My 55g build

[Nibrown9]

I picked this tank up from Tim who posted on the frag website.
Everyone always enjoys a build thread so i figured why not

The tank crashed a day before I got to pick it up
So I'm recurring all the rock
Everything is very dirty and needs a good cleaning
Last night I got the stand and canopy cleaned up and polished

I drilled the back of the tank with 2 1" bulkheads for an overflow
mock up of overflow box

 

[SKAREEF]

Very nice. Tagging along.

The tape might not hold the overflow together

 

[Nibrown9]

Today I painted and installed the overflow
I also painted the stand inside to prevent and further water damage and salt creep damage

 

[Nibrown9]

Very nice. Tagging along.

The tape might not hold the overflow together

Funny you emotion that lol I taped all the edges and superglued the acrylic and the tape got stuck to the edge so I had to sand the tape off and clean the edges up

 

[bugs713]

Nice looking tank Nick!

Is this tank #2 or #3

 

[Nibrown9]

Nice looking tank Nick!

Is this tank #2 or #3

This is tank #3 but replacing tank #2 with it. My wife's cube is too deep for my liking and having a longer tank will give me more room for corals as iv already pretty much maxed this tank out

 

[SKAREEF]

This is tank #3 but replacing tank #2 with it. My wife's cube is too deep for my liking and having a longer tank will give me more room for corals as iv already pretty much maxed this tank out

No such thing as maxed out Coming along nicely. Great going on getting the wife involved. But WE really know who's tanks they are.. You have played it well my friend. So much for the saying "its better to ask for forgiveness".......

 

[Nibrown9]

No such thing as maxed out Coming along nicely. Great going on getting the wife involved. But WE really know who's tanks they are.. You have played it well my friend. So much for the saying "its better to ask for forgiveness".......

Haha that's the truth. She picks everything that goes in it but I have to take care of it

 

[swishb]

That looks like my old 55 I brought to AZ from Ohio.I sold it to Tim who is the Brother in law of James Chappel. James was reefer who unexpectedly passed away. Glad to see the tank and stand

 

[bugs713]

^^ Cool, a tank with a history!

They should have a TankFax, like Carfax....

 

[Nibrown9]

That looks like my old 55 I brought to AZ from Ohio.I sold it to Tim who is the Brother in law of James Chappel. James was reefer who unexpectedly passed away. Glad to see the tank and stand

Holly cow! It's the same tank! That's crazy

 

[Nibrown9]

Tank is wet and rolling. I'll post pictures soon

 

[Nibrown9]

overflow plumbing and painted the back of the tankstarted to fill the tank with water from the 46g

 

[Nibrown9]

still need to add more rock and scape tomorrow

 

[swishb]

Looking good !! So excited to see this tank back in use. I think I bought this tank and stand in 1997 and moved to AZ in 2005. Will try to find some old Pictures.

 

[swishb]

how it looked in 97

 

[Nibrown9]

Looking good !! So excited to see this tank back in use. I think I bought this tank and stand in 1997 and moved to AZ in 2005. Will try to find some old Pictures.

That's awesome it looked great in the picture below! I still have another 50lbs of rock I need to add to it. I need to change the t5 bulbs out also

 

[Nibrown9]

did a quick scape, I'm not sure on the large rock in the middle but it's heavy and concerned about suspending it over two rocks if I layers it flat like a shelf