Steve's sunlit outside build

Originally Posted by spinycheek

That's a lot cheaper than I would have imagined, good deal!

Originally Posted by ozzie

Same here i thought it would off been more as well

I was actually out by about $1700

Tanks (4x4x2 + 2x 2x2x18) $1200
Skimmer $1000
Calc Reactor 2nd Hand $200
All other tanks 2x 3x2x18 & 3x3x2 $400
4 x Vortechs and battery backup $2500
Lights 3x luenbright reflectors and 2nd hand ballast $600
Laguna return pump 2nd hand $300
Light movment rail $500
Plumbing $1000
Everything else I had heaters live rock etc etc

Cheers

I was thinking about doing a 4 x 4 x 17tall Tub outdoors but I always get to a blank with covering it with something transparent that can stand the weather here in florida.

Man, I must really suck at budgeting. I spend that much on one tank....without a whole addition to the house.

Hey Steve , How is this light movement rail going to work ?

and your wife's OK with all of this? or are YOU the one in charge at your household?

Originally Posted by Thinkin Reef

Hey Steve , How is this light movement rail going to work ?

Hey Tommo

This is my mates tank here in WA here is a link to his tank journal.

http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=194347

Here is a link to the video of the light movement rail on his system the same one I will use

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=P8240001.flv

And a picture



You could probably knock something up yourself

Originally Posted by Barbara

and your wife's OK with all of this? or are YOU the one in charge at your household?

No man is in charge of the houshold heck I am not even in charge of my own life but a couple of 100 liters of salt water spilled every now and again within the house does wonders for big projects like these ones.

The light track looks pretty cool!!

I had rail system on my last tank I loved it and my sps were just as colored up as 2 separate lights.. Good move and more cost efficient..

Thats pretty interesting that he had it going front to back like that. Most of the setups ive seen they have them running the length of the tanks and it dark more than it light.


So spill a bunch of water in the house and than say you need an outside shed? Great idea.

LOL I don't think Barb will go for that one Chris.

Depends on how much water i spill

...I ABSOLUTELY will NOT go for it! thank you very much

LOL, Eww that sounded like someone hit a nerve. LMAO

Hi All, I am Steve's mate that he refers to in his post.
I have personally seen what Steve is in the process of doing
and the attention to detail and the quality of the gear is awesome.

It will be great to see when it is up and running - all he needs is some nice cultured Acro's to get it started !

I certainly agree with the comments that supplemental light
is essential with Natural Sunlight in reagrds to SPS & LPS.

David

David, Hope you like it here .

Hi mate and welcome
Care to post in the tell us about yourself thread
Tell us about yourself.

Hey David,

OK have done - couldnt get the images to work just a link.

How is it done please ?.

Thanks

David

Use the [img] tags in front and back [/img]

Originally Posted by skinz78

Hey David,

LOL many trivia questions to come