Hemmdog’s 90gal Seaciety and 40gal Vale of Shadows

Hemmdog · May 30, 2019

Rakie said:
Yeah, it could be color content, patterning, or even specific colors and color combos. It's kinda all played by ear, and based off a "WOW" factor. The more high end stuff you see, the easier it is to grade things, and eventually you can determine the subtle differences between "wow", "Wow", and "WOW!".

Haha very true ! So accurate on the wow’s hahah.

Mike.P · May 30, 2019

mattzang said:
are those bengals? hopefully they don't enjoy the tank too much! lol

Savannahs. Ugh, you're telling me! The one on the left I'm not worried about, she's very smart, and has impeccable manners. lol. The one on the right is still a kitten, an F2 so already huge (and growing) and is absolutely psychotic like, level Spawn of Lucifer. She runs up walls... Literally.

That's actually a genuine worry I have with getting that fixture. I have not doubt that, at some point, she's going to try to jump up on it.

Mike.P · May 30, 2019

Hemmdog said:
If you get the hybrid; if you get the tank mounts, I highly recommend attaching them to your stand BEFORE your tank is full of water. That was not a fun day.

Oh absolutely! That's a bad day for sure... I'm debating between hanging it from the ceiling, or using the stand arms. Or wait... According to the rep, they're expecting the new wall mount to be released in about three weeks, I'm curious as to what that looks like.

I kind of want to figure out a way to mount it straight to the tank... Maybe with something like this, or similar to it:

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/mult...-0blivJSTg7psRYxjVDWJ-N6rEf7bYgxoClHcQAvD_BwE

There has to be a way! lol

Hemmdog · May 30, 2019

Mike.P said:
Oh absolutely! That's a bad day for sure... I'm debating between hanging it from the ceiling, or using the stand arms. Or wait... According to the rep, they're expecting the new wall mount to be released in about three weeks, I'm curious as to what that looks like.

I kind of want to figure out a way to mount it straight to the tank... Maybe with something like this, or similar to it:

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/mult...-0blivJSTg7psRYxjVDWJ-N6rEf7bYgxoClHcQAvD_BwE

There has to be a way! lol

Oh really? I didn’t know that. Sounds cool. I have always been shy of using ceiling mounts, not sure why. The physics doesn’t make sense to me, drywall is so thin.

Mike.P · May 30, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Oh really? I didn’t know that. Sounds cool. I have always been shy of using ceiling mounts, not sure why. The physics doesn’t make sense to me, drywall is so thin.

I'm not a huge fan of them either. So I'm looking at this HMS system from AI right now...

It looks their brackets just slide into that center "T-Channel" using a nut and bolt. I wonder if there's a way to do that with the hybrid's suspension cables, maybe make a loop, and attach it to a piece of flat bracket that slides into the channel?

I'm sure there's some kind of schmekis that can be rigged up, assuming that rail will support the weight.

mattzang · May 30, 2019

Mike.P said:
Savannahs. Ugh, you're telling me! The one on the left I'm not worried about, she's very smart, and has impeccable manners. lol. The one on the right is still a kitten, an F2 so already huge (and growing) and is absolutely psychotic like, level Spawn of Lucifer. She runs up walls... Literally.

That's actually a genuine worry I have with getting that fixture. I have not doubt that, at some point, she's going to try to jump up on it.

hah, those are half serval right? the wild cat species that plucks birds out of the air via ambush?

rubs magic 8 ball and..... i see a tank canopy or in wall tank in your future!

Hemmdog · May 30, 2019

Mike.P said:
I'm not a huge fan of them either. So I'm looking at this HMS system from AI right now...

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It looks their brackets just slide into that center "T-Channel" using a nut and bolt. I wonder if there's a way to that with the hybrid's suspension cables, maybe make a loop, and attach it to a piece of flat bracket that slides into the channel?

I'm sure there's some kind of schmekis that can be rigged up, assuming that rail will support the weight.

Oh wow yea you could definitely figure something out with those, nice find.

Hemmdog · May 30, 2019

mattzang said:
hah, those are half serval right? the wild cat species that plucks birds out of the air via ambush?

rubs magic 8 ball and..... i see a tank canopy or in wall tank in your future!

Sounds like a hardcore cat lol

Hemmdog · May 30, 2019

mattzang said:
hah, those are half serval right? the wild cat species that plucks birds out of the air via ambush?

rubs magic 8 ball and..... i see a tank canopy or in wall tank in your future!

Looks like a serval & ocelot hybrid. Lol. Bred for destruction. Very cool looking though!

Mike.P · May 30, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Oh wow yea you could definitely figure something out with those, nice find.

I knew it would come to me eventually, I had it rattling around in my head, and finally put my finger on it...

Rifle bipod adapter.

Run the single part of the cable (that would go to the ceiling) through the eyelet of this thing, loop it back, and clamp it down. Then it would just slide into that channel. May have to have the sides cut down a bit to fit, but I think it may work.

Hemmdog · May 30, 2019

Mike.P said:
I knew it would come to me eventually, I had it rattling around in my head, and finally put my finger on it...

Rifle bipod adapter.

Run the single part of the cable (that would go to the ceiling) through the eyelet of this thing, loop it back, and clamp it down. Then it would just slide into that channel. May have to have the sides cut down a bit to fit, but I think it may work.

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It seems like it would work!

NY_Caveman · May 30, 2019

Hemmdog said:
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Nice view! Yeah, I do not mind reefing messes.

Hemmdog · May 30, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
Nice view! Yeah, I do not mind reefing messes.

Lol, right ! Everything is so useful it’s impossible to put it all away! Hahah

Why-Me · May 30, 2019

@Mike.P
dude beautiful savannahs always wanted one but I ended up with a bengal.
I'm jelly.

RichtheReefer21 · May 30, 2019

@Hemmdog @Mike.P

Click the link in my sig.. DIY canopy.

Make ur own for under $75

Mike.P · May 30, 2019

Why-Me said:
@Mike.P
dude beautiful savannahs always wanted one but I ended up with a bengal.
I'm jelly.

Thank you! ;Woot Bengals are absolutely gorgeous cats too!

Mike.P · May 30, 2019

RichtheReefer21 said:
@Hemmdog @Mike.P

Click the link in my sig.. DIY canopy.

Make ur own for under $75

Wow, that looks great! I might give that a go for sure.

RichtheReefer21 · May 30, 2019

Mike.P said:
Wow, that looks great! I might give that a go for sure.

Thanks, hope it inspires more people to save money and build it exactly how u want it.

No sacrifices when choosing that way

count krunk · May 30, 2019

rich has a good build.

I have also seen people use projector mounts to install their canopies. It lets them move the canopy every which way, much like a good tv mount.

sawdonkey · May 30, 2019

mattzang said:
hah, those are half serval right? the wild cat species that plucks birds out of the air via ambush?

rubs magic 8 ball and..... i see a tank canopy or in wall tank in your future!

In college, a guy I knew, who happened to be the biggest drug dealer on campus (not how/why I knew him) had a serval. It basically ate raw meat and hated women. I once saw it jump from the floor to the top of the fridge with ease.