Plywood tank - redux
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Tank is up and running. Future plans include - some sort of lighting, and a turf algae screen for filtration. Only inhabitants right now are a green spotted puffer and a domino damsel.
Wow, very nice. I didn't know you could make a GSP full salt water. Pretty cool. Also love the sandbed.. gives nice depth and dimension to everything. Well Done!
Thanks! I'm still messing around with the four K4 powerheads in there to figure out how to not blow the sand bed around too much. With only about 14" of water between the surface and the top of the sand bed, its proving to be a challenge. That and because the walls are not perfectly smooth, the suction cups don't stick to the walls and the plywood is too thick for the magnets, so I have been wedging them into crevices in the rocks, which is somewhat limiting.
Wow! That looks amazing. How many gallons is the tank? The back part makes a perfect refugium.
What's in the basket, corals?
As for the Koralias, you can either:
a) Get stronger magnets.
b) Make an upside down "J" type plexi glass bracket, attach the K4's on the long end and hook the other end over the lip of the tank. This will allow you to hang them on any of the edges.
c) Make a pvc support stand, drill a hole in a couple pieces of LR (the holes must be big enough for the pvc to fit through), stack/bead them through the pvc and attach the K4's at the top (you could also use clear acrylic rods). You could place them anywhere in the tank. Just bury the pvc base in the sand or insert the pvc/rod in a larger, sturdy, drilled rock.
What's in the basket, corals?
As for the Koralias, you can either:
a) Get stronger magnets.
b) Make an upside down "J" type plexi glass bracket, attach the K4's on the long end and hook the other end over the lip of the tank. This will allow you to hang them on any of the edges.
c) Make a pvc support stand, drill a hole in a couple pieces of LR (the holes must be big enough for the pvc to fit through), stack/bead them through the pvc and attach the K4's at the top (you could also use clear acrylic rods). You could place them anywhere in the tank. Just bury the pvc base in the sand or insert the pvc/rod in a larger, sturdy, drilled rock.
Yes the only light on the tank is a 70w MH over the basket with coral frags in it. The tank is about 200gal.
Looks cool.. I've been tossing around the idea of scavenging a 55 gallon tank I have for a plywood build. Just gotta find a place to put it!
