silentscream
06/30/2010, 09:58 PM
Hello everyone!
My name is Justin and I live in Sacramento, CA. I'm lucky enough to live in an area where LFS's are plentiful and the reefing community is tight-knit and friendly. Between my local club MARS and all you folks at RC, I've come a long way since my humble beginnings and would like to build a new SPS dominant reef based on the few things I've learned along the way. Welcome to my thread :beer:
The Tank
48x24x20" rimless, 3 sided starphire locally constructed by a rather well known member in the Sacramento reefing community.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm47/jfowl916/starphire/IMG_2597.jpg
I apologize for the dusty tank, it sat in my garage for 9 months before I was able to start working on collecting pieces. My longtime girlfriend and I became engaged and bought a house while Obama was still passing out $8k checks (none of which was able to make it to the reefing fund :confused: ). So needless to say, the wedding and house fund have seniority over the reefing fund.
The Skeleton
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm47/jfowl916/starphire/IMG_2672.jpg
Here's bare-bones system in its proposed location. The stand is square tubular steel fabricated by my father, and powder coated in a black/grey textured paint. Up close, it looks pretty nice and I'm going to feel bad about covering it with a skinned cabinet, but not everyone in my household can appreciate a well planned out sump area! :p
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm47/jfowl916/starphire/IMG_2686.jpg
My name is Justin and I live in Sacramento, CA. I'm lucky enough to live in an area where LFS's are plentiful and the reefing community is tight-knit and friendly. Between my local club MARS and all you folks at RC, I've come a long way since my humble beginnings and would like to build a new SPS dominant reef based on the few things I've learned along the way. Welcome to my thread :beer:
The Tank
48x24x20" rimless, 3 sided starphire locally constructed by a rather well known member in the Sacramento reefing community.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm47/jfowl916/starphire/IMG_2597.jpg
I apologize for the dusty tank, it sat in my garage for 9 months before I was able to start working on collecting pieces. My longtime girlfriend and I became engaged and bought a house while Obama was still passing out $8k checks (none of which was able to make it to the reefing fund :confused: ). So needless to say, the wedding and house fund have seniority over the reefing fund.
The Skeleton
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm47/jfowl916/starphire/IMG_2672.jpg
Here's bare-bones system in its proposed location. The stand is square tubular steel fabricated by my father, and powder coated in a black/grey textured paint. Up close, it looks pretty nice and I'm going to feel bad about covering it with a skinned cabinet, but not everyone in my household can appreciate a well planned out sump area! :p
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm47/jfowl916/starphire/IMG_2686.jpg