So I am now two weeks into this project and decided to put some pictures up to prove it, lol.
Initially the tank started off on the breakfast bar/ledge of the kitchen and it only had T5's on it so light wasnt an issue. However, I picked up a Viper K-2 Deluxe 150w clamp on and suddenly, my fiance was not happy about the spill-over of light:
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So that needed to change, as well as the LR placement since I originally set it up to be equally enjoyable from both sides of the tank:
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So, I searched on craigs and found an oak-look stand for $20, but it was over in Buford :yuk: Keep in mind I live in Woodstock, lol. But I really didnt care because the gas in my car is paid for by my work :thumbs:
Picked it up and about $17 worth of hardware and stuff from Home Depot to fix it to my liking.
First thing was to attach a 1/2" x 3.5" board of wood to the rear of the stand. One thing that i learned from the Design of this Viper Deluxe clamp on light was that it didnt like clamping onto the thin glass wall of my 10 gallon tank, and it was also too high to adjust the neck like I wanted it. So:
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Problem Solved
Second thing was the giant ballast that comes with this light, so I picked up some garage utility hooks and attached them about halfway up inside the stand to set the ballast on:
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Dont mind the wires, lol, I needed multiple timers for the fan and lights.
I rearranged the LR to better suit this setup as well:
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Got some frags of frogspawn, hammer, and a little chalice piece as well when i picked up the MH light, so that was nice
Initially I had a penguin 100 HoB filter with the Bio-Wheel but holy crap that thing was loud, the impeller must have been broken or just retarded because it made tons of noise, lol. So I swapped it out for an Aquaclear 30 and I am very very happy with this filter so far. I would also like to throw on a HoB skimmer at some point maybe, idk.
Also ended up with a small damsel (pictured above) because my fiance thought it was "pretty", haha.
But here's the Final Product:
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<u>BIG</u> thanks to Jenn @ <span style="color: Blue;"><u>Imagine Ocean</u></span> for helping me out with all my questions and supplying me with rock, sand and water for this.
Now I just need more random donations of frags to make it more interesting! lol
Initially the tank started off on the breakfast bar/ledge of the kitchen and it only had T5's on it so light wasnt an issue. However, I picked up a Viper K-2 Deluxe 150w clamp on and suddenly, my fiance was not happy about the spill-over of light:

So that needed to change, as well as the LR placement since I originally set it up to be equally enjoyable from both sides of the tank:

So, I searched on craigs and found an oak-look stand for $20, but it was over in Buford :yuk: Keep in mind I live in Woodstock, lol. But I really didnt care because the gas in my car is paid for by my work :thumbs:
Picked it up and about $17 worth of hardware and stuff from Home Depot to fix it to my liking.
First thing was to attach a 1/2" x 3.5" board of wood to the rear of the stand. One thing that i learned from the Design of this Viper Deluxe clamp on light was that it didnt like clamping onto the thin glass wall of my 10 gallon tank, and it was also too high to adjust the neck like I wanted it. So:

Problem Solved

Second thing was the giant ballast that comes with this light, so I picked up some garage utility hooks and attached them about halfway up inside the stand to set the ballast on:

Dont mind the wires, lol, I needed multiple timers for the fan and lights.
I rearranged the LR to better suit this setup as well:

Got some frags of frogspawn, hammer, and a little chalice piece as well when i picked up the MH light, so that was nice

Initially I had a penguin 100 HoB filter with the Bio-Wheel but holy crap that thing was loud, the impeller must have been broken or just retarded because it made tons of noise, lol. So I swapped it out for an Aquaclear 30 and I am very very happy with this filter so far. I would also like to throw on a HoB skimmer at some point maybe, idk.
Also ended up with a small damsel (pictured above) because my fiance thought it was "pretty", haha.
But here's the Final Product:

<u>BIG</u> thanks to Jenn @ <span style="color: Blue;"><u>Imagine Ocean</u></span> for helping me out with all my questions and supplying me with rock, sand and water for this.
Now I just need more random donations of frags to make it more interesting! lol
