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after you put the tank on the deck how far is it going to be from that electrical panel? it looks awefully close especiailly from splashing when cleaning. salt water is extreemely conductive. be carefull. you should also be concerned about evaporation into the panel cause all the circuitry may get rusty.
 
If you still have some room on board I'd like to jump aboard for this build. When I retire from the Coast Guard and move home I'm not building a large reef tank in my house. I'm building a house around a large reef tank. I like the idea of not going any deeper than 2'. I'll be doing the same.
 
who built the tank? why did they cut big holes out for the overflows instead of cutting teeth in there ? how do you plan to keef your fish and critters out of the overflow boxes?
 
charles you can use weld on #4 to glue white light diffuser into the back of the overflows like i did on my 150g.then use the black mesh to fill in the front.

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Very nice start. I do have to ask, in your 3 post, pic #6 does you dad know he can cut his nails with a nailclipper and doesn't have to use a drill.
 
Nice to see the external overflows on that bad boy, hopefully that becomes the norm in tanks, I absolutely hate those tank high internal ones :D
 
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All the cinder block stands that I have seen are usually filled with concrete and are spanned with steel I beams. Do you have any concerns about the blocks?
 
Dude, sweeeeet tank!!!! This is the exact size of the tank I am planning on having one day except i am wanting a free standing viewable from all four sides. I can't wait to see how this one turns out!!! I will for sure stay tuned.

Chris
 
very awesome build, the 6' depth will give the infinity look which is cool BTW. the one piece eurobrace is very nice addition also. how big are the eurobrace opening? :thumbsup:
 
greetings everyone -

Im sorry I have been gone for so long with no updates, its been heck these last few weeks and I took a trip in there as well so being out of town and then coming home to try and play catch up all while still dealing with the day to day problems has become quite a task for me. Lately the tank is in a holding pattern. Updates are that I am moving the electrial pannel that everyone has been concerned with to another location and Im workin on some room renivations to accomidate the tank a bit better. so 3 walls will be worked on and I still need to open up the wall for the tank to be viewable in my room. Alot of work and only limited $$$ = long drawn out build. Im sorry but its a choice sometimes between the bills and eating and the hobby and planning everything out so I dont run into problems down the road.

Thank you to everyone for the compliments and I hope that the tread will stay a bit more active in the weeks to come as I am planning the demo and renivations here to be soon!

Spazz-
to anwser your question it was a local company here in the bay area and he did that because Its how i had it speced. If you look at Checkinhawks posting thats what I had planned on doing from the start. It makes it very easy to clean that way rather then a tooth brush and and hour of time later.

BigReef-

To anwser your question, No I really dont have much concern with what I have set up the pine can hold 800psi and the block is much greater so I really cannot see where there would be a problem. If granted your thinking of a wave motion then there might be a slight possiblity but it is square and true to 0 degrees all around plus the foam decking on top also helps to auto level the system once the weight is placed in there.

cbui2-

The openings are 2' sqare to anwser your question the eurobracing is a 6" wide by 3/4" thick and runs the boarder and the center.

Hope everyone stays tune and that it has been an okay update for everything.

Regards and Happy Reef keeping till next time!

Charles-
 
Well again Im back with positive news this time...

I have since accomplished a few things since my last posting and I will have some pictures to post here soon.... I know the post is useless without them, however; I have taken out the center wall behind the stand for the tank to sit in. I have also rerun the electrical that was needed and moved the fuse pannel completely out of the way. There was a new wall constructed along with that process and I will be able to now view the system from all 3 sides which it was intended without an obstruction. The stand still need some fine tuning and I still have 2 walls to remove as well as reflooring the room and the new area to the room. Its a slow process but its getting there! Like I promissed pics are coming soon and I will keep everyone updated.

Thanks for following along!

Regards-
 
hey charles...good to see your still alive.i was wondering what happened with your build and didnt know if you stopped working or not.
 
No, Im still alive lol... just took awhile, because I had a few snags. I got them worked out though and then I had to spend some time thinking things over because I really debated wether or not I was really going to put the tank in the wall or just seperate it in the other room. Needless to say I decided to take the plunge and well here I am now. I really am looking forward to things once its all said and done though... but for anyone considering it in the future,it really is a large undertaking. I have to get the pics up here soon but other then that progress is slow and steady. Tuesday Im taking the remaining walls down that need to be taken out and then I will have a full idea of what is left and how things will look in the end. If some ppl are game Im gonna need a few volunteers to lift the bad boy in place I think but then its all down hill from there.

Main things still left to do are:

Design and construct my sump
Build my light rack and finnish my reflectors
Run a 220v for the light system
Establish the tank
And Enjoy the system!

Hope everyone is doing well and I'll update everyone soon!

Regards,
Charles-
 
PICTURES AS PROMISED

PICTURES AS PROMISED

Well everyone I finally got around to uploading my pics this am so here is a bit to catch you up on what I have been discussing over in the last few postings, Enjoy!

Starting back about a month ago I bought some of the needed plumbing and was working on it till I straightened my kinks with the tank out ...

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After completing the durso builds and looking at my options for quick connect to the pumps I decide at the end of this last month to dive in to taking the walls out and moving the electrical pannel else where out of harms way...

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PICTURES AS PROMISED

PICTURES AS PROMISED

Well everyone I finally got around to uploading my pics this am so here is a bit to catch you up on what I have been discussing over in the last few postings, Enjoy!

Starting back about a month ago I bought some of the needed plumbing and was working on it till I straightened my kinks with the tank out ...

randompictures055.jpg


randompictures056.jpg


randompictures057.jpg


After completing the durso builds and looking at my options for quick connect to the pumps I decide at the end of this last month to dive in to taking the walls out and moving the electrical pannel else where out of harms way...

randompictures133.jpg


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