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tbone28
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11995785#post11995785 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by marlon17
Congratulations CamBarr!
Thanks guys..I like #5 too...inspired from Elos and Amano Stand. I like #4 also it's unique, but i don't think it will blend in my house.
I will put my new tank near the stairs, where that low table sits right now. I need your suggestions on how to hide the wires behind, incase i will use hanging lights. I have a very high ceiling, i really want a clean set up no wires to be seen from the lights.
Tbone....wood skin and laqcuer doors
About frosted glass...nah...you don't want your visitors to look at the silhouette of your sump.
As some others have said, I also like #3 and #4. I am into various styles of modern design, and I think some aspects of modern design are meant more the "the store" rather than at home. While I think #3 and #4 look great, the more practical side of me wonders how long those will "look nice" at home. At the store, it's easy to swap out furniture when styles change. At home, we are less likely to do that due to cost issues.
For that reason, I went with #5 - modern, but I think that style will "last longer". BTW, I like it with the wood skin more
ReefEnabler
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Tbone, that image visualizes the golden ratio, 1.618.
It could be described as the ratio that allows you to have a curve with a radius shrinking every time, such that 2 curves add up to the full size of the previous curve, and continues on and on like this, filling in the tiny empty space by shrinking each time. The ratio of the radii of any 2 adjacent curves in such a system would be 1.618........................
As a fun way to understand WHAT THE HECK that means, you should learn what the "Fibonacci sequence" is. Basically, its a sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the 2 previous numbers. it goes 0,1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 etc....
Now start near the beginning of this sequence and divide any number with the previous number. 8/5= 1.6
Go higher up the sequence.....
21/13=1.615
go WAY higher.......
6765/4181=1.618033.....
So as the numbers increase, you slowly approach the golden ratio!! and this is where it comes from! when you think about the spiral pattern and how its always fitting into itself, it makes perfect sense. the reason it doesn't hold up at the beginning of the sequence I think is that you didn't start with enough resolution. if you start the sequence at 1.618 then it stays true right on through.
I believe that this number reveals itself in nature quite often IIRC. stuff like snail shells and other growth related stuff. I haven't studied this in years but its really cool!
It could be described as the ratio that allows you to have a curve with a radius shrinking every time, such that 2 curves add up to the full size of the previous curve, and continues on and on like this, filling in the tiny empty space by shrinking each time. The ratio of the radii of any 2 adjacent curves in such a system would be 1.618........................
As a fun way to understand WHAT THE HECK that means, you should learn what the "Fibonacci sequence" is. Basically, its a sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the 2 previous numbers. it goes 0,1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 etc....
Now start near the beginning of this sequence and divide any number with the previous number. 8/5= 1.6
Go higher up the sequence.....
21/13=1.615
go WAY higher.......
6765/4181=1.618033.....
So as the numbers increase, you slowly approach the golden ratio!! and this is where it comes from! when you think about the spiral pattern and how its always fitting into itself, it makes perfect sense. the reason it doesn't hold up at the beginning of the sequence I think is that you didn't start with enough resolution. if you start the sequence at 1.618 then it stays true right on through.
I believe that this number reveals itself in nature quite often IIRC. stuff like snail shells and other growth related stuff. I haven't studied this in years but its really cool!
ReefEnabler
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oh ya and these modern tanks are absolutely awesome!!!
I didnt go modern myself but one day I'd love to!
tbone, and the other with those cool contemporary panels around your tank.... what are the panels made from? looks like some kinda metal finish around each panel?
I didnt go modern myself but one day I'd love to!
tbone, and the other with those cool contemporary panels around your tank.... what are the panels made from? looks like some kinda metal finish around each panel?
ReefEnabler
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i hated that movie.
actually i feel alot less smart after looking up the wikipedia page on fibonacci sequences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number
i dont understand anything on that page. I like my simple explanation better
hey tbone asked so at least 1 person wanted that info hehehe
actually i feel alot less smart after looking up the wikipedia page on fibonacci sequences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number
i dont understand anything on that page. I like my simple explanation better
hey tbone asked so at least 1 person wanted that info hehehe
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JustinReef
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12001093#post12001093 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RyanBrucks
i hated that movie.
actually i feel alot less smart after looking up the wikipedia page on fibonacci sequences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number
i dont understand anything on that page. I like my simple explanation better
hey tbone asked so at least 1 person wanted that info hehehe
I like your explanation better too! The way you explained it was basically the same as I was taught in school. I remember one of our teachers was huge on the idea and used to be able to point out examples of it in nature all the time. It was pretty cool.
glassbox-design
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tbone-
that's from mooooi, marcel wander's city design. we were going to go with that cabinet and re-inforce it, but changed up the placement of our tank.
when we move we are considering this design, with all plumbing and equipment completely hidden.
that's from mooooi, marcel wander's city design. we were going to go with that cabinet and re-inforce it, but changed up the placement of our tank.
when we move we are considering this design, with all plumbing and equipment completely hidden.
mattsilvester
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galss-box design .......... lighting will be difficult?
glassbox-design
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a combination of natural sun via sky light and standing MH fixture would be the planned lighting...with some other goodies
ReefEnabler
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so whats the big pillar for? is that an equipment closet in disguise?
JustinReef
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e&f
You know for lighting, some of those Japanese MH spotlights could work nicely. I am hoping to pick up a couple of those when Im in Singapore in a few months.
I really like the concept.
You know for lighting, some of those Japanese MH spotlights could work nicely. I am hoping to pick up a couple of those when Im in Singapore in a few months.
I really like the concept.
glassbox-design
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Ryan,
it is structural support for the loft doubling as an equipment closet.
Justin, Felix,
somewhat...I'll be experimenting with a number of stuff. hint - fiber optic & fresnel. The spots arent as focused as I would like.
Felix,
that build wont be for a while. still need to get the 90g up :lol:
it is structural support for the loft doubling as an equipment closet.
Justin, Felix,
somewhat...I'll be experimenting with a number of stuff. hint - fiber optic & fresnel. The spots arent as focused as I would like.
Felix,
that build wont be for a while. still need to get the 90g up :lol:
JustinReef
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Hey e&f
Have you seen the spots Im talking about in person? Are they really not as focused as they seem to look in pictures? I want to change my lighting to something like 3 of them, hung from the ceiling kind of like track lighting I guess but I don't want too much light bleeding into the room.
I will have to look into them before I buy them
glassbox-design
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justin,
we have the 150w par spots, not the smaller 24 watters (still need to get my hands on those
) they focus the light better than a normal halide, but I'm looking for more of a pin spot halide to really highlight certain areas.
we have the 150w par spots, not the smaller 24 watters (still need to get my hands on those
) they focus the light better than a normal halide, but I'm looking for more of a pin spot halide to really highlight certain areas.- Status
