Finally I have bought a new tank aqeon 210 for 799.00 with free shipping! I will post photos of the build this week sometime. It is going to be a long one as I am always on a budget and want it to be perfect so I am taking my time. All are welcome to tag along. I know I started a 240 build but the guy selling the tank to me fell through on his end so I started this thread with my new 210. Sorry for the confusion guys. Here it goes. I will post photos tonight possibly of the new tank as it is sitting in my garage right now. I am building the stand out of steele. 1.5"x1.5" .120 thickness for bracing and 1.5"x3" .120 thickness for main supports.
210 gallon build
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Update 1
Update 1
ok, as promised here are some photos of the progress. The stand is .120 thickness steele that I welded myself and the canopy is .85 thickness steele. The sump/refugium is 80 gallons total with 28 gallons in the refugium. I ran 3 20 amp breakers with 3 switches for a total of 18 ports of power. I have a ocean motion 4 way coming for the closed loop which I drilled the tank in the back with 5 holes. one 1 1/2" and four 1" returns. I have my overflows set at 1" and the returns at 3/4". feed back is appreciated and I hope the photos are ok. I also added Marco rock for the back wall and I planned to use pond foam to cover the closed loop return lines and suction line as well as the overflows. What do you all think?
Update 1
ok, as promised here are some photos of the progress. The stand is .120 thickness steele that I welded myself and the canopy is .85 thickness steele. The sump/refugium is 80 gallons total with 28 gallons in the refugium. I ran 3 20 amp breakers with 3 switches for a total of 18 ports of power. I have a ocean motion 4 way coming for the closed loop which I drilled the tank in the back with 5 holes. one 1 1/2" and four 1" returns. I have my overflows set at 1" and the returns at 3/4". feed back is appreciated and I hope the photos are ok. I also added Marco rock for the back wall and I planned to use pond foam to cover the closed loop return lines and suction line as well as the overflows. What do you all think?
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here are some more shots of the build. Keep in mind that the last photo is where I decided to take a break as I did everything in 6 days! I plan to encase the entire stand including the canopy in wood so you will see nothing but the tank. Sidewinder770 has a nice build that gave me most of my ideas. I also made my own screens for the suction on the CL by drilling small holes around the edge of the elbows and lacing it with fishing line. Sort of what I call my redneck engineering.
more photos
here are some more shots of the build. Keep in mind that the last photo is where I decided to take a break as I did everything in 6 days! I plan to encase the entire stand including the canopy in wood so you will see nothing but the tank. Sidewinder770 has a nice build that gave me most of my ideas. I also made my own screens for the suction on the CL by drilling small holes around the edge of the elbows and lacing it with fishing line. Sort of what I call my redneck engineering.
