Giga's Return to the DIY(build thread)

[Giga]

Both tanks-as you can see the main tank is a island that will have lots of SPS,LPS growing out so it doesn't look like much today, but once grown out it'll look very natural




Mantis tank-Still need a smaller mantis species, and a more maco but it's getting there

[Giga]

I bought my first corals- 4 zoa frags and then mounted them on a rock

I have no idea the names of any of them:

These a cool little yellow rimmed ones


These one on the left of the hermit had a neon pink inner circle that disappeared once I mounted them-I hope it returns


These I think are called ring of fire and they also lost a little color once mounted on the rock


These are a super deep purple with a white center and have flourished like crazy- I also couldn't get a good picture no matter what I did(my camera's lame)

[Giga]

guess i'ma stick to nano reef as no one seems to like my tanks lol

[JarekS]

I like it

[dmorel]

I love it the most. Looking great and was so glad to see you posting again.

But...
Give me a FTS showing off those lights too!

[Giga]

I can do that-I'm at work now but tomarrow I'll give you a nice FTS

[Giga]

Here's ya go-for some reason my macro tank the water has started to turn whitish and I have no idea why-all the para. are in check and everything is happy?

[hig789]

awesome cube. can you explain why you used three pieces of glass for the bottom? i am about to build a 16" cube and curious if its something i should look into.

[dmorel]

Looks awesome Giga.

[Giga]

Yeah I like it alot and i'm going to pick up a frag of blue hornets tomarrow!

[Giga]

The red arrows point to glass panes and the black arrows point to silicone. Normal tanks are built with the bottom pane on the inside of the tank. The way I build it, is to have the side build on a bottom pane and have a inside pane(i'm pretty sure elos does this as well). This way there are two side silicon-ed. Since there is double the pressure on the bottom pane then the side-it's made pretty much bullet proof

more pics just for reference

older tank

[elosusa]

Just to clarify.This is not the way our aquariums are constructed, with a different design for both bottom, overflow and materials.

[hig789]

yeah guess that makes sense, u have any details on how to make that gurgle free stand pipe?

[earthboy17]

What is a "floated plane" tank? I tried a search for it and couldn't find anything.

Also, the lights look pretty dim in the picture. Are they putting out MH-type light?

[AFWX]

Just found your thread and subscribed.

Couple questions:

1. Where did you get the cut glass?

2. Could you show some of the plumbing?

3. When are you going to get the third tank set up?

4. Could you do a full shot that shows all 3 tanks and the sump?

Thanks.

[Giga]

Originally Posted by elosusa

Just to clarify.This is not the way our aquariums are constructed, with a different design for both bottom, overflow and materials.

HAHAHA-Elos is so elite

yeah guess that makes sense, u have any details on how to make that gurgle free stand pipe?

This is what I used

http://home.everestkc.net/jrobertson...struction.html

What is a "floated plane" tank? I tried a search for it and couldn't find anything.

A floating plane is the pane of glass that is built inside the aquarium and is "floating" on silicone per say.

Also, the lights look pretty dim in the picture. Are they putting out MH-type light?

The light on the right side are japanese MH 70w spot light and are extremly bright. The left light are simple CFL's just unitl I get my 150W mh fixture. Also my camera made the light dimmer(lame point and shoot)

1. Where did you get the cut glass?

I got it from a local glass shop. I called like 10 shops to find the best price

2. Could you show some of the plumbing?

Not much there as I'm redoing my plumbing but i'll take a pic tomarrow

3. When are you going to get the third tank set up?

Thats and old tank that I built-set up and sold

4. Could you do a full shot that shows all 3 tanks and the sump?

only have 2 tanks and i'll get a pic fer ya

[hig789]

thanks for that link that looks very simple. does it work as good as it sounds?

[Giga]

Yeah mines silent as a mouse- all you hear now is thew water running to the sump.

[elosusa]

[QUOTE=Giga;15939360]HAHAHA-Elos is so elite
Sorry if it came across that way, I was just trying to clarify for others who may attempt to replicate our aquarium that this is not how we build our aquariums. Being that this is a nano forum, a person would likely attempt this in a smaller aquarium, as you have, but some may take your drawings and pictures and try to replicate this believing they are replicating what Elos does in a much larger tank and this would be incorrect and could be very dangerous. So again apologies if that comes across as elitist, that was not my intent.

[Giga]

cool cool I just thought it was funny that Elos would comment on my thread

[elosusa]

Occasionally I do a search for, "elos" or a customer refers me to a thread and I am able to post on the thread and hopefully clarify something that was brought up about our product and it helps others with a similar question or idea. Sorry for the interruption in your thread.

[DGee]

How did I miss this thread until just now???

Happy to see you are back at it! The new tanks look great. I'm getting ready to attempt my first glass build. I remember you saying that you used glass in your previous tanks that was overkill as far as the thickness goes. How thick is the glass on these two tanks?

Are you doing more frequent updates over at NR? If so would you mind pming me the link since I don't think you'll be able to post it in the thread.

Definitely following along on this one!

[BADGUS]

I really like the old tank's semi rock wall.Didn't like how the 2 were connected,but nice set up for sure.Did you decide on a Mantis shrimp yet?

[Giga]

Originally Posted by BADGUS

Didn't like how the 2 were connected

Whys that?

Did you decide on a Mantis shrimp yet?

I havn't ben able to find one in my area but i've been on the look out for sure

[Giga]

gonna have a large update next day or so. I'm building a 150w unit for the sps reef and I got a phoenix 14k. I built a new sump also because the other one didn't work. more pics to come. in the mean time I got a couple frags on black friday. I got the zoes for free and a war coral frag for 7$!!!!!



NOt the best pictures for sure but here they are
These zoes are nice light purp with a green inner and outer skirt



War coral




also my water keeps from going a murky white and crystal clear-no idea why