I think this is awesome

[snowmansnow]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2456230">http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2456230</a>

Yes it's a link to another site, but I didn't know how else to share it

 

[stacy22]

It'll be interesting to see how successful this tank is long term. Looks pretty good right now.

 

[tbub1221]

It is a pretty cool tank , I'm interested to see how it will look in the weeks to come since he just put it together recently .
As far as looks I think Its a little drab looking color wise,, but im use to seeing everything glow under led

 

[redstang]

Yeah, I've been following that one too. I think Sola tubes would be a great way to light a tank this way. Just need to be able to control the PAR and as the OP said filter out some reds.

 

[snowmansnow]

I will say at one time I had a tank that got sun during the morning, and my rbta absolutely LOVED IT!

 

[enderg60]

but the colors look soooooo bad....

 

[bcrueter]

thats an awesome Idea but he is close to the great barrier reef. so i bet the sunlight he gets is alot stronger then anything we could do here in ATL

 

[gacolt]

awesome tank.love the look of corals under natural sunlight.

 

[snowmansnow]

bcrueter;996262 wrote: thats an awesome Idea but he is close to the great barrier reef. so i bet the sunlight he gets is alot stronger then anything we could do here in ATL

Sunlight pretty much anywhere will completely wash out anything you can put over a tank that you can pick up in a store.

 

[snowmansnow]

EnderG60;996243 wrote: but the colors look soooooo bad....

looks EXACTLY like corals look in the ocean to me haha

 

[redstang]

SnowManSnow;996277 wrote: looks EXACTLY like corals look in the ocean to me haha

Exactly. I mean, I love the way my corals, and fish, look under my Kessil but when I dive in the ocean I still think everything is beautiful.

What I like about this is the possibility to use natural light to grow the corals and our artificial light to bring out the colors we enjoy.

 

[sewer urchin]

Hey B,

Check out this thread, it's located south of us so the light is a bit stronger. There was an interesting discussion about ways to diffuse the the natural light and augment the blues a bit.

http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/large-aquariums-180g/93875-our-400-gallon-wall-natural-sun-lit-reef.html">http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/large-aquariums-180g/93875-our-400-gallon-wall-natural-sun-lit-reef.html</a>

I should warn you, it's a bit sad. The Op and his wife built the system together and then she diagnosed with cancer.

 

[bcrueter]

Very sad but the tank looks amazing...the filtering mesh looks very intresting i had a problem for a long time with my tank getting direct sunlight and getting bad alge issues. if my wife didnt have a strict no holes in the house rule i would try it...but would defenitly supplement for more color. and evening viewing

 

[mattgee87]

Dang it , now i'm sad..