Smitty's Reef

[Grassman]

Hey Smitty, I'd use an urchin as a very last resort. I have 2 of them and if I knew then about them as I do now, I'd never have picked them up. They carry everything I don't have glued down away. Mind you they are great for removing any kind of algae...even coraline unfortunately.

 

[Smitty]

Hahaha....yeah, those are reasons why I don't want one. :)

 

[Smitty]

Alright ladies and gents, update time. I've been keeping my glass lids on the tank so I can get some more fire fish and possibly a goby, but that traps too much heat, keeping my tank at 84°...so today I built a screen top using clear plastic mesh and some aluminum window screen rails. Now, nothing can escape, no light lost, temp stays constantly at 80°, and great gas exchange. Here's my progress.

 

[Smitty]

Here's the frame I had built...it outlines my whole tank.

 

[Smitty]

Just placing the mesh inside the frame.

 

[Smitty]

Nice and trimmed...

 

[Smitty]

Finished product.

 

[Smitty]

Nice and snug. :)

 

[beeguiles]

Very nice, good job smitty!

 

[BL1]

Looks great Smitty, now you need some jumper fish to make it worthwhile :Cheers:

 

[Samhain]

Sheer genius! Quite nicely constructed too.

 

[Dana42078]

Good job looks good smitty. Should help out a lot

 

[Smitty]

Very nice, good job smitty!

Thank you Brittany. :)

 

[Smitty]

Looks great Smitty, now you need some jumper fish to make it worthwhile :Cheers:

Thanks Brian...the gf wants to buy me some, but I was trying to wait until I can defeat this bryopsis first....but I will be getting some firefish soon.

 

[Smitty]

Sheer genius! Quite nicely constructed too.

Thank you very much. :mrgreen:

 

[Smitty]

Good job looks good smitty. Should help out a lot

Thanks Dana...i surely hope so.

 

[lilmatty5dimes]

Looks good. Need to get some better lights for my BioCube and make one to replace the lid.

 

[Smitty]

Looks good. Need to get some better lights for my BioCube and make one to replace the lid.

Thank you.

 

[kbuser92]

Sheesh, even I could do better...




Looks good, make me one next?

 

[Smitty]

Sheesh, even I could do better...




Looks good, make me one next?

Hahaha...thank you. :)