I finally broke down and learned how to post pics on this site.
My wife an I loved our 9 gallon tank so much, we decided to get a better tank as a Christmas present to each other. Although it is just now coming together it's turning out great.
It is an Aquapod 24 with 150W HQI.
Here is why it took me so long to complete:
I pulled out the old pump and replaced it with a Maxijet 900. Then I drilled a hole in the rear partition, installed a bulkhead, and plumbed a second pump, a Maxijet 1200. I put two locklines on the bulkhead to more effectively distribute the water. I also installed a third pump, a Minijet 404, facing downward behind the live rock to insure no dead areas behind that large structure. I put a 50W Hydor heater and some bioballs along with a bag of ChemiPure in the left rear compartment. In the right compartment I trimmed down one of the sponges (because of the pump) and then put some polyester fiber fill on top of the sponge to gather the majority of the trash that enters the rear pump areas.
The main tank area has about 30 pounds of live rock, a pair of Percula clowns, and one Firefish who is scared of the camera. There are also several types of corals that are common and easy to identify. My silver pulsing Xenia is by far my favorite. But every time I photo it, the silver is so bright, it is almost unidentifyable.
I installed an ICA 2.0 chiller with upgraded power source and computer CPU fan. It is straddling the two rear compartments. There is also a small pump in the right chamber that brings the water up and through the chiller; the chilled water then returns to the tank into the left chamber and flows back into the display area. My home-made cover can also be seen in this photo. It was made from a styrene flourescent light fixture cover, trimmed with a dremmel, and painted with reat resistant black primer.
I wanted to build a tank that I did not have to stick my arm down into each week and siphon gravel. So I build this one with no substrate and made sure it has LOTS of water movement.
Thanks for looking, Paul B.
My wife an I loved our 9 gallon tank so much, we decided to get a better tank as a Christmas present to each other. Although it is just now coming together it's turning out great.
It is an Aquapod 24 with 150W HQI.
Here is why it took me so long to complete:
I pulled out the old pump and replaced it with a Maxijet 900. Then I drilled a hole in the rear partition, installed a bulkhead, and plumbed a second pump, a Maxijet 1200. I put two locklines on the bulkhead to more effectively distribute the water. I also installed a third pump, a Minijet 404, facing downward behind the live rock to insure no dead areas behind that large structure. I put a 50W Hydor heater and some bioballs along with a bag of ChemiPure in the left rear compartment. In the right compartment I trimmed down one of the sponges (because of the pump) and then put some polyester fiber fill on top of the sponge to gather the majority of the trash that enters the rear pump areas.
The main tank area has about 30 pounds of live rock, a pair of Percula clowns, and one Firefish who is scared of the camera. There are also several types of corals that are common and easy to identify. My silver pulsing Xenia is by far my favorite. But every time I photo it, the silver is so bright, it is almost unidentifyable.
I installed an ICA 2.0 chiller with upgraded power source and computer CPU fan. It is straddling the two rear compartments. There is also a small pump in the right chamber that brings the water up and through the chiller; the chilled water then returns to the tank into the left chamber and flows back into the display area. My home-made cover can also be seen in this photo. It was made from a styrene flourescent light fixture cover, trimmed with a dremmel, and painted with reat resistant black primer.
I wanted to build a tank that I did not have to stick my arm down into each week and siphon gravel. So I build this one with no substrate and made sure it has LOTS of water movement.
Thanks for looking, Paul B.
