paulthomas
Premium Member
Very nice and organized. I can't get over how sweet your stand is too. I love the sliding doors.
lastlight's 225 reef build
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paulmartin
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This is a sweet build!
lastlight
Premium Member
Thanks guys. Definitely feeling pretty good now that I'm wrapping up the build.
So my rock arrived today. It's KILLING me having to finish some work work before I can get down to business with these filthy yet SEXY pieces of rock.
Big shelf piece:
Pop can is on my base rock for my tower. Beside it is my other shelf piece which I think WAS even bigger than the other but two 6" pieces were broken off in my box. Does anyone think it is worth trying to superglue the pieces back onto the rim of the parent piece?
Bucket of various boulders:
Measurements. Both shelf pieces are in this box so my kid doesn't jump on them (I hope!)
Measurent of my base rock which the shelves will mount to:
I wasn't the only one that BRS made happy today!
So my rock arrived today. It's KILLING me having to finish some work work before I can get down to business with these filthy yet SEXY pieces of rock.
Big shelf piece:
Pop can is on my base rock for my tower. Beside it is my other shelf piece which I think WAS even bigger than the other but two 6" pieces were broken off in my box. Does anyone think it is worth trying to superglue the pieces back onto the rim of the parent piece?
Bucket of various boulders:
Measurements. Both shelf pieces are in this box so my kid doesn't jump on them (I hope!)
Measurent of my base rock which the shelves will mount to:
I wasn't the only one that BRS made happy today!
paulthomas
Premium Member
Have you looked into Thorite cement? Sanjay and several others have used it with no issues that I know of.
http://www.thoroproducts.com/pdf_appl/appl_thorite.pdf
lastlight
Premium Member
My back is ON FIRE.
Built everything in about 8 hours. The tower on the left is held together with 1/2" pvc and the middle one is a lot of zip-ties. You'll notice I tossed reef epoxy over zip-ties since I hate how they look. Also the lower shelf on the right tower is actually 2 pieces that broke off the top shelf piece in the left tower during shipping. I zipped it back together...almost as good as new! Tomorrow I get the ro/di up and running.
Built everything in about 8 hours. The tower on the left is held together with 1/2" pvc and the middle one is a lot of zip-ties. You'll notice I tossed reef epoxy over zip-ties since I hate how they look. Also the lower shelf on the right tower is actually 2 pieces that broke off the top shelf piece in the left tower during shipping. I zipped it back together...almost as good as new! Tomorrow I get the ro/di up and running.
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First off I absolutly love the stand. I will Admit I am in the middle of planing a whole tank layout and have been stuck on a stand Idea. Not any more. I hope to borrow some of your ideas. I have a couple questions if you will about your build. First off speaking of the stand what would you do diffrent given the chance? I was looking at diffrent tiles this week and most of them were 12X12 but I feel the smaller tile will simply take away from the Modern Elegant look what are your thoughts? Next do you think there would be a negative affect on the tank to simply tile the entire top and place the foam mat with the tank on top? Sorry for the long winded post.
Rodney
Rodney
lastlight
Premium Member
Thanks =)
I wish I had done a cement and steel I-beam design to eliminate the centre posts but other than that I'm really happy with the stand. I think if you want doors that open then having them meet the tank like mine do is best. If you have no equipment under the tank then yes I would tile everything in a seamless box.
When I had planned for a basement sump etc...I was going to build the cinder block/steel design a few others have done. Then built a wooden box around it with the entire middle all open. Then tiled all surfaces...outside and inside. If you can picture this you would be able to crawl 100% under the tank...tile all around you. Either that or use a center brace and have two square portholes in the stand all tiled.
Maybe that's all confusing! I might have used linear motion systems to mount my doors for ZERO sag and a smooth as silk motion if I had more money.
Example:
http://www.vxb.com/Merchant2/mercha...earings&Product_Code=Kit7429&Category_Code=LM
My doors have sagged so that when shut there is MAYBE a 1mm gap at the bottom of where the doors meet. Nobody would notice but me but still...
I wish I had done a cement and steel I-beam design to eliminate the centre posts but other than that I'm really happy with the stand. I think if you want doors that open then having them meet the tank like mine do is best. If you have no equipment under the tank then yes I would tile everything in a seamless box.
When I had planned for a basement sump etc...I was going to build the cinder block/steel design a few others have done. Then built a wooden box around it with the entire middle all open. Then tiled all surfaces...outside and inside. If you can picture this you would be able to crawl 100% under the tank...tile all around you. Either that or use a center brace and have two square portholes in the stand all tiled.
Maybe that's all confusing! I might have used linear motion systems to mount my doors for ZERO sag and a smooth as silk motion if I had more money.
Example:
http://www.vxb.com/Merchant2/mercha...earings&Product_Code=Kit7429&Category_Code=LM
My doors have sagged so that when shut there is MAYBE a 1mm gap at the bottom of where the doors meet. Nobody would notice but me but still...
