First fish (kind of)
This is Dorothy - She lives in my 13 months old fishtank (taken @ 3200 ISO, so lotsa noise)
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Modifications
Well, after taking the tank apart, I decided to do a few mods:
- Put a Durso standpipe in the overflow to reduce noise
- Eliminate the bioballs to kill the nitrate farm
- Put a rubber mat under my Iwaki pump
- Add a few ball valves so that I can disconnect almost anything without leaks
It might take me a few weeks to build these extras….
Aaargh – Leaks
Yes, the dreaded leaking bulkheads – So I had to take the tank apart and will start putting it back together this sunday. The lesson learned: Use plenty of teflon tape
Water in!
I started to RO/DI some water last night and got about 26.5 gallons of pure water – I pumped them into the tank, added about 13 cups of salt (Reef Crystals) and am starting to mix it using asubmerged powerhead (water is fairly cold so I added two 100W heaters)
Factoid – I only had the actinid on – And this was taken at ISO 400, f5.0 at 1/40s – THese lights have power 
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Canopy on
The canopy is on (with one 65W daylight bulb)
So, I’ll have a dirty Grey Goose
 
(Soorry about the grain and moir̩ Рpictures were taken at 3200 ISO)
Canopy – Glued
The reflectors and lunar LED’s are in – By the way, drilling acrylic is a pain – I broke a few bits and half a dozen screws! The glue needs to dry for 24 hrs and then I’ll run power thru it.
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The reflectors are reflecting the flash – That is good 
Canopy – First Step
I started work on the canopy – Trying to fit all the lights:
- 130W daylight
- 130W Actinic
- Lunar (blue LEDs)
Picture tomorrow (I hope)
