Daveg99 Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 Got the top piece cut and finished today. The top is 75x19x 3/4. I purposely made it bigger than the tank. I like having a little ledge in front of the tank. Tomorrow im painting the inside white. Then I plan on staining it dark this weekend. Ill be moving it into the house soon. I will have it running by the 4th of july. Link to comment
Daveg99 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 2 coats of white is finished. Tomorrow im going to do a couple test stains on scrap wood. Removable side piece for sump Plywood plies in top piece are gone. Looks like a solid piece of wood . Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Ok, that's an awesome, creative, smart, & practical idea for removal of the door. Link to comment
Daveg99 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Its going to be held in place by magnets. Link to comment
Daveg99 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Im bringing it in the house tomorrow and going to do the plumbing. Stain and poly is done. Ended up using ebony colored stain and a semi gloss poly. Link to comment
Zia Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Looking good man! Thats one sexy stand, moar pics, moar updates, moar often Link to comment
BeardedReeferLLC Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 The stand turned out great. Following. Link to comment
ZachS Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Awesome tank! Were you able to order directly through them? Or did you have to go through a lfs Link to comment
Daveg99 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 I went through aquarium botique. They dont sell to the public. Got the tank in the house today. Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Looking stellar so far and there's nothing in it! Link to comment
Daveg99 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Built two durso drain pipes and I have one return. Plumbing is attached. Havent glued it in yet though Sump is in place Link to comment
BeardedReeferLLC Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Wow quickly being setup in the house and plumbing! Looking nice man. Link to comment
JayPagi Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Looks awesome. Can't wait to see a scape! Link to comment
I<3SPS Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 This might sound really weird, but I think this build made my heart skip a beat haha. I love the dimensions and the overall very clean look of this so far. Cheers and congrats , -Brad Link to comment
najluni15 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 This tank looks awesome! Good job on the stand. It's quite impressive. Also, the dimensions if the tank will make for some really cool scapes Link to comment
lkoechle Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 This looks amazing! I can't wait to see more! Link to comment
Reefed419 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I would try to switch some of those 90's for 45's you will loose a lot of pressure and flow with all those 90's Link to comment
Daveg99 Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 I want to lose some flow. The QO2200 im using is pretty strong and should be plenty. I plan on getting this tank running tomorrow. We will see. Im also debating on using a herbie style over flow method. The only concern I have is I have heard they are hard to dial in Link to comment
djvanzuuk Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Not very many people will have a tank like this... Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 So, you must be moving in because you really are building a house around your tank, the tanks the only thing there! Link to comment
Daveg99 Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share Posted July 6, 2013 We moved in 3 months ago. That view is the hallway entrance and the tank is in the dining room. Its no longer a dining room though. Link to comment
Daveg99 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 The water is a little cloudy from moving rocks. Link to comment
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