My wife and i are having our anniversary and since we never had a wedding, were gonna go pretty big w a party. I am going to set up a tank and put our wedding cake on top of that. I want to display a bunch of nice corals an some fish in a 20gal frag tank i have. My question is about lighting: i want there to be some good color and want everyones polyps at full attention. Can i pull this off with stunner strips mounted on the board set on the tank for the cake to go on top of? Or would i need something with some more par? They will be right on top, above 6" of water. I havent bought anything yet because i dont really know what i will need to have things just right. I intend to pull most everything out of my display including lr for filtration. I dont think i will need to run a skimmer since it will only be a day or so. Anyone have any sugestions?
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Wow. Your wife must be cool to allow this. I would think less PAR to induce the polyps to extend for light. As for removing the LR and such from your tank, I would advise against this. You may upset the anaerobic processes under the rock and induce a phosphate "free-for-all"(yeah that's scientific nomenclature lol).
I think the main question is regarding the lights though. I dont wanna have a big canopy, just whatever can sit right under the top cover. If i have to build a mini canopy type thing i will, but if slimmer is better for the display i want. I dont think any vendors put their lights right over the water
That seems kinda ghetto, and its an all in one, with a black acrylic background, so it would have to be on the side, im not really diggin that. I guess i dont want anything showing besides the locline fro the return... Ill give aoa a call and try and find out what youre talking about, unless someone else can chime in?
Check this one out ... http://blog.aquanerd.com/2011/04/reef-aquarium-wedding-cake.html
http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/underwater+aquarium+light+led.html
Clear thick plexiglass to hold the cake over the tank
Clear thick plexiglass to hold the cake over the tank
Sorry i havent read the whole post so if this has been covered, if it has please move on.
Are you set on a frag tank? I think an AIO Nano with a glass lid would work well. You can mount some sort of LEDS to the glass lid. There are a ton of options as far as LEDS.
Also check out those Cerameco bonsai rock structures. It'll make it look Zen like.
You could build a base to hold the tank like its levitating over the cake. Then you can put the centerpeice thingy on top of the tank. I dunno, looks good in my head.
Are you set on a frag tank? I think an AIO Nano with a glass lid would work well. You can mount some sort of LEDS to the glass lid. There are a ton of options as far as LEDS.
Also check out those Cerameco bonsai rock structures. It'll make it look Zen like.
You could build a base to hold the tank like its levitating over the cake. Then you can put the centerpeice thingy on top of the tank. I dunno, looks good in my head.
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