The 29 gallon setup

In my fish tank world, this is very close to the "best weekend ever!"


My SunPod arrived on Friday. My medium sized Aquafuge arrived on Saturday. While I was going to buy a used 29G from a local reefer who seemed to have disappeared, I ended up getting a new one for about $40; so I can't complain.

Besides for the heater, and a circulating pump which I seemed to have conveniently forgot, I'm almost set for the upgrade. Of course, a weekend isn't complete without a DIY project so I decided to paint the background of the tank.


Now, the debate between blue vs. black has been forever ongoing... One thing I knew for certain is that I did not want the background clear and red, which is the color of my dining room. While black allows the pumps and other equipment to fade into the background and disappear from direct view, it does have the minor disadvantage of sucking in some of the light into its abyss. Since I knew I wanted to use black for my 90 gallon tank some time down the road, I decided to try something different for the small tank at hand.


I ended up buying a deep blue Satin finish Krylon Fusion spray paint to hopefully achieve a nice marine blue background. One thing I dislike about blue backgrounds I've seen at some LFS is how bright the blue is. If you buy a regular blue, that high end light setup you have will make it a ton brighter, therefore, go dark. DARK = GOOD.

After many many coats and then a few more, the tank is ready. Well, you have to clean it first and wipe down the paint dust... but minor accident of spilling a quart of water on myself aside, the tank is cleaned and ready.


Now, once I get the pump and heater this week, the tank swap on that stand will be ready to get on the way! After the tank swap, frag swap. (FINALLY)

P.S. Metal Halide rules so much more than PC!