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Primed and painted drywall around the tank, sealed the concrete, and primed and painted the plywood, back 12" of the plywood is a non-slip dock...
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3/4" on bottom and sides, 1" on the top.
Progress.. Shelves removed from wall [ATTACH] Cut the hole in the wall [ATTACH] Got the wall reframed, moved the electrical, rerouted the...
Do you know if it is possible to remove the overflows? If so I'd be tempted to silicone pieces of glass over the holes and use it as my sump.
And the skimmer is a 76" tall LifeReef skimmer. Currently hooked up to a temporary 55 gallon tank I have running. [ATTACH]
Thanks! Yep I'm doing acrylic again. Last tank was SPS dominated, I'm planning on keeping this one limited to a FOWLR system. Dimensions are...
Okay I had intended to hold off on posting anything until I was closer to being done with the build.. it can be like power watching a season of...
Is that a hard coral skeleton in there? You may want to look for something softer/less sharp like a synthetic sponge for them to grab onto. They...
For supporting the floor underneath a tank.
Is starboard a desirable alternative to plywood for a stand? I've been planning my stand for an acrylic tank and had been considering using two...
I'll try giving some stores a try to see if they can order a 120g for a reasonable price. If I can't find a cheap 90-125g tank I'll probably end...
I guess I still have one other question regarding the cinder blocks. Does anyone have any opinions on dry stacking the blocks vs dry stacking and...
Thanks all for your input. So does anyone think the 2x4 framing is necessary between the beams and plywood? I would think it would help with...
Correct. I had done the deflection calcs a while back and got comfortable with these beams over that span. The cinder blocks are 8" wide so the...
Thanks. I was actually planning to use metal shims between the cinder block and H-beams.
The beams are 6" tall and 4" wide so the space from front to back on the tank would be: 4 inch beam 12 inch gap 4 inch beam 12 inch gap 4 inch...
I'm going with a cinder blocks and steel I-beams (technically H-beams or wide I-beams) for my stand on an in-wall 400g. The tank is a 72x36x36...
Dang it... I just moved from North Liberty to the Des Moines area.
I'm looking for a sump for my new 400g build. I'll have an open footprint of about 56 x 32 under my stand so I'm leaning towards a tank that can...
