Thesassyindian's 13.5 gallon m̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶p̶i̶t̶ nano mixed reef

[thesassyindian]

I think ur tank is looking great. All the corals seem to be thriving. Good job

Thank you!!

 

[DaddyHook]

Wonderful looking system! Great build journey. I love the controller!

 

[MolaMola]

Looks so colorful and healthy - nice job!

 

[thesassyindian]

Not too bad i say!
Brought 19 frags, took 6

Added these to the tank today!

 

[thesassyindian]

Current state of the tank

 

[svreef]

Great pics! Looks really good

 

[thesassyindian]

Great pics! Looks really good

Thank you!!

 

[musclebenz]

Nice tank

 

[H2OPlayar]

Very well scaped! It is packed full without looking cluttered. The first pic looking up is epic!

 

[dochou]

Great job with the tank!

 

[BAYMAC]

Carbide cutting acrylic...overkill much on the material hardness? Hahaha

And wow, that is some detailed lathe work to get around an off the shelf solution. I am simply impressed.

I sell a ton of carbide tooling that is used for acrylic. Most tooling now a days is carbide.

 

[DaddyHook]

Do you have an idea of your total water volume with everything in it?

 

[thesassyindian]

Do you have an idea of your total water volume with everything in it?

Yeah around 10.5-11gal

 

[Blaise006]

Pictures look great!

 

[markovkaa]

that red frag you got from me is a branching red cyphastrea coral.

 

[thesassyindian]

Inspired by @Mason 's DIY Hydra 26 mount, I'm designing one for my tank.

The main difference is that the light will be sitting on the countertop, and not clamped to the 5mm thick tank glass and running the risk of cracking it.

Iso:

Bottom view:

 

[Mason]

Inspired by @Mason 's DIY Hydra 26 mount, I'm designing one for my tank.

The main difference is that the light will be sitting on the countertop, and not clamped to the 5mm thick tank glass and running the risk of cracking it.

Iso:
View attachment 29575

Bottom view:

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Mine is clamped to the tabletop, not the glass.

 

[thesassyindian]

Mine is clamped to the tabletop, not the glass.

Yeah its bolted to the cabinet right?
My tank is sitting on a granite countertop. So I cant mount it like you have

I wasn't comfortable clamping it to the thin glass on my tank, so its sitting on the counter.

 

[Mason]

Yeah its bolted to the cabinet right?
My tank is sitting on a granite countertop. So I cant mount it like you have

I wasn't comfortable clamping it to the thin glass on my tank, so its sitting on the counter.

Ahhhh...bummer

 

[RSR4Roy]

Your tank is amazing and reading your journal is also very good. Its hard to believe that your tank is less than a year and it looks that amazing. You are doing an amazing job