Alex's 125 (15ft of tanks of the wall)

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  1. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    I wish! They didn't make it this week. They were shipping from the east coast so go figure. It ok though, im super sick and after teaching class tonight im just beat! I think im gonna get a clam though. I've been debating it for a long time since the last ones didn't make it. I also want a purple tang, the gods be damned!
     
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    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Ok, ive changed my mins on what I want to do and am looking for input on this.

    Instead of hanging from the celing, I'm think about making an a-type frame on either side of my tank, connected along the top with some aluminum bars that I can bolt my radions to. Ill route the base to firmly sit over the corners. Here is a professional rendering of the 3-d model!
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    What do you guys think? Is there a better way to do this?
     
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    It looks good, Alex! I used aluminum plates from Homedepot to connect two heatsinks.
     
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    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Boom, Tri color Validia is green purple and brown. WHAT! Owned son![​IMG]
    I heard on the mean streets of Montana crappy pics are Gangsta
     
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    exactlyobp Giant Squid

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    ^I have no idea what it is but sounds great! How big is it?
     
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    Sounds like a good plan for mounting the Radions. We want lots of pics with the new lights.
     
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    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    No worries John I'll even break out the tripod and try to take good pics.

    Shin, its either a Tyree bali Tricolor or a ORA Tricolor Valida, about and inch. Its been pretty beat up in my tanks and was bleached out from my 55 for a long time. I'm seen a metric crap ton of new growth the past two weeks and all the new growth is bright purple or metalic green. The polyps are more green by the day. So between this and my Red Planet frag getting their color back im feeling pretty good.
     
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    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Also I dont have a router so Im going to be using a chisel, I've recently become well acquainted with such a carpentry tool so hopefully it will work out.
     
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    Tricolor valida.. mmmm... I wish I had something nice enough to swap with you..
     
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    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    lol give it a couple months i could probably make that happen.