5 gallon project

[Kengaroo131]

my 10 gallon is now fixed so this project is back in bussiness after completing my 10 gallon again i had some free time on my hands so i decided to finish the stand and canopy and went out and got some sand and started the tank up i have some pics of it almost done i still have to add LR and a few inverts when the cycle is over and maby a clown goby...please excuse the foggy water i just added it in the tank.

here it is with the canopy front open.

heres the small filter i found laying around it kicks out quite a bit of flow.

i used molding to hold the tank in place when its on the stand.

thats all for now there will be more updates soon.

 

[Kengaroo131]

might be going out to get some live rock tonight i'll keep eveyone posted...

 

[Kengaroo131]

here are some recent pics of the tank when it cleared up.

 

[Kengaroo131]

little update, i just orderd some live rock off a rc member. should be here soon so i'll post pics when i get it.

 

[matt_schultz]

looks good so far. do you have reflectors for the back of your lightbulbs? if not some tin foil even would add a whole lot of light into the tank.

 

[Kengaroo131]

no i dont have reflectors but in going to expirement i heard beer cans also work well i'll give them all a shot.

 

[Jadams]

great start! Im about to set up a 5g AGA too..this makes me want to go all out on it..hahaha

 

[Jadams]

PS...the beer can idea is AWESOME!!..LOL

:beer:

 

[Kengaroo131]

haha well im happy to inspire you haha yea the beer can sounds like a good idea. i'll try to polish it up real good for maximum brightness.

 

[snulma1]

if you want, you can always find a cheap halogen worklamp from HD, they usually run from 8-25 dollars. And then pull the reflector from behind there. I used those on one of my old tanks and it did a decent job!

 

[Kengaroo131]

thats a possibility if nothing else works sounds like a good idea. i think i have a few laying around acctualy.