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so i finally couldn't stand having this tank just sitting out in the garage any more and decided to do something with it.
* tank - 46g(i think - if any one knows what it's actually called, let me know), 36 x 15 x 20. still in the clean up stages. the stand and the tank both need some work. it has a built in wet/dry filter which i'm not sure if i'll be using or not, but at least it's good for hiding everything. i'm still a little wary of trying to scape it(because of the whole over flow box thing) but i think i've come up with something.
here are a couple of pics of where i'm at so far:
it's not going to black or primer gray. i've decided on a textured charcoal. will probably have it finished up this week.
here's a shot of the overflow:
this is probably why it's been out in the garage for so long now, lol.
lighting - i had a pretty tough time trying to come up with a lighting solution for this project(still a newbie i guess). i wanted to hang what ever i decided on, but couldn't really find a whole lot. it looked like i could use one t5ho bulb or three t-8 bulbs or two t5no bulbs (didn't want to go power compact). i liked the single t5ho solution the best, unfortunately i could only find the hagen glo fixture and didn't want to pay the 100+ dollars for it. so my next choice was the coralife 36" t5no dual bulb strip light. i thought that it might look sorta okie hanging over my tank so that was out. i'm just going to make my own t5no 2 bulb fixture.
found this at the home depot:
i haven't quite figured out how i'm gonna do it yet, but i think it will better than than just a square strip light.
at first, i was just going to use pool filter sand(or something similar), but then i realized i had all the stuff sitting around to make mineralized topsoil. i guess the crypts will thank me later.
where i'm at with it:
man there's a lot of wood in there.
i guess that's it for now, thanks for looking!
* edit - after doing some research i have come to the conclusion that my tank is referred to as a 50g - so i will just go with that.(even though i did the math and know that's not really what it is. )
* tank - 46g(i think - if any one knows what it's actually called, let me know), 36 x 15 x 20. still in the clean up stages. the stand and the tank both need some work. it has a built in wet/dry filter which i'm not sure if i'll be using or not, but at least it's good for hiding everything. i'm still a little wary of trying to scape it(because of the whole over flow box thing) but i think i've come up with something.
here are a couple of pics of where i'm at so far:


it's not going to black or primer gray. i've decided on a textured charcoal. will probably have it finished up this week.
here's a shot of the overflow:

this is probably why it's been out in the garage for so long now, lol.
lighting - i had a pretty tough time trying to come up with a lighting solution for this project(still a newbie i guess). i wanted to hang what ever i decided on, but couldn't really find a whole lot. it looked like i could use one t5ho bulb or three t-8 bulbs or two t5no bulbs (didn't want to go power compact). i liked the single t5ho solution the best, unfortunately i could only find the hagen glo fixture and didn't want to pay the 100+ dollars for it. so my next choice was the coralife 36" t5no dual bulb strip light. i thought that it might look sorta okie hanging over my tank so that was out. i'm just going to make my own t5no 2 bulb fixture.
found this at the home depot:


i haven't quite figured out how i'm gonna do it yet, but i think it will better than than just a square strip light.
at first, i was just going to use pool filter sand(or something similar), but then i realized i had all the stuff sitting around to make mineralized topsoil. i guess the crypts will thank me later.
where i'm at with it:

man there's a lot of wood in there.
i guess that's it for now, thanks for looking!
* edit - after doing some research i have come to the conclusion that my tank is referred to as a 50g - so i will just go with that.(even though i did the math and know that's not really what it is. )