Covering a 125G Stand
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Sisterlimonpot
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Well that was a long process, Sherwin Williams offers a great service in that they have a mixing station are able to match stains to an original piece. But the challenge was that I couldn't (didn't want to) take the entire canopy to them and say, "œMix me up a stain that matches" So I brought a couple scrap pieces of oak and a picture of the canopy and they threw some stain on the scrap pieces to gauge what was close and then I had to go back and match it up with the canopy, them come back and tell them what was missing.. The nice thing about it was that they didn't seem to care that I was wasting their time with the back and forth stuff. They never seemed to get frustrated with me. I think that when I sent them a picture of the finished work they were pleased to see how well it came out.
Thanks hopefully one day when I retire I can focus on this hobby a lot more
Thanks, that sled is a must have for any wood worker. I have made 2 of them so far and in the process of making a 3rd to accommodate 36" wide boards. I'm making a full over full bunk bed out of maple for my kids and can't keep a big piece of wood like that up against the fence. Those sleds allow for a completely straight edge that doesn't require any jointing (if you don't want to) The hardest part about making the sled is to make sure that the back fence is completely square, otherwise its worthless and nothing you cut with it will come out right. I went through a lot of hassle trying to get the first one square.
Thanks for looking
aquariumclown
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I have the same led/moonlight problem as you. I direct mine up at my t5/mh reflectors, I like it much better.
Sisterlimonpot
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No not really, I've been busy making a maple bunk bed for the kids. The tank is just trucking along, We got word that we will be pulling up stakes and moving to California So we are trying to decide if we are going to try and move the tank and all the inhabitants to cali or just get rid of all the livestock and start a new when we get there, I'll be there for a minimum of 5 years.
Sisterlimonpot
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Sure, I guess I can put a picture up. Give me a bit.
Sisterlimonpot
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It's a full over a full bed, here it is right after a complete sanding and just before tear down for the hand rubbed finish (the ladder to the top isn't in the picture)
It's multi-functional, when the kids get older and they want to separate into other rooms the beds will become 2 separate full-size beds, I made it so that the head and foot boards of the bottom bunk will become the head boards and the head and foot boards of the top bunk will become the foot boards. Yes it is all from scratch (raw lumber) All solid maple) and the design is my own but the idea of making it 2 separate beds at a later date isn't a new concept, you see quite a few manufacturers using it, so I can't clam that idea, I just incorporated it in my plans.
I'm in the process of finishing it, 7 coats of hand rubbed tung-oil. It's taken me about a month and a half to get to this point (had to make a lot of different jigs and templates). The kids should be sleeping in it by the end of the week.
Sisterlimonpot
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It sucks because the wind is out of my sail, I really don't think that we are going to be able to take all the tank inhabitants with us. so we are just biding our time and waiting for the right time to sell everything off (livestock). Once we get to california we are more than likely going to set up the tank and start fresh. (which sucks because there are some corals that I really don't want to get rid of).
aquariumclown
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Why don't you ship them here and have them held?
Sisterlimonpot
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Are there places that will do that?
Sisterlimonpot
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Thanks H,
After the holiday fragswap I got about 8 new frags, here are a couple pics of the ones that I really like:
Acan
and Green bay parckers zoas from John,
I have other GB zoas but these are different as to they have some acid wash of orange and green on the outskirts. They look nice.
I also met up with Leif and traded for a few other frags but I haven't gotten any good pictures. I'll have to wait till they color up and get better PE.
After the holiday fragswap I got about 8 new frags, here are a couple pics of the ones that I really like:
Acan
and Green bay parckers zoas from John,
I have other GB zoas but these are different as to they have some acid wash of orange and green on the outskirts. They look nice.
I also met up with Leif and traded for a few other frags but I haven't gotten any good pictures. I'll have to wait till they color up and get better PE.
Scopus Tang
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Wow! Nice job on the stand, the bench, and the bed! Sux that I finally find somebody else on here from Wyoming, and now you're off to Cali. Ear-marked the thread, so I'll be tagging along.
Sisterlimonpot
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When the actinics came on tonight, I felt like taking some pictures of my new PBT. But he wouldn't cooperate I couldn't get a decent focused picture so here are the best ones:
and lets not forget the CBB:
and the yellow tang:
and my 2 freebees....
ORA green birdsnest from phillipj2:
And a purple milli from spliefy:
Sisterlimonpot
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Hey everyone, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I've just been really busy with work.
The whole livestock transfer from Wyoming didn't pan out the way I wanted it to... Before I moved, I had set up a tank at a friends house and transfered all our livestock and corals into it, hoping to one day come back for it all, but one cold night the electricity went out and the temp dropped to about 60, the only things that survived were the LPS, zoas, mushrooms and my fire red shrimp, everything else perished. Oh well!!
It took about 4 months to find, close and move into a house. Upon moving in, the first thing I did was set up the 125 and get it cycling. After the cycle (June) I got a powder blue and a yellow tang to sustain the cycle and then I made my way to Wyoming to get what was left of the livestock.
Fast forward to today, I still have the tangs, 2 false percs, a six line, a copperband, a mandarin goby and a diamond goby. Being here is bitter sweet because the fish are dirt cheap due to the fact that Los Angeles is the industries main hub for fish shipments but on the other hand the coral scene is ridicules, everyone has frag tanks and everyone wants to make a living selling coral. However there are a few people that I have started going to that have great pieces and prices are reasonable.
Along those lines, I started slowly stocking the SPS and I want to share what I have now. They're all little frags at the moment but none the less I've been slowly getting things back together since I've moved out here to California. Here they are enjoy.
First is an ORA Verde, it's been in my tank for about 3 weeks now:
<img src="http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/7597f43bc1cf43e59b7b221c6f90495f/assets/271a1f5201ef4a77b30c411c26bb1949" width="571" height="538"/>
Here's an Orange Digitada that was given to me as a tiny sliver when the tank was stable enough to have SPS back in September.
<img src="http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/7597f43bc1cf43e59b7b221c6f90495f/assets/3a900f2e177c468ea1fd107d518f4fdf" width="834" height="558"/>
<img src="http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/7597f43bc1cf43e59b7b221c6f90495f/assets/6cabd59d600842a88ec92e9b8cad6bcf" width="833" height="529"/>
A shot of a couple montipora's, the green one was given to me in September as a small piece about the size of a quarter, as you can see, it has really taken off.
<img src="http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/7597f43bc1cf43e59b7b221c6f90495f/assets/a56209d983e8418e972160d3b3ef993b" width="833" height="852"/>
The whole livestock transfer from Wyoming didn't pan out the way I wanted it to... Before I moved, I had set up a tank at a friends house and transfered all our livestock and corals into it, hoping to one day come back for it all, but one cold night the electricity went out and the temp dropped to about 60, the only things that survived were the LPS, zoas, mushrooms and my fire red shrimp, everything else perished. Oh well!!
It took about 4 months to find, close and move into a house. Upon moving in, the first thing I did was set up the 125 and get it cycling. After the cycle (June) I got a powder blue and a yellow tang to sustain the cycle and then I made my way to Wyoming to get what was left of the livestock.
Fast forward to today, I still have the tangs, 2 false percs, a six line, a copperband, a mandarin goby and a diamond goby. Being here is bitter sweet because the fish are dirt cheap due to the fact that Los Angeles is the industries main hub for fish shipments but on the other hand the coral scene is ridicules, everyone has frag tanks and everyone wants to make a living selling coral. However there are a few people that I have started going to that have great pieces and prices are reasonable.
Along those lines, I started slowly stocking the SPS and I want to share what I have now. They're all little frags at the moment but none the less I've been slowly getting things back together since I've moved out here to California. Here they are enjoy.
First is an ORA Verde, it's been in my tank for about 3 weeks now:
<img src="http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/7597f43bc1cf43e59b7b221c6f90495f/assets/271a1f5201ef4a77b30c411c26bb1949" width="571" height="538"/>
Here's an Orange Digitada that was given to me as a tiny sliver when the tank was stable enough to have SPS back in September.
<img src="http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/7597f43bc1cf43e59b7b221c6f90495f/assets/3a900f2e177c468ea1fd107d518f4fdf" width="834" height="558"/>
<img src="http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/7597f43bc1cf43e59b7b221c6f90495f/assets/6cabd59d600842a88ec92e9b8cad6bcf" width="833" height="529"/>
A shot of a couple montipora's, the green one was given to me in September as a small piece about the size of a quarter, as you can see, it has really taken off.
<img src="http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/7597f43bc1cf43e59b7b221c6f90495f/assets/a56209d983e8418e972160d3b3ef993b" width="833" height="852"/>
