Doug's 300DD Starphire Reef Build

[Reef Happy]

Wow! How I wish I had those skillz :}

Got to enjoy a hobby just like the reefing to me!!!

Now... Got Stain

 

[Reef Happy]

EZTUBE Aluminum tubing came in. Light rack is now complete and LED's mounted!!!

 

[lauremf2002]

dude, why are you so flipping handy!? It make the rest of us reefers feel inadequate...

 

[Scuba Steve]

Looks great. Good job Doug! Can't wait to see it in person again.

 

[Reef Happy]

Thanks Steve you are welcome to drop by anytime!!

Got the woodwork on the doors for stand and canopy done except for knobs and polyurethane. Doors are magnnetized for easy access.

 

[happysak]

Doug, great job. Tank is looking fantastic

 

[Reef Happy]

Thanks Roman. Hard to find the time to get it all done. Nice to see it finally coming together and final wood work. Home recovering from surgery so going to spend the time cleaning up cords and mounting and setting up Aqua Controller

 

[lauremf2002]

You're awesome! That looks so good

 

[Reef Happy]

You're awesome! That looks so good

Thanks Lauren. Glad you like. This has been a fun build and work in progress.

 

[Tim Plow]

Great looking system!

 

[Reef Happy]

Getting back into the swing of things. Bored stiff so back to work on the tank!!!

After much thought I decided to switch from the Icecap electronic ballast to the Galaxy HQI ballast. I believe they will be a better fit for the radium bulbs. The icecaps looked nice. The radiums look a bit more crisp white. I notice that the bulbs are not as blue when run on icecaps. Mounted on shelf in equipment closet getting the ballast in a more permanent location has helped too.

 

[MBryant]

Awesome. That's going to be very nice. " watch out Paul. Dougs on his way". Lol

 

[Reef Happy]

With everything going on lately I almost forgot to post, I have had the new Geo Calcium reactor set up for a few weeks now. Makes life alot easier. Just about have it dialed in.

 

[happysak]

Doug, nice choice on ballast. Let see tank pictures

 

[Reef Happy]

Doug, nice choice on ballast. Let see tank pictures

So far I like these ballast with the radiums. More crisp white look. I will get the tank pictures up soon when I have a chance to snap some more shots.

 

[happysak]

Did you get Apex set up?

 

[Reef Happy]

Did you get Apex set up?

No Roman haven't yet. Hoping to get it up and running later in the week. Been a long time coming.

 

[Triple_B]

There is a severe lack of livestock/tank pictures in this thread! :lol2:

 

[Reef Happy]

Sorry, I will try my best to get some more pictures soon. Little bit at a disadvantage right now for use of the camera.

 

[Reef Happy]

I can post some pics of some acans that I got this week.