TyLee Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 After months of planning, I finally got myself a Solana Tank. I did not want to spend $200 on a crappy manufactured stand so I build my own solid wood "mahogany" stand. Also I don't like the look of a "rock wall" so I created a bonsai tree rock. The light will be a 24" Outer Orbit that I had from a previous setup. The light spec is 1X150 Watt MH lamp, 2X 96 watt dual actinic compact fluorescents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Wow! Love the shape! Very artistic. These solona's just keep getting more and more popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Wow... that rock bonsai is way cool! You could be starting a new trend here Will love to see it populated with corals down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyLee Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 Today I finished making the lamp tree. Water filled.... Let the cycle begins.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 grab yourself an $8 bottle of Stablize by sea chem. Will accelerate the cycling of your tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Me like aquascape......overhangs look great. I tried to view a larger image but I don't get nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewT Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 yep stuff works great... its at aquatek. I had my tank cycled and livestock in about 10 days. Really worked great. Check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyLee Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Got the links to the pics fixed. I will pickup Stablize today. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindside Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Its cool how a lot of us have been inspired by Matt nano on reef central and crazy4acros tanks. I myself have a solan with the rock by acrylic rod, great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyLee Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Some pics of my 5 week old Solana Full Tank Shot Front View Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyLee Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 DigitalAquatics Reef Keeper Elite - Multicontroller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Excellent! One of the best solanas I've seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindside Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 So are you getting a wave out of that vortec? I know there is not much room for one. Also, what kind of reactor is that on the side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyLee Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 So are you getting a wave out of that vortec? I know there is not much room for one. Also, what kind of reactor is that on the side? It's a MP40W and I have to turn the speed about 75% max because I got too much wave at 100% speed. The reactor on the side is a phosphate reactor. I also have a carbon reactor hanging on the back. Ty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosslonghorns Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 How do you like the controller? Any issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyLee Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 How do you like the controller? Any issues? I know a lot of users having issues with their controllers. Mine is working fine for me. It controls heater and chiller, lights, wave maker, ATO, turn on chiller when temperature reach 80 degree and turn off lights if temperature reaches 83 degree . DigitalAquatics is working deligently on firmware update. Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 This is going to look super when the stonies flesh out. Looks like a well-done job on the rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Are you sure you're a reef newbie? Looks like you've been around the block on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyLee Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 Are you sure you're a reef newbie? Looks like you've been around the block on this one. I 've been keeping salt water fish for over 15 years. This is my first attemp at SPS corals. I've done a lot of reading on other reef keeping forums before I found this site. I also have a 210g reef that is also 1 year old with mostly fish, LPS and softies. Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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