Saltwater & Reef

oO BRIGHTY Oo · 07-25-2011, 09:55 AM

We are very slowly getting our 260l tank together, we have gone for something different in this 3 piece sunken battleship. It still leaves plenty of room behind for a nice LR display, we have ordered 2 powerheads that are coming in a couple of days, then we shall be getting our substrate. Please don't be too judgemental with the ship!!!

oO BRIGHTY Oo · 07-25-2011, 09:55 AM

More pictures will be added as we go!

ocean · 07-25-2011, 12:24 PM

It is different and I like it!!

spoonman · 07-25-2011, 12:29 PM

The only people you have to please with your decorations is you. Good luck with the new tank!

Tracie6283 · 07-25-2011, 12:30 PM

That's gonna look awesome!

Ricksreef · 07-25-2011, 01:43 PM

Interesting.Hope you are doing reef,that way stuff will start growing on the ship to really make it look real.
Look forward to keeping track of your progress.

oO BRIGHTY Oo · 07-25-2011, 01:54 PM

Thanks guys/gals for the feedback so far! The only reason I was worried about opinions was that almost everyone has gone for a natural look with a reef and LR and I know the ship isn't beneficial to the fish & inverts other then some good hiding places, like I said and you can see there is plenty of room behind for a good chunk of LR!

Just been out and purchased some coral sand!

oO BRIGHTY Oo · 07-25-2011, 06:59 PM

Just added coral sand into the equation, looks like I need one more small bag to make it look like the ship is bedded in!

Next up powerheads!! Can't wait!

ocean · 07-25-2011, 07:44 PM

Maybe I'll have to take a look at the decorations next time I'm at the LFS!! I really do like it!!

alLexX · 07-25-2011, 07:47 PM

looks great

cant wait to see it when your done

classklown90 · 07-25-2011, 07:50 PM

+1 to the reef idea. that ship would look awesome with some zoas or shrroms on it

oO BRIGHTY Oo · 07-26-2011, 02:13 AM

We are starting off having the tank as a FOWLR as we are major beginners at this, but making it a reef later on is something that we would like to do, baby steps for us!!

In regards to where we got it from, we found that all our LFS didn't have anything that large or that detailed, we got this from www.aquatics-online.co.uk they have got a really good selection. It looks so much better then the picture on their website!

scubasteve03 · 07-26-2011, 07:05 PM

Wow man that is awsome looking I like the origanality of your idea. Cant wait to see it going.

**Gti_Leo** · 07-26-2011, 11:03 PM

it would look cool if you put some live rock in there and made it look liek the ships where crashed amungst the rocks.

i'm sure i nthe wild there are actually sunken boats so it might actually look pretty cool

slitherbomb · 07-26-2011, 11:05 PM

There ARE sunkin ships. I know near me there are at least 20. They are great fishing spots lol would also be cool to scuba dive into one of them.

mistaflicksta · 07-26-2011, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Gti_Leo

it would look cool if you put some live rock in there and made it look liek the ships where crashed amungst the rocks.

i'm sure i nthe wild there are actually sunken boats so it might actually look pretty cool

You should buy some live rock or even some Marco rock and make it look like a diving site.

it would look something like this

Left side:

Center:

Right side:

Side views:

mistaflicksta · 07-26-2011, 11:47 PM

or this

oO BRIGHTY Oo · 07-27-2011, 03:46 AM

Wow, if out tank ends up looking as gorgeous as that we would be soooo happy!

Me and my wife have been snorkelling in Egypt (the red sea) and just recently on our honeymoon in the Maldives and both had shipwrecks with so much life around them!

We have considered placing the ship ontop of the LR (when we get it) it's going to be fun creating a cool scene