The Obelisk

[Xirxes23]

Well its in place! jsut got it up and in a few mins ago here are the prelim shots!

Its 6'6"!!! 40 inch stand 16 inch canopy on a 30 cube.

Canopy here, the whole face swings up and onto the top of the unit for full frontal access.

I wanted as much room to work as possible, so i made the door come off completely, and attach in with 3 droor clasps up top

As it lowers down to be removed

and now completely off

Running C160 marineland canister with 3 inch Black sand over Plenum, plumbing 1/3 horse chiller tomorrow and getting 250W 20kK XM mogul on monday

Hope you like!

 

[temec_lover]

nice!!

 

[Bergovoy]

cool pics, like the door details... very cool

 

[nahtanoj]

pretty good justin, looks like a pro job from here.

 

[antiant]

did u build that stand? it looks great. would you build one for me?

 

[Xirxes23]

LOL that stand took a while... lots and lots of biscuit joints! fun but tiring.

 

[d34532]

nice I want to see you stock up with.

 

[Nick_kun]

very nice...clean.

 

[Xirxes23]

new aquascape.. another, taller rock with another higher flat section is all i have left to find.

 

[nahtanoj]

i like the dark sand, thats gonna make stuff pop out at ya.

 

[Bergovoy]

I was thinking the same thing..

But I was also thinking that I might lose stuff in it if bits and pieces break off, something gets better.

I also wondered about light reflection, and whether or not the black would absorb light, thereby reducing the efficiency (?) or all around light...

But it does look cool..

 

[Mark82]

Nice job on the build, it looks great.

 

[Xirxes23]

Newest Update: Plumbed, chilled, Canister filtered, MH Lighted, and Flowed on Wavemaker.

250W XM 20kK is TOO BLUE! 14k 250w hamilton in the mail for monday.

 

[Bergovoy]

wow, looks like my night lights...

I have the hami 14 k in my center mh, and it is nice, but compared to the 10k, it is a bit dimmer, obviously, so the next upgrade maybe to replace the 250w with a four hundred watter for the center light...

and yes, I love youre tank.. your stand is definately a nice bit or work as well..

 

[Xirxes23]

Heres the tank filling up with the moved items from the 10

 

[Xirxes23]

and more...

 

[Xirxes23]

Alright, here's the latest additions, (and probably the last, for a good while!) these pictures don't do them justice. Thanks SDGuy for the liveaquaria group buy setup!

Blue Acropora loisetteae:

Green delicate aussie stag This Thing is SUPER thin branching, bright polyps tho!

And finally, a cross section of the acro table for now!

Hope you liked!

 

[temec_lover]

nice!!

 

[SDguy]

They look great! Wow, didn't know the aussie delicate has such green polyps!

 

[Xirxes23]

thats what caught my eye initially