Wet bar to 120g in wall build - first tank

[Sierra_Bravo]

It wasn't that hard to cut the angle of the Overflow into the foam board by using a table saw. There were some slight gaps when you looked at it from an angle but that was rectified by adding a sigle strip of black electrical tape around the outline of the box on the outside. As to the seam, there is a seam that allows me to get it behind the pipes. The trick here is once you cut the 2x4 board in half, turn it around so that the factory edges butt up one another before cutting out the shape for the Overflow.



1st is the vertical seam behind the drain pipes.
2nd is an unfocused picture of the electrical tape I used around the Shadow.
3rd is the PVC foam board tight against the Shadow


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[Sierra_Bravo]

Wow...note to self: Resize the photos before you post.

[FarmerTy]

Thank you so much for showing me the additional pictures and describing what you did. You literally figured out the whole exposed background situation for me with a back fish room and the Shadow Overflow.

Now I'll be able to easily remove the background and work on the tank but have that closed in look for front viewing.

[Sierra_Bravo]

It's finally salty!!! Finished up the trim work and all the equipment. Officially calling the build "done"!





Before thru planning to after - I think we hit it on the screws!

[Sierra_Bravo]

Have not updated this in a long time. I'm mostly waiting on frags to grow out now.

Tubbs Stellata


WWC All-In monti


JF Fox Flame


Farmer Ty Bottle Brush


YG Yellow


Needle in a Haystack & Tyree Undata


WWC Grafted Starfire

Red Monti Cap


War Coral


Jedi Mind Trick


Red Setosa


Rainbow Stylo


WWC Juicy Fruit


ORA Borealis


Sarmentosa


Green Slimer


UC SSC OG


POTO Tweedy Bird


BC Grape Juice


FHC Red Rage

[Sierra_Bravo]

BC "I love my Monster" tort


Needle in a Haystack


Mint Green Cap


Palmer's Blue Millie


M. Spongodes


Purple Scroll


Red Monti Cap



Left and right side islands - just a bunch of little frags everywhere.

[TexasTodd]

Great thread. Last set of photos not showing for me.

What lights? How high above water? If LED what intensity, color setting, run time etc.?

Todd

[Sierra_Bravo]

Thanks Todd. I fixed the links.

I run a hybrid fixture of my own making consisting of two Maxspect Ethereal and two T5 bulbs. 8 hr photoperiod wit an hour ramp up and down. T5's are on for 4 hours mid day. I get about 230-260 par mid tank during that time. The LED's have 5 channels, but basically I'm running blues at 95% and whites around 7o%. They are about 10" above the water. T5's are a coral plus and a blue plus.

[TexasTodd]

Nice, how long have those frags been in?

I saw where someone built their own LED and were saying it had the same parts as a Radion somehow. I really like the combo of both LED / T5.

[Sierra_Bravo]

Most I've had for four months or less; a good portion for less than two. I just glued them up a month ago. here's a link to the lights I put together:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cr...uminum.351777/