]

Build a screen top. I doubt your cat will be able to jump up anyway with the lights hanging, but if you want to get a wrasse and/or a firefish you'll want a top. BRS has a video on a DIY screen top. I bought the screen and spline roller from them and got window frames and spline from Home Depot. Wasn't too hard to make. Need a saw to cut the metal frames though.

 

[DanS180]

Build a screen top. I doubt your cat will be able to jump up anyway with the lights hanging, but if you want to get a wrasse and/or a firefish you'll want a top. BRS has a video on a DIY screen top. I bought the screen and spline roller from them and got window frames and spline from Home Depot. Wasn't too hard to make. Need a saw to cut the metal frames though.

Yeah I thought of a screen top.. but if I did do one the mesh would have to be very fine bc I'm planning on having a snowflake eel

 

[obscurereef]

When you said fine, you mean small? I got 1/4"...I doubt even a baby can get through that.

 

[DanS180]

When you said fine, you mean small? I got 1/4"...I doubt even a baby can get through that.

Yeah, like really tiny openings so 1. The eel can't get thru and 2. My cat won't fall in incase she does get on top lol

 

[obscurereef]

Yeah it's too small for an eel to get out if you fit it correctly. It's pretty strong too. Just tested it out and put some pressure on it and it's fine, I'm sure it will hold a cat if need be .

 

[DanS180]

Yeah it's too small for an eel to get out if you fit it correctly. It's pretty strong too. Just tested it out and put some pressure on it and it's fine, I'm sure it will hold a cat if need be .

Awesome.. yeah I think I saw BRS had some type of kit so I'll probably get that

I'm debating on cleaning the tank tonight lol I feel lazy tho

 

[obscurereef]

Yeah the kit is pretty expensive. If you're willing to go to a hardware store they'll have the same stuff (except for the netting..couldn't find clear 1/4" netting) for half what BRS is selling it as. It's going to look so new when it's clean and painted black.

 

[DanS180]

Yeah the kit is pretty expensive. If you're willing to go to a hardware store they'll have the same stuff (except for the netting..couldn't find clear 1/4" netting) for half what BRS is selling it as. It's going to look so new when it's clean and painted black.

Yeah I'll decide on which route I wanna go.. and yeah it will look great hopefully, any tips on cleaning off dried up coralline? And a dried up seaweed filled overflow? Lol

 

[Mrc8858]

Yeah I'll decide on which route I wanna go.. and yeah it will look great hopefully, any tips on cleaning off dried up coralline? And a dried up seaweed filled overflow? Lol

Vinegar is your best bet. Spray it on and leave it sit for a little bit or if your willing to do it fill it up with some vinegar water and leave it sit for a lil bit.