Modern Reef Aquariums

[Pacific Reefs]

Man DT that is soo nice and clean! Great job!

 

[Carlos Arouche]

DT, just perfect !!!

Clean and beautifull !

 

[adddo]

Updated shot of mine.. Got sand and LR in it.

 

[JGross4]

My new Elos System 70!

 

[CamBarr]

great tank J

 

[Big E]

Awesome tank, I love the design. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to make sure the stand exactly match the dimensions of the tank otherwise the stress would definitely cause a failure.

That's definately a unique tank, but if I was going to do that I would just buy a square tank & block off that underside section of the reverse "L" with my stand facade & make a box inside the tank.

You wouldn't have to deal with all the structural/stress nightmares that way.

On the whole Modern tank "open top" concept........although they look pretty they aren't practical if you value your fish. Someone needs to get more creative & come up with modern setups that aren't open tops.

 

[sirjohn]

A picture of my 200g Elos rimless *in progress*:

 

[melev]

That's a great looking setup, sirjohn. I love the super clean walls of the tank.

 

[adddo]

Very nice SirJohn!

 

[Taqpol]

I don't know if this is old news or not, but I just saw the new line of Fluval Edge tanks, and dang they look sleek!

Almost all the pictures you find are freshwater, and six gallons is a little small, but if someone could DIY up a bigger version I think it would make a stunning reef!

 

[d2mini]

I've been wanting one of those for about 6 months for my office.

If I was going to do a large version for saltwater, it would be HUGE... about 5 feet tall.

btw, those normally retail for $130 but i saw them on sale at petsmart today for $99. So tempted.

 

[JustinReef]

Here is my "new" tank. Had the tank for a while now but we redid the stand when we redecorated the place, so kind of new The red stand automatically made it seem more modern.

The tank:

Full room:

 

[Osteomata]

be leary of those edge tanks, the pictures of the fully planted FW tanks are highly deceptive. The lighting is wholly insufficient to grow anything. I think it has two small LEDs in the hood. You would need a major upgrade to grow much of anything.

 

[melev]

Justinreef - I'd love to just hang out in that room. It looks great.

I like the Edge tanks too, but I'd think it would be best for a dwarf seahorse tank, or all inverts that crawl around. Maybe a suncoral tank.

 

[Taqpol]

be leary of those edge tanks, the pictures of the fully planted FW tanks are highly deceptive. The lighting is wholly insufficient to grow anything. I think it has two small LEDs in the hood. You would need a major upgrade to grow much of anything.

I wasn't talking about growing any corals in it, or even freshwater plants. I just think the tank looks cool enough that I wouldn't mind having one on my desk filled with glo fish and a plecostomus.

That being said, if you wanted to do saltwater what about a non-photosynthetic cold water anemone and some pacific coast inverts? I guess you would have to find a way to plumb in a chiller.

 

[strendo]

Some Updated shots of my tank:

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[adddo]

Thats gorgeous Strendo!

 

[DT's_Reef]

Fantastic, Strendo!

I see you have a Vortech on the left side of your tank, but none on the right? My tank is similarly situation, and I'd *love* to put a Vortech on the left side.....but my concern is noise since it's in the living room. I think I'd have to set it on a low flow with no variation....otherwise it probably generates a very audible...grrr....grrr...grrr...grrr....grrr noise. I don't mind a low level of noise, I just don't like a very audible pulse pattern as it's irritating.

 

[melev]

Strendo - looks beautiful - nice and clean too! :thumbsup:

DT's - I don't run mine in pulse mode and I'm very pleased with the results.

That being said, if you wanted to do saltwater what about a non-photosynthetic cold water anemone and some pacific coast inverts? I guess you would have to find a way to plumb in a chiller.

It just depends how cold you keep your home. If you can keep the tank around 72F, how about a few catalina gobies and strawberry anemones? :inlove:

 

[strendo]

Thanks everyone

DT's_Reef- I don't like the way they look on the sides. I also have 2 on the back. I wouldn't worry too much about the noise.I noticed if you keep them really clean they're pretty quiet.