Not at all Parker. There is an aquarium store that I went to the other day which is one of the more extensive stores in my area that I have seen. Up at the register, they had a Nano Cube nano reef and I had to stare at it for several minutes to make sure it wasn't plastic. It had the most amazing colors I had ever seen and reminded me of a small reef that I had dived on in Guadelupe. Unfortunately, the rep behind the counter told me that there was 'over a thousand dollars in coral in there'. The setup looked great tho'...and then I just remembered your setup here. I guess when I'm ready I'll have to price it out. I think one thing nice about the Nano cube is that the glass is continuous with curved corners. Well..your pix got me energized and a nano reef is on my project list. Thanks. SH