300 gallons of blog!

Been getting a lot of work done lately. Most recently I've been transferring corals over. Here is a shot I took today while experimenting with white balance. It's not quite this warm in color in real life, but this was a very clear picture that provides a lot of detail, so I thought I'd share.



And a couple other shots. This is from the right side looking left (from inside ...

This definitely turned into more than I expected, but I'd love any input. With the location of my wall outlets/circuits, where all the hardware is, and my desire to distribute electrical load as much as possible, I built this power distribution panel. I will have power from three 20 amp circuits coming into this panel (though only 2 are active right now; the fourth 20A circuit is dedicated to the AC system). If you look at the top left of this panel, above it you'll see 2 black plugs going directly ...

Been a bit since I updated, but not since I've made progress. Boom.



I cut the wall and glued the trim in place on the 26th, then had a few friends sneak over to help me slide the tank in place. It was a relatively straight forward event. The glass touches the wood trim that I've installed, and once it's all settled I'll caulk it together. I hesitated a few days on filling it though, ...