Made an egg-crate stand for the skimmer to sit on, this will put it in 10" of water to start out. We'll see which way it needs to move once it hits water.

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took 4 1/2hrs but its filled and running now!!! Had 1 leaky union on a 2" valve but a quick trip to canadian tire of new o-rings and all is good!!

I drilled a 3/16 hole just below the water lines on the returns for a syphon break but i think I'll fill them in. Alot of pressure is being lost thru the holes!! Enough that if i don't have the lids on when turning everything on I can hit the wall across from the tank!! ooopps!!lol

I'm thinking I'll just keep the flex hoses in the tank at a safe enough height to break things before the sump is topped off.

Craig and Nora found me a new toy today!!!
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got no pictures yet but the stand and side cabinet are done minus hanging the doors. I'm hoping to get into the breakers tomorrow to run my 2 new 15amp circiuts to the tank. Then Friday night/Saturdat will be finishing off the canopy and tying it into everything else.

Biggest problem ahead is what color to paint everything!!!

got some new toys, some lights, fans, base rock.

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started drilling and stacking rocks last night made it about halfway before calling it a night. Its hard to tell in the pics but these are fairly large pieces!!

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got the stand and side cabinet painted and the electrical ran from the breaker into it, just need to wire the gfi's. Mind the mess!!

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Here's the top shelf of the side cabinet, It houses the 4 MH ballasts and the 2 T5 ballasts.

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This ones still abit messy till i get the plug in's all wired. But in the end this will be the junction box for everything electrical

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This is the moonlighting running, 12 leds

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this is the antinics, 4-4ft t5 ho's

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Its hard to get a good fts with the halides on, they tend to get a glare from every angle i try!!

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here's the finish product of 2 weeks woodworking!! Granted a pro could've been done quicker!!lol

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So.. I finally got my frag tank transfered over to the sump of the new tank. Took awhile but everything got a quick dip just for kicks and moved on over!!

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Here's a few pics of some of the new rock structures with a few pieces looking for a new home.

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And of course the Naso that makes it his personal mission in life to torment the heck out of snails and block every pic i try to take!!!

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