J.R.'s money pit build '540g

[Nanook]

What’s going in this tank? Guppies?

 

[smoothdog]

I thought that about the corner too, but I think it's the paper scratched off the bottom of the tank. Optical illusion and looks like stress cracks.

I was talking about this corner:

 

[biecacka]

Sand caught in a magnet.....used by a blind and deaf person. :lol:
No, seriously that was some serious scratching right there

Looks great now though


Corey

 

[JRChristiansen]

Looks great. Labor of love right there.

Is it going to be a look down tank... Lol.

Thanks! No it's on a stand now

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[JRChristiansen]

I thought that about the corner too, but I think it's the paper scratched off the bottom of the tank. Optical illusion and looks like stress cracks.

You're correct in the picture it looks like stress cracks also deep scratches but it's just the paper sheeting on the bottom making that illusion the tank structurally looks like it's in awesome shape

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[JRChristiansen]

What's going in this tank? Guppies?

It will be a mixed Reef[emoji23][emoji23]

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[JRChristiansen]

Sand caught in a magnet.....used by a blind and deaf person. [emoji38]
No, seriously that was some serious scratching right there

Looks great now though


Corey

Yeah I don't know what the guy used as a scraper. But the way it looked was a flat blade screwdriver hahaha it was bad.

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[JRChristiansen]

Got some work done over the weekend

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[JRChristiansen]

Stand

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[Tigé21v]

Looking good, guy!
Are you going to tie the "front" of the stand together somehow?
You're probably gonna have well over 3 1/2 tons sitting on top, trying to do its best to splay those legs apart....

 

[Nanook]

Looking good, guy!
Are you going to tie the "front" of the stand together somehow?
You're probably gonna have well over 3 1/2 tons sitting on top, trying to do its best to splay those legs apart....

My thoughts exactly. But it looks sexy!

 

[JRChristiansen]

Thinking about bolting the legs to the floor

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[JRChristiansen]

More work done. Almost time to fill it up and clean it.

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[frogspawn74]

Looking good!


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[Zoahoarder]

Wow hard work has really paid off with this tank. Looks great and can’t wait to see what it becomes.

 

[Nanook]

This guy doesn’t mess around!

 

[clevername]

Thinking about bolting the legs to the floor

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Some one beat me to it. Was just going to suggest this.
Some of it looks over engineered but not having some long concrete bolts holding it from spreading would worry me.

 

[JRChristiansen]

Well I decided to weld up some flat steel straps to tie the legs together. I will probably replace the screws with lag bolts next time I go to the hardware store.

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[JRChristiansen]

Well I made some progress on the tank over the last week.

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[JRChristiansen]

Well it is up and running with fresh water

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