Kizz
Fish Addict
Hi all
Been a wee while since i was on . Internet was playing up so first chance i've had to have get on here
Things are moving slowly along . Tank had it's face lift over the weekend and it looks amazing ! To the point where i sit and stare it at for a good 30 minutes just with lights on ! No water ! lol .
So saturday afternoon invovled going to collect my lighting unit . After loads of faffing over what to do i decided on luminaire/pendant lighting would be best option thinking i'd go for 6 T5's ... I ended up picking up an Aqua Medic AquaSunlight 2 x 150w 2 x 54w T5 Blue with suspension kit for £165 ! I'm might pleased by this especially after i seen the retail price ! Saturday night the tank was lifted down onto the floor and stripped down aswell as the stand it got it's first coat of Ronseal tile paint . I thought it look a bit too dark until we put the lighting unit on (just to see
) and WOW !
it looks amazing !
So All Day sunday consisted of waiting for first coat to fully dry and get the 2nd coat on it . OH arrived armed with tools and got to work on the stand itself . We decided on French Pine flooring for the front and sides of the stand . I kicked back and watched him work as you can see from pic's ! lol
Stand with side panel on
Front Panel on
Lights on ! (Stool is there to hold panel on while silicoln set)
And Finally the view from my seat in the house . Gotta have the best view now don't we
Overall i'm very pleased with how it looks . Hopefully RO unit's will be gettin set up this weekend i have 2 50gpd unit's for initial fill up then i will prob keep the other one as a back up . Still have a few things on my shopping list Salt refractometer TDI Meter test kits' about another 25 KG of reef bones and 10-20Kg of LR and 2-3 more powerheads .
Hope you enjoy !
Kirsti

So saturday afternoon invovled going to collect my lighting unit . After loads of faffing over what to do i decided on luminaire/pendant lighting would be best option thinking i'd go for 6 T5's ... I ended up picking up an Aqua Medic AquaSunlight 2 x 150w 2 x 54w T5 Blue with suspension kit for £165 ! I'm might pleased by this especially after i seen the retail price ! Saturday night the tank was lifted down onto the floor and stripped down aswell as the stand it got it's first coat of Ronseal tile paint . I thought it look a bit too dark until we put the lighting unit on (just to see



So All Day sunday consisted of waiting for first coat to fully dry and get the 2nd coat on it . OH arrived armed with tools and got to work on the stand itself . We decided on French Pine flooring for the front and sides of the stand . I kicked back and watched him work as you can see from pic's ! lol
Stand with side panel on

Front Panel on

Lights on ! (Stool is there to hold panel on while silicoln set)

And Finally the view from my seat in the house . Gotta have the best view now don't we



Overall i'm very pleased with how it looks . Hopefully RO unit's will be gettin set up this weekend i have 2 50gpd unit's for initial fill up then i will prob keep the other one as a back up . Still have a few things on my shopping list Salt refractometer TDI Meter test kits' about another 25 KG of reef bones and 10-20Kg of LR and 2-3 more powerheads .
Hope you enjoy !
Kirsti