My wifes little birthday present

[fish scales2]

I donated my wifes tank to a school in town several months ago and she has been wanting another since. So I went back in the warehouse to see what I could build for her out of scrap and this is what I came up with so far.
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18x11x8 pico tank, yes it is dirty cause I just finished routing it. It will house a pair of twinspot signal gobies and sexy shrimp. Maybe her big present will be Led lighting for it.

She is silly, she had no idea what I was messin with. She asked me if I was building a fuge or mini sump. I hope I can make her :D

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Chris

 

[eliphant]

Oh i like it! LED's would look nice over it.
twinspot signal gobies look really interesting!

 

[gnashty]

how sweet!! and you can do water changes with a plastic cup:thumbs:....now i wonder why i went with the 210...

 

[smoothie]

Oh nice dude I have one of those tanks. Gonna rip off your build buddy

 

[musicalocean]

Thats really sweet..bet she will like it Looks nice!

 

[texhorns98]

When's her birthday? I need to get you two a bottle of vino to celebrate!

 

[shrimpy brains]

Awesome! She will love it! Please, tell us when her birthday is, so we can at least say, Happy Birthday when we come by and not be like this :doh: later!! lol

Also, I need a tank like that for my Dwarfs....will be talkin' to ya soon!!

 

[llewella]

Cool gift! I think she will like it. Very thoughtful.

 

[ralph atl]

very nice.................very nice.

 

[hn1]

Very cool man!

Here's hoping my wife doesn't see this thread.

 

[fish scales2]

If she does see it, it will get me out of the doghouse for a day or two.

I was thinking about a mj400 as a return but I think a smaller pump will be better. Opinions anyone.

The baffes can be moved (I have not glued them yet) I wonder if fuge area back there would be pointless, maybe just do a 2" sandbed.

Her birthday is in the begining of June so I have a few weeks to finish it and get it flowing.

 

[texhorns98]

I would run a MAG 18 on that tank. It's all about flow, ya know!

 

[weaglereefer]

You sure the walls will hold, don't think the acrylic is thick enough! :lol2:

I think a fuge would be pointless back there, but you definitely need an MRC OF-1 or similar to keep the water clean.

What about those "Minijet" pumps?

 

[fish scales2]

au01st;510582 wrote: You sure the walls will hold, don't think the acrylic is thick enough! :lol2:

I think a fuge would be pointless back there, but you definitely need an MRC OF-1 or similar to keep the water clean.

What about those "Minijet" pumps?

Just a piece of acrylic layin around the warehouse. Glueing acrylic IS not easy, well getting the seams to be invisible is not. I am getting better but I think the CNC will make a big difference.

Minijet is probably the way to go.

 

[enderg60]

Why not do a pair of shrimp gobies? Either way, stick a pom pom crab in there, and a porcelin crab, and a sexy shrimp, and if you can find one a perterson shrimp. Inverts are great for nano's!

 

[estevez_fish&amp;reptiles93]

it looks really cool the way the design is. tell julie i said happy b-day. hey also do you have any ro systems like 24 gpd i dont think i will need much larger.

 

[dave green]

Fantastic!

 

[fish scales2]

So I guess Julie asking me if I needed her to order a mini-jet means that she read this thread.:doh:

No problem as she can now put together her total stocklist. The goal is to have livestock go in on her birthday which is exactly 1 month from today.

 

[shrimpy brains]

:lol2:I was wondering, when you posted this, what the chances are she wouldn't read this. It's a great present anyway. :yay:Something she enjoys and made by you!

 

[mvm]

Flaming prawn goby pair would be sweet!