Gimmito's 450 L-Shaped Display

[SaguaroSteve]

A true inspiration and beautiful tank. Your patience, dedication, perseverance, and attention to detail is absolutely amazing. I just stayed up till 2:30am (having to get up at 7am) just so I could finish this build thread. I'll definitely be subscribing and cannot wait to see the great things to come from this.

Needless to say I'll be PMing you day by day when I set up my 300DD in a few years, hopefully you haven't forgotten me by then!

Again, congratulations on such an awesome set up.


Cheers,
Steve

 

[TheFishTeen]

Nice! The black tang will be really cool swimming with your yellows. :fish2:

 

[gimmito]

A true inspiration and beautiful tank. Your patience, dedication, perseverance, and attention to detail is absolutely amazing. I just stayed up till 2:30am (having to get up at 7am) just so I could finish this build thread. I'll definitely be subscribing and cannot wait to see the great things to come from this.

Needless to say I'll be PMing you day by day when I set up my 300DD in a few years, hopefully you haven't forgotten me by then!

Again, congratulations on such an awesome set up.


Cheers,
Steve

Wow...thanks for tagging along and reading the whole thread in one sitting ! I hope you have some coffee in hand this morning. this build has been a labor of love, I'm glad I can start to see the fruits of my labor. I look forward to yor build thread...love the 300 DD.

 

[gimmito]

Nice! The black tang will be really cool swimming with your yellows. :fish2:

Thanks...I think so too.

 

[gimmito]

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[gimmito]

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[Baldwin]

What type of cardinals are those are they the white ones with blue eyes?

 

[gimmito]

They are Seale cardinalfish.

 

[gimmito]

I tried borrowing a technique from Tony Vargas by attaching a siphon hose to a fork (or a multi tool). A simple, yet effective way to disturb the upper layer of the sanded and siphon detritus while doing water changes.

 

[marrc007]

Nice video thanks for sharing

 

[gimmito]

Johnny (Jestersix) was kind enough to come down and help me create a wicked rockscape for the rear of the tank. I wanted something that would would arch from the rear right to the middle of the tank. Here's some progresive & tank shots.

 

[rsl3]

Coming along very well!

 

[gimmito]

Thanks...I'm trying.

 

[djze]

love the rock work what cement did you use to hold the rock's together

 

[gimmito]

Emaco 400 & Acryl 60. Are you in Newark, CA ? If so, you can buy it at a local Whitecap.

 

[djze]

thanks for the info but no i'm in newark nj

 

[gimmito]

I'm sure you can find it online. Thorite is similiar to Emaco which Marco Rocks sells.

 

[djze]

yeah i ordered the one from marco rocks but would like to find it cheaper i got a big project ahead

 

[Bosha]

Nice work on the rock scape. Plenty of places to place corals.

 

[gimmito]

yeah i ordered the one from marco rocks but would like to find it cheaper i got a big project ahead

The Emaco comes in 50 lb bags.