My future acro tanks!

[Scuba Dog]

Well one acropora dominated and one mixed reef..

[Scuba Dog]

Got all the tools, just need time for the system to mature

[waverz]

Cool setup man! I wish i had a TV above my tank.

[Scuba Dog]

Thanks, I had to bribe the wife with a plasma to get the tanks!

[Flatlander]

but its Judge Judy.

Very nice looking set up.

[Scuba Dog]

LOL oh well....I promis you judge Judy won't be on the tube when football season is here!

[dphins]

Why would you ever leave that room?

[Scuba Dog]

dphinsx2

Only leave to go to work, have to pay the e bill for that energy hawg.

[Michael7979]

Are those the 180s that are in your signature...or... are they a different size?

[Scuba Dog]

Michael7979

Yes thats the 180s standard size. The system has been up and running for about six months now.

[smcooler]

my dream room I would never have to leave if there was a fridge for beer...


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[dphins]

Who built the cabinets? They look very classy.

[surfy]

That room must get pretty toasty at times. How do you controll all the heat being thrown off by the lights and other equipment?

[Mikigo]

Two complete different setup side by side? You lucky dog. Any problem with washed out look on the TV?

[Scuba Dog]

dphinsx2 I hired a local construction company that specializes in cabnents, I got the idea for the design from living color.coms aquarium furnature.

surfy I have cathedral cealings so that helps, I will eventually invest in a dehumidifer though. In the winter time it will be a plus lol.

Mikigo , Yes its two different systems, one for my taste and one for what my wife enjoys, but both tanks are set up for acros just incase lol. The Tv is high up enough that it does not get washed out. You see that step stool, I have to use it regularly to reach anyting in the upper cabnets or to reach down to the bottom of the tank to retrieve an algaee clip...and Im 6'5 and long armed!

[Bax]

Wow! They really look great!

The rockwork makes it look like one long tank, very well done. It's gona look awesome after another 6 months or so of grow out. Stock those bad boys!

[Scuba Dog]

Bax .... Thanks, that was my goal to create the illiusion of one large 12 foot tank! I just have a few sps frags at the moment and some LPS in my wifes tank. Some time in the next few months Ill make a fairly significant ORA order!

[Opus123]

Awesome setup but that would never work for me. I can't look up very long at a tv, it kills my neck.

Is there room behind the aquariums? Just wondering how you hand water changes.

[Scuba Dog]

Opus123

It is cramped behind the tanks, probally about a foot of space from the back glass to the wall.

When we watch the TV we recline on the couch...wasent as bad an angle as I origionaly thought it would be.

Water changes are done from the sump via a pump.

[Serioussnaps]

You worry about evap of water around the tv? Very nice anyways?

[Scuba Dog]

I do worry some about that happening. But the hunidity sucks anyway where I live in south Arkansas. The Tv housing compartment is sealed in the back only open in the front.

[lechee12]

those are some sweet tanks

[jman77]

hummm...you just gave me an idea...lol ...thanks

[pepeinthenavy]

Scuba Dog You have to do some close-ups of you equipment. That is a great set-up from afar. I would be sleeping on that couch every night. All that you need your tank and your tv. Not much energy used to watch both.

[Scuba Dog]

Ill take some equipment pics when I get back from vacation, thanks for the kind words.