side views of my 55.

[Reptoreef]

Just a couple of shots from the sides...

[Reptoreef]

A few more with cleaner glass :roll: ... Even a couple from spaces in the coralline...

[peregrinus]

nice pics.

[Reptoreef]

Thanks Sir TOTM... what an honor it is for you to grace my pics with your presence... I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy... LOL. Thanks man.

[Whoyah]

Cools shots. Thanks for sharing. :D

[Reptoreef]

No prob...

[dakar]

Big difference with the clean glass :-) Looking good!

Have you decided "to scrape or not to scrape" yet? A word of advice is you do, when you go to paint the tank back, use an enamel based paint. I used latex, big mistake, doesn't adhere to the glass for crap and is already pulling away from the edges on the 180, so it's going to be either a constant touch up deal for a while or peel it off and start over :( only left 8.5" clearance between the tank and wall, so it'd be a royal pain to repaint. :sigh:

[Reptoreef]

You'll find a way to "Dave-rig-it"... I have faith, my briny brother. BTW, saw a tank that had a similar background to yours using blue backing... seems the attached the backing in a similar way to tinting auto windows... used a little veggie oil between the backing and glass, then squeegied out the excess oil and timmed after drying. Try a tester on some scrap tank and give 'er a try.

[dakar]

Nice try about skirting the real question... you gonna scrape your tank or not? hahaha
But a good idea, though window tint is pretty scarce up here, really strict laws on it, nothing darker than 35% transparancy alllowed so nobody even stocks it, and they won't order it in either since the DOT has color restrictions too... i was originally planning on tinting the windows on my big truck blue, but found out I'd get popped with a pretty stiff fine. if I decide to start over and tint I'll have to find an online dealer for it. I like the color I have now, looks even better on the 180, Angel wants me to change the color on "HER" 55 now. She 'gave' me the 180, more like a token gesture so I'd get it set up cycled and stuff, then she'll move it. hahaha But definately going with agressive critters and coral.

[davejnz]

looks like you got some nice Acro colonies there Repto,that BTA is huge too.Cant wait till my frags become colonies.

[Reptoreef]

It seems to grow really fast once they start to branch off. Dakar, I'm not talking window tint, but the actual aquarium backing... just adhered in a similar way to window tint.