Ziggy's Nano Build (again)

[Ziggy953]

Got a lot of my stuff in the other day. I haven't hooked anything up yet. Still waiting on the new drivers for the LEDs. The ALC with the moonlinghts, my HUB, aqua lifter and a few other items are ready to be installed.

The fish and corals are looking great. I picked up a Green Slimer today...it's opened up and looking nice.

Oh yeah and I got a pair of black and white clowns....

 

[TigerBarbs]

Awesome! Where's the pics?? I wanna see em!!

 

[Ziggy953]

Lights are out. I will post some pics tomorrow.

 

[Ziggy953]

So some pics....

The clowns are still so young that they are orange and white though you can see on the larger of the two that the fins are starting to turn black. Eventually they will be completely black and white....

The Green Slimer I picked up for free when I got the clowns...

The polyps opened up within 30 minutes of putting the coral in the tank. This is just temporary as I will be mounting the coral at some point...

The Goni is looking great too..

That's all for now. Eventually over the next couple days I will install all the new equipment that has arrived...

 

[TigerBarbs]

nice clowns! when i got mine, one of the smaller clown's stripes wasnt all the way around yet. the black outline is just starting to touch! mine started super dark and then lightened up lol. how the heck did you get that acro for free????

 

[Ziggy953]

I offered to pay for it. The guy I bought the clowns from wouldn't take any money for it.

 

[TigerBarbs]

Wow that's sick!!

 

[treym563]

What did you use to get your background so black? Ive used a black background from Petco as well as painted mine and they always seem to look grey when looking at the tank from the front. Any suggestions?

 

[Ziggy953]

What did you use to get your background so black? Ive used a black background from Petco as well as painted mine and they always seem to look grey when looking at the tank from the front. Any suggestions?

Several coats of black spray paint.

 

[treym563]

Any brand in particular? Flat/Gloss?

 

[Ziggy953]

Any brand in particular? Flat/Gloss?

I prefer to use Krylon - I've used both flat and gloss. Flat will adhere faster and better than gloss. Gloss takes many more coats and time to flash between coats. This tank was done with Gloss and I think I ended up with 10 coats total for good coverage.

 

[Ziggy953]

Some pics..

Feather duster on the glass....

 

[redsea]

Nice tank Ziggy.

 

[Ziggy953]

Nice tank Ziggy.

Thanks!

It's coming along nicely....now to hook up all my new toys..

 

[FishEggs]

It looks really sparse. What's taking so long? Where are all the lush corals and all the cool fish? lol

It's looking good. Hurry up and get those new toys in.

 

[Ibrahim]

Tank looks awesome! Love the leds

 

[Ziggy953]

It looks really sparse. What's taking so long? Where are all the lush corals and all the cool fish? lol

It's looking good. Hurry up and get those new toys in.

haha....I'm working on it...

 

[Ziggy953]

Tank looks awesome! Love the leds

Thanks!

I love the LEDs too! I'm adding an additional 14, 7 blue and 7 white for peak day time light so they will be on for about 4 hours and then shut off and allow for the progression of sunset.

 

[Ziggy953]

Picked up a new fish today, 6 line Wrasse. One very cool little guy...when he gets used to the tank and comes out of the rock I will work on getting a pic..

 

[Ziggy953]

So I managed to snap a couple pics of the new fish...Six Line Wrasse:

FTS: