80 Gallon Deep Blue Rimless Shallow Reef Build.

[Puff Daddy]

Thanks. In the photo it is a little high. I dumped too much water in when adding the sump. Just checked and is does not overflow.

 

[Puff Daddy]

Here is the photo of the first fish. A Chalk Bass.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Are you going to name him Sharkbait?

 

[Puff Daddy]

Lol. Perhaps.

 

[dakar652]

Any updates? I just bought one of these tanks, although I'm not positive it's starphire. :/

I thought the rimless ones were ALL starphire! Ugh.

 

[Puff Daddy]

The basic one is not starphire. I have plain old glass but wish it was starphire. I'm not sure how much I would notice it, but compared to the amount of money you will pour into the tank, $80 extra bucks or so is worth it.

 

[Puff Daddy]

Here is the tank in February.

 

[Puff Daddy]

I shortened the rock and took out the big boulder. I also took out all my fish to leave it fallow and treat for ich. It turns out my heater didn't have enough wattage to keep up with the high surface area evaporation so temp swings were probably stressing them.

 

[CoralJunkie]

Looks even better than before, keep the pics coming

 

[reef87]

very nice. this could potential be a tank of the quarter soon.

 

[reef87]

The basic one is not starphire. I have plain old glass but wish it was starphire. I'm not sure how much I would notice it, but compared to the amount of money you will pour into the tank, $80 extra bucks or so is worth it.

I could be badly wrong here. but I thought most standard tank (non custom or not special order tank) do not come with starphire.

 

[CrypticLifeStyle]

Well deep blue does offer the equivalent to starphire, just they call their version opti-pure research grade glass. It came standard for the front panel of my 60g edge cube, but that version does not come standard unless requested if i read the site correctly. Starphire is just a branded name for low iron glass.

 

[Puff Daddy]

Here is the tank 7 weeks later. Still "fallow" but not empty. Fish are almost done with QT and ready to swim around.


Here is a top view. The basket is home to some of my nems for now.

 

[Dekon]

Nice!

 

[Owen386]

Love the rock work

 

[PSU4ME]

Looks great, nice swimming room and when those rock "grow in" it should look pretty natural. Nice Job!

 

[pavster]

I really like your stand - it looks like a couple of legs in front and it's bolted to the wall in the back - or are there legs there too? I like the open look vs the traditional wooden box stand.

 

[Puff Daddy]

This was the tank back in March. I redid the rockwork and bought some frags.

 

[Puff Daddy]

Planted Mangroves in the overflow.

 

[Puff Daddy]

Lightning Maroon loves his nem.