We have WATER!
Finished drilling the glass today. FINALLY! What a
PITA that was with a Dremel tool. I broke down and bought the stand from Current USA that is made for the Aquapod 24. It matches my other furniture almost perfectly. (My place is decorated in early Darth Vader) It's surprisingly sturdy and was easy to drill for my modified tank and it's just the right height for watching the tank from the sofa.
So it's full of tap water right now. I have the overflow running into a 5 gallon Ale Pale that I use for brewing. A Mag 7 pump feeds the water back into the tank so I can see how warm the water gets and check for leaks over the next few days.
I just ordered 15lbs of CaribSea Seaflor Flamingo Reef Sand for the substrate. I'm going shallow sand-bed in the display since I have 6 inch
DSB in the
refugium.
OK here are some pictures. Sorry about the quality, it was dark in the room and I forgot to turn on the flash.
The standpipe and return.
The "Sump"
Both tanks. See the difference in brightness between a Normal Output fluorescent and a 70 W
HQI?
