Blackhawk fan's 93g cube

Blackhawk Fan · Apr 6, 2011

_Alex_ said:
very beautiful tank!! but questoin, why is the light on the skimmer like that? or is that just to be able to see it? seems like it would cause a lot of algae growth inside of it, if thats how it faces?

Thanks!
I'm still thinking about how to block the light from the skimmer. I have the chaeto in a place where I have to angle the light like that.

_Alex_ · Apr 6, 2011

hmm can you not put the chaeto in another compartment of the sump? and then angel the light away from the skimmer? one thought would be to take the skimmer out and paint that side of it the krylon fusion black. woudlnt get any light then lol

DBarsotti · Apr 6, 2011

Looks great, you've got some killer colors on your sps, good work!

Blackhawk Fan · Apr 6, 2011

_Alex_ said:
hmm can you not put the chaeto in another compartment of the sump? and then angel the light away from the skimmer? one thought would be to take the skimmer out and paint that side of it the krylon fusion black. woudlnt get any light then lol

I'm thinking of siliconing some black glass in front of the skimmer. There's a few glass shops around here that sell it.

Blackhawk Fan · Apr 6, 2011

DBarsotti said:
Looks great, you've got some killer colors on your sps, good work!

Thanks very much!

drainbamage · Apr 6, 2011

looks like you need a bigger tank already! very nice looking tank though man, if you need to upsize, you could always place a sizeable wager on the blackhawks winning the cup again, I mean, safe bet, right? :tongue:

Blackhawk Fan · Apr 6, 2011

drainbamage said:
looks like you need a bigger tank already! very nice looking tank though man, if you need to upsize, you could always place a sizeable wager on the blackhawks winning the cup again, I mean, safe bet, right? :tongue:

A cup win for me is taking the 8th seed and beating Vancouver.

_Alex_ · Apr 6, 2011

HA!! go detroit!!!! sorry i had to!!! lol :xd:

again beautiful tank!! :byebye:

Blackhawk Fan · Apr 6, 2011

_Alex_ said:
HA!! go detroit!!!! sorry i had to!!! lol :xd:

again beautiful tank!! :byebye:

hopefully see them in the 2nd round. Another team that can't beat the Hawks in 7 games.

soccerbag · Apr 6, 2011

Great looking tank Mike. Haven't seen you around so it's good to have you back. Love the look of the aquascape and I spotted quite a few NICE gems in that tank! My apologies if this has already been asked but what lighting are you running over the tank. Great colors. A+ for sure!!

Blackhawk Fan · Apr 6, 2011

soccerbag said:
Great looking tank Mike. Haven't seen you around so it's good to have you back. Love the look of the aquascape and I spotted quite a few NICE gems in that tank! My apologies if this has already been asked but what lighting are you running over the tank. Great colors. A+ for sure!!

Thanks Craig! I'm running a 6 bulb ATI sunpower with three ATI blue+, one KZ fiji purple, one UVL SA, and one ATI aquablue special as well as a Reefbrite blue LED strip.