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How big is that room Greg, for perspective sake? BTW nice job to date.
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OK, I have to say it, but I am surprised that stand for a tank that big is just a couple of 2x4 here and there. I guess I always over do things like stands and such, but after seeing your, I guess there is no need really.
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Nice room with NICE tank!!!
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Ok, this is the part of the project that was not well planned, and therefore was also the scariest part. Getting the tank from the builder in Miami to the stand in my house.
I rented a large passenger van, removed the seats and picked up the tank. Much to my suprise the van had bolts in the floor that the tank fit between with only a few inches of clearance. It was a tight fit, and disaster could easily have happened....
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The worst part of the 150 mile trip was the last 30 feet....
After the last picture the guys realized they couldn't get the tank high enough to sit it on the stand. I had to toss down the camera and run in to help them out. At roughly 600 lbs and needing to lift in up 42" onto the stand, I wish I'd have enlisted another 2 or 3 guys to do the job....
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Here is the tank on the stand in it's final resting place. Next we'll build the wall around it, build the hood, and add the facing to the stand.
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very cool gregt!!!!!
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currious about your overflow?
Greg, nice job! I'm designing something similar to your setup and was thinking that I would like a continuous overflow along the back. I see that you have bulkheads to either side of the overflow (or at least the original idea did). If you didn't have those designed there, would you have gone with a continuous overflow?
Like yours, I would have the three sides viewable, with the one end inserted into the wall. The only problem that I can see with a design like this is what to do with the bulkheads coming out of the bottom of the tank; how they should go through the bottom plate of the wall opening without loosing the structural integrity? I guess my idea is that where the overflow begins is where the wall would begin, making the overflow portion of the tank in the wall with about 3 inches in the fish room (I have use 2x8's for the wall the tank will come through). My connection is too slow and my computer at home blows, so i wasn't able to see your movie! How are the currents in your tank layed out? I'd like to have two surge tanks for mine. I'm thinking of putting all the return plumbing in the canopy, incuding the surge returns which I would like to locate at the oposite end as the overflow. I'm curious as to if this would cause a surge over the overflow instead of a constant flow? Another idea I had was to have a baffle at the opposite end of the overflow which would contain some type of "mud". I would then make the canopy a little shorter than the actual tank length, leaving the very end of the tank open where this mud/baffle is. A mangrove (or two) would live here, growing out into the room with its own light (i too have 25' cathedral ceilings). The upper surface of the mud would serve as an intank refuge for pods! The whole baffle itself would be located opposite of the reef. Just thinking outloud! I like what you have done and look forward to seeing your progress! peace........jason s
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The basic framing of the walls and canopy are done!
This was taken from inside the wet room
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very very nice, i can't believe those big guys couldn't get that thing lifted, i always end up losing my strength at the end too
can't wait to see more shawn
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Tank set-up is coming out great.
But, not to steal from it... The more I see the great room (and now from the kitchen view with the counter and the overhang glass rack), the more I like that. |
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Very nice Greg!!!
I like the chains on your lights. I will be incorporating that into my soon to be started DIY hood and move my 110 out of the ghetto. Do you have any kind of ventilation in your wet room? David
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