BonesCJ & Kelzoa's 220 Reef
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It may not be known but at the end of June last year I had my stand give way and popped a seam in my 220 gallon system, resulting in having to tear the entire system down. This is where being prudent paid off, I as well as some others on RC had questioned the ability of that stand to hold the tank so I reinforced the stand with 6 2*4's and that is what kept the stand from completly failing, instead of just dropping a half inch. I had the aquarium (Leemar) sent back for repairs and at this point my tank has been back up and running for about 6 months and I wanted to show the whole story and the tanks current status. Time for lots of Pictures :-D
The corner where the stand gave way
Halfway Drained
All the way
The 50 gallon tubs all my critters/LR/corals lived in (3 of them)
My Hood with all the lights lived on top of the tanks in an effort to keep all the corals alive. The netting on one of the tubs is to keep the fish in.
Out you Go
The corner where the stand gave way
Halfway Drained
All the way
The 50 gallon tubs all my critters/LR/corals lived in (3 of them)
My Hood with all the lights lived on top of the tanks in an effort to keep all the corals alive. The netting on one of the tubs is to keep the fish in.
Out you Go
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Since I had some time while the tank was off to Cali for LeeMar to repair (which they did an awsome job of, and pretty reasonable too) my wife and I decided if we are keeping a tank of that size we want to just about guaruntee that we would have a stand that would not fail.
200 lbs of steel baby
Unfortunatly I did not get any photos of the rebuild of the tank but needless to say it came back good as new with its new stand awaiting. While it was gone I had taken the front and sides of the stand and removed the rest so that it would slide around the steel stand. Works very well and you can see the black steel of the stand in some of the pics inside the wood shell.
Tah Dah!
all the goodies
Down the side (7 Feet!)
Lighting (372 watts of T5)
Left and Right hand Equipment
200 lbs of steel baby
Unfortunatly I did not get any photos of the rebuild of the tank but needless to say it came back good as new with its new stand awaiting. While it was gone I had taken the front and sides of the stand and removed the rest so that it would slide around the steel stand. Works very well and you can see the black steel of the stand in some of the pics inside the wood shell.
Tah Dah!
all the goodies
Down the side (7 Feet!)
Lighting (372 watts of T5)
Left and Right hand Equipment
And now for some of the goodies living in the tank
Flower Anemone
Lobo Brain
Tree leather of some sort, kinda greenish
Tuxedo Urchin (awsome hair algea eater)
Well barring any more runs of bad luck this big boy should be here to stay and I will try to keep things more up to date. Please enjoy the pics and feel free to comment
Flower Anemone
Lobo Brain
Tree leather of some sort, kinda greenish
Tuxedo Urchin (awsome hair algea eater)
Well barring any more runs of bad luck this big boy should be here to stay and I will try to keep things more up to date. Please enjoy the pics and feel free to comment
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