New here and just wnated to say hello

[skippyreef]

Hello guys,

I am new here heard about this site at the IMAC while at a presentation. This is is wonderful asset to have !

[wildeone]

Welcome Skippyreef! I'll bet you will enjoy the site as much as I have since I found it. There are a bunch of great people here!

[CarmieJo]

Hi Skippyreef,

Welcome to TalkingReef! :)

[fat walrus]

welcome skippyreef. i myself have been onboard just a couple of weeks and i love it. i've been a hobbyist since the time when one only dreamed of keeping a reef tank and have never found a forum group i ever wanted to participate in. this is the first site and the last site.

[skippyreef]

Thanks for the Welcome,

Just finished the Zooxanthallae podcast. Great information.

This is a shot of the system I am setting up right now. Think a month to six weeks until it has salt water running in it. Just emptied it today after a two month wet test and ceramic soaking.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005251.jpg

Utility room

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005250.jpg

[fat walrus]

looks like you spent some money. is that H&S recirculating skimmer?

[skippyreef]

it is the A-200 recirculating skimmer. I spent a little but this has been 18 months (started buyign teh equipment 18 monts ago). This is the crescendo so to spaek :)

[fat walrus]

that's an awsome skimmer. make sure you stay on top of the game in equipment maintenance, parts for are nightmare.

[Scott]

Hi Skippyreef,

Welcome to Talkingreef! Glad you heard about it and checked out the site. :)

[V]

helloooooooo skippy!
"whats that skip, a bush fire? tut tut, tut tut, theres a little boy caught in a well"
lol

sorry, a old tv joke based on skippy the kangaroo.

hello and welcome to TR
your on the ball with starting the stock pile proceedure 18 months early.
fan the costs out over that period is very smart, and very patient.
it has the hall marks of becoming a winning tank with this much patents.
hope u enjoy your stay.

[skippyreef]

Thanks all,

I am looking forward to gertting an IPod now (I can finally justify it as a reefing expense :rolleyes: ) so it will make listening to these easier in the car and when I mow my lawn LOL

Patience was the cheapest piece of equipment so to speak and it will pay dividends later on I think. I think by months end the aquarium will be on line with salt water.

[CarmieJo]

My iPod may be my best toy ever and is one of the few toys I use daily! I have gotten my money's worth of enjoyment out of it.

[JustDavidP]

Who plugged the site at IMAC? Very interesting. Thanks for finding us.

Dave

[skippyreef]

Jake Adams did during his talk at IMAC. He gave a talk on water flow and its affects on photosynthesis. During the talk he mentioned this site. He also had mentioned it the night before the conference officially started during a conversation about zooxanthallae and their diversity. Interstingly enough ;) there happens to be a great pod cast on that very subject LOL.

I hope that this talk (IMAC talk) is something he will podcast and share becuase it was good.

[dreams]

hi skippyreef & welcome:)

[Rob]

welcome, i do have some stuff from Jake coming soon, but i don't think it will be his presentation from IMAC.

thanks for checking us out.. hope you find the site and show helpful :)

and if you are looking for a specific show topic not covered, please don't hesitate to post in the suggestions forum..

we love getting new ideas here.. ;)

[skippyreef]

I am searching the podcast for things on lighting in terms of mmols tolerance until photosynthesis falls off and the corals become stressed. I am ordering an Apogee Instruments light meter to measure the different areas of my tank with my lighiting at different heights. This will give me a map of light so to speak and I hope will help me better place corals and understand what is happening.

[gwen_o_lyn]

Welcome to TR Skippy!!

And thanks for the plug Adam!!!

Skippy- Maybe you can be on the show and tell us about your light meter *once u get it figured out*- would make a great podcast!! Much better than listening to me!!

[Reefbaby]

Welcome Skippy to our home! Great that you heard about us at such a great format! :-) Super to have you on board.

Love the look of your set up. Did you make your rocks yourself? Looks fantastic!

[skippyreef]

I re-aquascaped it and like this better. This is the final look. The sand is in (fiji pink) and is about 1.5-2 inches deep. The full sand bed is exposed as well. The reef ceramic rock is flat on thebottom and is seated in direct contact with the aquarium bottom. The wall plates are flush to the back and side. The Tunze 6100's are in place as is the wave box.

I ordered these Reef Ceramics from www.captiveoceans.com along with the Zeovit system and Red Dragon Pump. Great Service!!!!

My Schuran is installed now and I filled that with Media. When my friend receives his PVC pipe bender we will plumb the tank.

End shot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005267.jpg

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[fat walrus]

I am searching the podcast for things on lighting in terms of mmols tolerance until photosynthesis falls off and the corals become stressed. I am ordering an Apogee Instruments light meter to measure the different areas of my tank with my lighiting at different heights. This will give me a map of light so to speak and I hope will help me better place corals and understand what is happening.
please tell more about this light meter and where and how much.

[JustDavidP]

Nice frikin rock! That would be sweet in my seahorse tanks!

Welcome! Enjoy your stay!

Dave

[fat walrus]

is that a tunze wavebox behind the rock on the left side?

[CarmieJo]

Looking good!

[skippyreef]

The lighting meter is a quantum meter. It is made by Apogee Instruments. It measures PPF and gives a good indication of the intensity millimols of light that are being delivered to the reef. Mine should be here anyday. It cost me 260.00 shipped. I ordered it direct from them (Apogee)

That is a wave box on the left side and twin 6100's on the sides of the overflows. The return is a Red Dragon Pump.

I will post a close up of the sump I guess too :)

[skippyreef]

This is one of two LED spots I am going to use for moon lighting. Fits a standard PAR38 can (in this case made by american DJ) and has 60 LEDS in it I think (can recall exactly).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005208.jpg

Shot from a distance on the tank

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005207.jpg

Before the tank was placed

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005225.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005226.jpg

Early test fit for ceramics (had to size some with a dremel and grinder) also lit with luminarcs and 20K

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005193.jpg

Sump: Two sided design to dump into common chamber. The far side is for growing out frags into mini colonies

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005144.jpg

[skippyreef]

SPot before the tank

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Picture023.jpg

My old 180 and some corals I miss :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/200372218543_Dscn1420.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Dscn1696.jpg

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The viewing room LOL before we finished it

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/7bac86de.jpg

[fat walrus]

way to go skip. only the best will do! i only wish i had that type of budget for all my tanks.

[skippyreef]

I also changed the aquascaping around with the reef ceramics. I like the new look better it gives more room for my favorite corals (and pivotal species) to grow..... Table Top Acropora.

I have bought stuff over a period of time and that eased the financial burden a bit. My Father In LAw and I finished the lower level on our own save the carpeting which I paid to have installed :)

My LFS is very good to me as well. They have been great with getting me the sump and tank.

[fat walrus]

hurry up and finish this thing. i can't wait to see. it has so far been beyond impressive.

[CarmieJo]

Very nice. I can't wait to see it up and running!

[skippyreef]

I am waiting on a PVC bender a friend of mine ordered and the nwe are plumbing it and filling it. I am running the Zeo Method as well. The reef will be a Table Dominated Reef with Anthias, Tomini tang, Gold Flake Angel and perhaps a Black Tang and Flame Prawn Goby.

[Reefbaby]

Skippy - looks fantastic!

I just have one comment....have you used the ceramic rock work before as a back plate? I started my first tank with the back plates. In theory, I think it's a cool idea, but I just wanted to share my experience with you.

I think they are a detritus trap. Unless you're somehow able to get some flow going behind them to get stuff out that's settled, you'll end up having problems with detritus and possiblity phosphate/nitrate issues. I had constant hair algae problems with mine until I finally removed the back walls.

In addition, small fish can get back behind the walls. For the small ones, it's probably not such a big deal. They can turn around and wiggle their way back out. but, I almost lost my Purple Tang, because it somehow wedged its way behind the plate and got stuck there...probably for several days, because I kept looking for him in the tank, thinking he was just hiding in the rockwork somewhere. When I finally spotted him behind the wall, I panicked, thinking he was dead. He was almost dead. I managed to move the wall forward and prod him out of there. He lost one fin, almost lost his left eye and was quite scraped up. Luckily, I was able to nurse him back to health again. But, it was a lesson to me.

I was also very unhappy with the indentations in the rock wall. If I put a coral on one of the ledges, it completely blocked the view of anything beneath it to the light. However, the ceramic rockwork (not the wall) are a completely different story. I think they're great and the way that they're designed is to get smaller towards the top, so they're great for placing corals onto.

Maybe you've already used the walls before and had great success with them, but I just wanted to share the problems that I encountered with them. :-)

[skippyreef]

Thanks for the insight :)

I will watch it and see what happens

[skippyreef]

The R/O is hooked up and working now. Was a bit of a puzzle at first to get it to work because the flow restrictor was bad :rolleyes: but luckily like all obsessed reefers I have a spare laying around here LOL. So I have retained my hair for another frustrating endeavor..... Plumbing!!

The PVC bender is scheduled to arrive Friday and Sunday will be dedicated to plumbing the tank withteh aid of a friend of mine. I hope to also fasten the R/O line to the wall and cover it in cable counduit to disguise it and protect it at teh same time.

So far it looks like we will go over the top from the back and place a line in each back corner of the aquarium to return the water from teh sump. Teh 2 1 inch down will be used for feeding the skimmer and as a means to effect a water change easily and mess free (I hope). My hope is to be able to use cooler water and cause the sinking / upwelling effect and overflow the old water out ot the drain with little effort as possible on my behalf :)

Every so often I will get in there and do a "real" water change but 30 gallons a week is a lot to change so I want it to be easy so I will always do it ;)

Also going to add these to the outlets under the plug for some added protection against water contact http://www.intermatic.com/?action=subcat&sid=99


Few pics......

In the storage closet pushing water about 14 feet to the tank
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005273.jpg

Schuran with media in place finally

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005272.jpg

R/O started
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005271.jpg

[Rob]

great progress.. thanks for the update

[gwen_o_lyn]

How is everything going?

[skippyreef]

Great!

Have salt water in the main system and am in the process of plumbing the tank. I took a family vacation over teh holiday and we resumed work on Sunday. I am almost done laying in the floor behind the aquarium and the PVC bender is awsome. We are looking to wet test early next week and fix any leaks that we may get.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005274.jpg

Zeoreactor plumbed to Eheim

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005283.jpg

Start of Durso's and Skimmer feed

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Bends from Drains (1.5 inch lines)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005284.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005285.jpg

Floor

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005286.jpg

[gwen_o_lyn]

Looks very nice!!

[CarmieJo]

It is fun to see your progress!

[fat walrus]

looking good

[Reefbaby]

So, how does the PVC bender work?

[V]

"heat' n 'treat"

same principle as a steel pipe bender?

[Reefbaby]

okay...so you just heat it up and then bend it into the form you want? Does it in any way affect the integrity?

[skippyreef]

You cut it to length and fill it with sand first. Then wrap the warm blanket portion around it and wait for it to heat teh pipe. After that it is pliable for several minutes. The pipe remains intact and the integrity is not compromised. We are bending 1.5 inch with it without any difficulties.

[Reefbaby]

Skippyreef - is this a kit that you've bought? What do you mean "warm blanket portion"? Like a heating pad?

[skippyreef]

It is a kit that is PVC bender :) My friend bought it on line and we have used it on two tanks thus far. It works well too

[skippyreef]

Kinda like being on something when I shot this video of the wave box and one Tunze 6100 but you will get teh idea :)

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/reef%20videos/?action=view&current=Maderiabeach2005275.flv

[skippyreef]

with the exception of a few clamps, some loc line I am waiting on, and gluing one T when that locline arrives I am done with the plumbing. My friend Bill and his PVC bender do good work. I also have to finish plumbing in the skimmer :) I ran out of 1.5 inch 90's

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005293.jpg

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[fat walrus]

skippyreef, can u provide picture of pvc bender?

[skippyreef]

I will ask my friend to take a pic and send it to me.

[fat walrus]

thanks skippyreef. i am really curious. did you ever look into the air-weld method for pvc?

[skippyreef]

have not heard or that method :)

I am excited though now because this week the tank will be running I think

[fat walrus]

have not heard or that method :)

I am excited though now because this week the tank will be running I think
it is a method that involves no glue. i think that a preheated bead of pvc is applied at the joint. i was told that chemical companies use that method to avoid interaction with glue. i don't know much about it, but i think that EURO-REEF uses that method.

[skippyreef]

that sounds cool. I am waitng for my glue to cure before running water as well. I think that this week is for fine tuning and next weekend is realistic for start up. Taht way I have time to cross the I's and dot the T's :)

[fat walrus]

keep us posted, so far you tank has been exciting, but too much suspense.lol

[V]

plastic wielding is common within acrylic builder circles

[fat walrus]

plastic wielding is common within acrylic builder circles
tell more, bushboy

[V]

http://www.delviesplastics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=DP&Category_Code=plastic_welding


http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~jackh/eod/manufact/manufact-168.html


http://www.ridoutplastics.com/faq.html

[Reefbaby]

skippyreef - your video link isn't there! But, your plumbing looks great!! I love the curved PVC returns...great concept!

[V]

the bent pvc does look great, u find it cuts down on friction drag?

[skippyreef]

thanks :)

I have the water proof covers over the outlets under the stand done as well now. Tommorow I ahve the day off of work and will hopefully get this thing running full tilt or by weeks end at the latest

[skippyreef]

Not sure yet. I have to do a few more things before I run water through teh sump. I have 30 pounds of "cooked" rock coming tommrow coutesy of a friend of mine to go into the the water inlet chamber in the sump. This has to go in and then I will start the wet test of th eentire system.

[skippyreef]

I installed teh water proof covers for the outlets. This was a great idea I got from a friend of mine,.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005299.jpg

[skippyreef]

The tank is running now. I am waiting on the electrician to come on Monday morning and hook up the power to the breakers that supply the tanks power. The main pump is running on my "spare" 15amp wall circuit behind the tank for a future endeavor and quarantine tanks.

It took a while to figure out the DUrso adjustment and a few phone calls to my plumbing friend but all is well now. The skimmer feed works liek a charm to! Nothing like feeding the skimmer directly from teh overflow with raw tank water and it saved me buying a pump to feed it. SO I spent about 2.00 in PVC and flex hose and saved a bundle!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005301.jpg

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[V]

matching up gravity flow can be tricky from the overflow box without the device to to make fine adjustments! have u run anything inline just in case?

[skippyreef]

I have twin ball valves hooked up to the skimmer feed. The top one is the shut off and the Savko valve is to adjust the water coming in to the skimmer.

[gwen_o_lyn]

That's really cool- didn't know you could hook up the skimmer to suck from the overflow! Did you need an air injector for this?

[V]

thanks, i was being lazy & thought i would hear it straight from the horses mouth.
u find control ball valves work for u? i just assumed the skimmer was venturi with the setup

[m8298]

Welcome to TR skippyreef!!!!!

That is one killer setup, I really like the sump design, and I am anxious to know how that skimmer performs. I always wondered if gravity feeding a skimmer is possible. I'd like to know pipe sizes running to the skimmer and estimated flow rate.

[skippyreef]

this is a re-circulating H&S A-200 with twin Eheim 1260's so no need for a feed pump venturi :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005040.jpg

Teh pip is 1 inch through a 1 inch bulkhead. We estimate up to 700 GPH through it if need be.

[fat walrus]

hey skippyreef, on your a200....the exit T has a fitting that i do not have on mine, is that just a coupler?

[skippyreef]

I believe so. I bought this from a friend of mine a month after he had it and decided to get a bigger tank and the a-300 so I think he added that part to it. It made pumbing it to the sump easier to :)

[fat walrus]

thanks. i thought maybe there was an "improvement" i did not know about. lol

[skippyreef]

M8298 wher ein Michigan are you?

[m8298]

I'm in Berkley, 12.5 mile between Coolidge and Greenfield. You?

[skippyreef]

Ypsilanti just south of 94

[fat walrus]

hey skippyreef, what is the reasoning for 2 different vent heights on your dual durso?

[skippyreef]

that was an oversight but there are no ill effects from it :)

[fat walrus]

that was an oversight but there are no ill effects from it :)
thanks buddy. i was scratching my head for a while.....skippyreef thought of everything....why, why, what am i missing.....lol

[skippyreef]

LOL if ther ehad been ill effects we would have changed it out :)

[skippyreef]

I started the light rack this evening. COnstructed with 1 inch Aluminum L rods and 3mm pop-rivets. I have to make an identical bottom piece tommorow and the join them with C channel. The T5's will be mounted on the outside edge of this rack in the front along the sides and two in the middle.

I also have some groovy LED spots (blue) for moon lighting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005306.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005305.jpg

[fat walrus]

cool. are those luminarcs reflectores?

[skippyreef]

They are older but yes. I bought them for a total of 75.00 shipped I believe a year ago from a police auction. Seems the poor person who owned them before was growing prohibited vegetation ;) so they confinscated these and I got them cheap LOL

The evidence number is still on the side of them.

[fat walrus]

oh yeah, that how most of us got ours. the price for a new one is stunning. problems is that a lot of times it comes to you all messed up.

[V]

LUMINARC'S ARE ORSOME:agree:

[skippyreef]

I got luckey because mine are in good shape :)

[fat walrus]

LUMINARC'S ARE ORSOME:agree:
available down under?

[V]

no, not unless u order them and get creative with some wireing cause u guys run less current than us if im not mistaken. we have 240v house current.
but from the models i have seen, they are fantstic! if it wasn't for LED coming to a store near u, i was considering ordering some!

[skippyreef]

I am happy to report the reef is finally running:mrgreen:


I started the tank with some live rock in the sump to get things moving, Placed an Inland Aquatics Fauna kit in ths sump, and am awaiting the arrival of the Tigger pods I ordered from Reeds Mariculture.

I received the Liter Meter III also. Now I need to figure out where I want to locate it LOL.

Here are some pics.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005311.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005310.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005309.jpg

[V]

the lone gunman! defining his territories before any other addition...lol

the camera handles the actinc shot well!
like the rockwork too

[skippyreef]

Those Actinics are LED spots with 60 individual 470 nm bulbs in them :) I use them for moon lighting LOL..

The lone gunman is part of a pair I ave had a few years too. The spot they like is the spot I thought they would.

[V]

i thought it was the same one sorry!

[skippyreef]

NO worries Vari :)

This is the top of teh light rack hanging on teh sun lifts :) Tommorow I hope to finish the T5 portion and atach it to the top.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005312.jpg

[V]

NO worries Vari :)
who's this, he must be a good looking man to have an oddball name like this..lol

[skippyreef]

I mounted one of the moon spots.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Maderiabeach2005314.jpg

[fat walrus]

coming along nicely. how much wobble from your suspended rack?

[V]

for some reason i cant see this pic of the tray

[fat walrus]

for some reason i cant see this pic of the tray
american copyright protection, you picture hog!:rotfl:

[V]

:eek: oh no, ive been shut down>>>>>>>>>>>>>noooooooo!


american copyright protection, you picture hog!:rotfl:

[gwen_o_lyn]

Looks great Mike!! :D

[skippyreef]

No real wobble from the rack. It is stationary unless I clutz around with it :p

I hav ethe lower half built but am waiting on my T5 bulbs to arrive to get those mounted before I attach it to the main rack.

The moon light is out of the world cool. It is point source so the glitter lines persist at night as well. The middle of the reef is pretty bright like afull moon and then the light fades as it goes out on the reef. It is very cool.

Here is a video link

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/reef%20videos/?action=view&current=tankstand004mov.flv

[gwen_o_lyn]

Very cool- looks so realistic!!

[fat walrus]

that video makes me want to buy one of those lights. good work.

[skippyreef]

here is a link to the 60 LED bulb I used.

http://superlumination.com/home.htm

The other thing you need is an American DJ par 38 can :)


total cost was about 50.00

[CarmieJo]

That light looks super cool!

[skippyreef]

Hey gang.......

Been a while but here are some updates: I added VHO to the Scheme of things and have set up my holding system for new arrivals. I am using T5 54 watters iver the holding with an ASM G2 Skimmer. I expect to receive my first group of corals in two weeks (giving the new system time to settle in). I am almost through a second outbreak of Diatoms and the Ceramics are starting to get some coralline coverage.

Here are some pics though! This is now

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/tankstand080.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/tankstand079.jpg

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[skippyreef]

A recent shot of the green colony

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/tankstand075.jpg

[skippyreef]

The rack

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Picture023-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Picture022.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Picture024-1.jpg

[PSH]

Sweet setup. I really need to do an inwall.

[Victoria]

Just tagging along. Setup looks oh so nice. I'll keep an eye on this tank!
Victoria

[gwen_o_lyn]

Thanks for the update. I like the pink sticks!

[skippyreef]

Thanks Guys.

I have some cultured colonies on the way for this system. The green samotsis (sp) is teh only wild piece I will have (green is the luck o' the Irish LOL) in the tank,

[V]

hello!
...................
http://static.flickr.com/25/40806115_6d53c3b447.jpg

[m8298]

Wow Mike... I haven't checked in on this thread in a while, that setup is really turning out beautiful. I really like that green colony.

[skippyreef]

Thanks :)

It is coming along now and in time I think (and time is key) it will be very nice. I have been patient with this tank and have tried not to give in to the urges we all have to jut go nuts and stock it!!

My quarantine system is done now and I hope to finish up a couple more lighting rack this coming week and weekend for over the sump to grow out frags for the swap in November.

[skippyreef]

new updates with some corals

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Picture009-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Picture007-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/skippyreef/Picture006-2.jpg

[gwen_o_lyn]

wow- that's so nice!!

Fish & cats- doesn't get much better!!

[CarmieJo]

Beautiful set up! Does the cat watch the fish?

[skippyreef]

I have three cats but one loves the fish. We had that seat made by a friend so she could get a good view of them. It is her favorite thing to do.

[gwen_o_lyn]

I have 3 cats too and one is ALWAYS in front of the tank ;)
She is passed out in front of the nano right now.