50 Gallon Fish Tank Bookshelf Project

[gsrsk8er]

I recently finished building this built in bookshelf/fish tank in our sunroom. It turned out great. I previously had a 20 gallon mini nano reef tank that I upgraded to the 50 gallon. I love the tank because it is deeper than a common sized tank. It is setup with a fluval 405 canister filter, 60lbs of live sand, about 40 lbs live rock, and a metal halide/power compact combo light.


Start of the Build





Furthur Along




Almost Done




Finished



Finished Closeup




Shrimp Goby



Shrimp and Citron Gobies




Leather



Hammers



UPDATED PICTURES
Just got about 20 more pounds of liverock

[johntroxel71]

That looks awesome!! How is it for heat? With it enclosed like that I could see it being a problem.

The shrimp Goby looks great. I cant wait to get a few more fish for my tank.

[gsrsk8er]

There are actually several vents in the shelf above it with fans blowing air out. The airflow is relatively good so it doesn't heat up too bad. I was told that was a hammer coral when i bought it, but it looks to be more of a frogspawn. Any thoughts?

[Socratic Monologue]

There are, as far as I understand, two differences between E. parancora and E. paradivisa: the former has anchor-shaped tentacle tips, and the tentacles are unbranched; the latter has rounded tips on tentacles that are often branched.

[gsrsk8er]

New pictures

[cr8signs]

Super cute setup!

[BraenDead]

Moved to the Tank Build form