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Joke....well no, okay well maybe. I'm going to try my best, got the sea swirls kicking with the penductors. Love these sea swirls the two in the middle are six years old 24/7. So far so good on the flow but I'm sure when the corals get bigger I'm going to have to do something. This tank is about 6 months old and doing well. I will be posting lot's more pics soon :rollface: if you have any questions please feel free

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/56433817@N06/5356117432/" title="IMG_1006 by emmett4th, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/5356117432_31e4cd9200.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_1006" /></a>
 
Please make your gallery on flickr available for public viewing so the link will work. Thx.

Dave.M
 
Thanks gambitcobra! Here is the back

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/56433817@N06/5355543869/" title="IMG_2300 by emmett4th, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5355543869_d861fb7c9b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_2300" /></a>
 
Yep, working now. Thx. A larger image is always better for me, and your tank looks excellent!

Dave.M
 
saleen2881 said:
Love the tank and the color of the light! What lights do you have? Woulf you ever get led?
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Thanks there are 3 400watt Radiums and the tank is 180gal. The fixture also has 4 80watt T-5's that are not on in the pic. I turn them on when the halides are not on. IMHO the only way to go is halides.
 
That's an incredible setup you have there Emster!

<BTW, Emmett owns the hpcorals dot com website. Great guy to deal with.>
 
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Here is the stand, built it myself. Took 3 long days of my vacation time and 40 hours total. I work slow :) It"s 40 inches high and I'm loving it! Looks like I forgot to clean the finger prints off the stand :(

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/56433817@N06/5357279531/" title="IMG_2302 by emmett4th, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5357279531_6703314064.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_2302" /></a>

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I like the sleek look of the stand. Is it painted? ...if so what type of paint did you use? Any issues with salt stains?
 
usfpaul82 said:
Looks spectacular Emmett. I'll have to get over there one of these days to see it in person.
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Thanks you are welcome anytime

James404- Will have more pics of the corals and closer tank pics up in the next few days if I can find some time

wsurf4me- its the Iwaki 60 it's 6 years old running 24/7 never cleaned, thats why i run it. Its always there when I need it. I actually did take it apart once and it looked new inside so never have cleaned it since. I probably should clean it, now that I'm thinking about it I will do it this week :) Skimmer is an I-tech 400
 
Typlus5 said:
I like the sleek look of the stand. Is it painted? ...if so what type of paint did you use? Any issues with salt stains?
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No paint, I went with the extremely hard and durable formica. It looks like paint though. I made it flush with the tank edges. It does get finger prints but I'm sure black paint would do the same. No problems with the salts
 
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