This is where I decided to mount all the power supplies for the Radions. I intended to build a storage box around this, but like that it is open on one end of the sump area for air transfer. I think this summer I will install some vents with fans on the opposite end of this to help draw in some cooler air below. It gets hot an humid down there in the summer. I installed a small TV above the power supplies since we don't have a good view of the TV. This turned out to be a great thing because I never really liked the TV on during meals and now we never turn it on. The wires are a bit of mess here since I am in the process of changing up the lights. You can see that only the top 3 power supplies are powered on.
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This is the view from the breakfast nook area where we have most of our meals. It is a bar stool height table and we also sit around it on the weekends if we have friends over. You can see my old wireless IP camera on the far right. Below is the live view I get from that camera when I am not at home. I check it multiple times a day and get caught up watching the fish swim and eat from the veggie clip that goes there.
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Here is the end view as lights are going out. All of the base rocks that sit in the sand are on acrylic rods attached to 3 different 2ft x 2ft acrylic sheets. I had problems in that past with pistol shrimp and jawfish causing rocks to tumble and saw that Marc did this on his 400g. He did a very nice blog on it and I followed it! Greatest thing ever! There are no rocks sitting on bottom glass and they all have plenty of room (3 to 4 inches) under them for critters to play. One lesson learned on this... The dry rock I used is tough to drill! The concrete bits I used would hardly touch them. These rocks are fairly dense and I am not sure if I would use them again because of that. I loved the cost when compared to live rock, but I might try and find some that are not so dense and heavy. Why is the tank so empty when I took these just over a week ago? Next post will get into that.
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This is the view from the breakfast nook area where we have most of our meals. It is a bar stool height table and we also sit around it on the weekends if we have friends over. You can see my old wireless IP camera on the far right. Below is the live view I get from that camera when I am not at home. I check it multiple times a day and get caught up watching the fish swim and eat from the veggie clip that goes there.
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Here is the end view as lights are going out. All of the base rocks that sit in the sand are on acrylic rods attached to 3 different 2ft x 2ft acrylic sheets. I had problems in that past with pistol shrimp and jawfish causing rocks to tumble and saw that Marc did this on his 400g. He did a very nice blog on it and I followed it! Greatest thing ever! There are no rocks sitting on bottom glass and they all have plenty of room (3 to 4 inches) under them for critters to play. One lesson learned on this... The dry rock I used is tough to drill! The concrete bits I used would hardly touch them. These rocks are fairly dense and I am not sure if I would use them again because of that. I loved the cost when compared to live rock, but I might try and find some that are not so dense and heavy. Why is the tank so empty when I took these just over a week ago? Next post will get into that.
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