here's a little update, i almost forgot about this:redface:

the stand in all it's glory:mrgreen:
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0185.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMG_0184-1.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0183.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0182.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0180.jpg


as you can see i made one last change to the drop down lol

it now set's about 12 inches off the ground instead of going all the way down

thanks Dave

this is what i am hoping it will look like once done
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a.../davestand.jpg

Wow. Go hard or go home. I want to see this when it's done.

Looks sick dude. Let me know if you need help

How are you attaching all the pieces together Dave? Impressive amount of steel there. No turning back now =)

with a lot of 5 inch bolts:wink:

brett there never was the option of turning back lol you should know me by now, everything i do is over the top crazy:redface:

oh victor didn't worry i have you and brett on speed dial to come help move the glass, will need at-least three more volunteers :lol:

I told ya I'd come up hahaha this is going to be one awesome tank I can't wait to see the glass going on it, just the enormity of this stand is ridiculous :lol:

i had a chance today to check out the finishing touches to the stand and i must say i am starting to have bouts after see how big this thing is.
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-26114435.jpg

the drop off part
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-26114405.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-26114450.jpg

not sure why but i am wanting every inch of this tank polished and michined, so here is some of the 17 pieces that we will be working on this week
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-25093017.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-25113118.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-25092253.jpg


the stand will be painted tonight and dropped of wed, so the fun should really start happening soon

thanks for looking

Dave

ps i am holding you three guy's who volunteered to be help on moving day:mrgreen: i will make it worthwhile for you:biggrin:

:shocked!:


:jaw:



What day is moving day by the way dave haha say that 10 times fast

Holy crap!

I can tell you "why". Because you can, that's reason enough. Again, all I can say is wow. That is going to be a beast.

lol i guess:redface: i just wish the glass shop we work with have a cnc, i got this cool idea about the euro-brace that needs me to mill 1/2 inch out of the brace, but i guess that will just have to wait for the next tank

you could always give me this one

"Next one"?? Can I have this one when that happens?

i am thinking mid oct, have to finish up two projects next week and i am holding a boys night out poker night this weekend so we will totally be useless for the next few days after that:redface:

sure it would be funny watching you and wes trying to move this thing lol


i do have plans for the next one but will have to found the right house first:wink:

Stand looks good from what I can see but can't visually inspect the welds from these pics. :lol:

Well, you could always build it here, you know, kind of a "test" run for the new one. I know I'd have the room, cause I'm sure my wife would leave me.

oh Bob she'll love an z-shape tank that is 280 inches long:wink: and i would give you one hick of a deal to try it:mrgreen:


Hey Grizz, i sure hope the stand holds, not looking forward to the first few days after it gets filled up

I have a better idea Dave, why don't you just build a tank 72"high, 280" long 36" wide, then fill up your basement. You know, kind of a reverse tank thing. I think this would be easier!

Had to drop by and say that this tank looks unreal, WOW, if its like anything he has built before, its going to be deadly !

What I'm most excited to see is that step-down because it steps down on two sides. Never seen that. It would look amazing if you did a live rock bg attached to both sides and had the bg stick up a bit to form a lip to keep the sand upstairs.

Agreed. That's how I'm doing mine. A 4" lip to keep sand from blowing over the edge.

Everything else looks amazing.

I'll help you move the glass if i'm free. Just let me know when.

Dave what are you doing for the glass?

19mm walls and double-bottom?

the drop down will be 19 mm
the bottom panels will all be 19 mm

sides will be 15 mm low iron

brace will be 15 mm low iron and 10 mm low iron

hard to explain but it will be a double brace with 15mm at 2.5 inches wide and 12mm at 3 inches wide. i want to make a lip on the brace where i can pressure fit netting in there so i can keep wrasse this time around.

i have got this crazy idea i want to put 7 pairs of hawaiian flame wrasse and whatever else that i found cool.


hay Mike the more the merrier, i will text you when i am ready


thanks Dave

Dave,
Im in cowtown often, if you let me know far enough ahead of time, I could lend a hand as well. LMK.
Bob

we'll have to watch exactly where are hands are with sheets this size or we *will* be lending a hand :biggrin:

It'll grow back right???

so tonight i had a chance to play with the placement of the stand, the more i moved the pieces around the more i was not liking the way i had it planed out.

i am starting to like how this came out, so what do you folks think
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-29194953.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-29194932.jpg
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...ums/update.jpg


or should i just stick with the original configuration?

I don't think you gain much by moving that section down a bit. Personally I like the original version, just my 2 cents. You will actually lose a bit of viewing area, unless of course you can freely walk around the far end of the tank.

it is hard to tell but stupid me only left 6 feet behind the tank and with the stand pushed back there is not much room to work around.

with it pulled forward that 14 inches it give me a shelf to put the skimmer, reactors and a sink:redface:

Is there a possibility of moving that tele-post? Or is it poured in place? I can't see how the beam is running in the picture. If not you could move or change the arrangement, maybe something that would be more beneficial?
What if you flipped the two ends and put the drop on the left hand side. Could you possibly move the tank forward past the tele-post?

It actually might work if you flip the sides. Just did some of the math, flip the two sides and pull the tank out. The tele-post should slip by the side. Just a thought.

no i don't think that will work, i was going to turn the left side into my office and computer room. if i put the drop down on the side it would be too small to work with. i will play with it a little more before i lock it together and call it a day

You can't put your office there. If your anything like me, you'll just stare at the tank and never accomplish anything. Mind you I don't do much to begin with.
Im sure you'll figure something out.

I def prefer your original layout but you need to put your equipment somewhere I guess. My fish room is narrower than 6 feet and I am going to make do... just sayin :razz:

That thing looks crazy impressive though!

Do you plan on drywalling the walls? Doesn't look like you have enough room.

Instead of that 2' jog in the back, why not make one long straight viewing pane? That will give you more room back there too.

I think you're going to have issues with leaks where the drops joins the upper portion of the tank on the left side of the drop. How do you plan to keep it from wanting to pull apart? A lip holding the bottom of the drop in place so it can't push out to the right? Hard to describe....

Well, his drywaller might hate him... ;) I'm glad I don't have to hang any in there. :)

Dave, that power issue, did you get an electrician to install all those circuits?

There are devices like this:

http://www.itwatchdogs.com/product-d...ger_x2-61.html

That can monitor power and your can track them (SNMP traps, emails, etc) and with a UPS and small server, you can log everything and even get power usage stats. What gets measured gets managed. ;)

To run everything on a UPS, you're going to need to think big, like home genset big - if your power goes out for 12 hours on account of ENMAX (not impossible), all the emails in the world won't prevent an issue. You'd have to get a pretty big portable generator to keep everything running for any extended period of time.

If you get any UPS to run the motors for your pumps, you might want to check out how they run on the step-approximated UPS's... I have to use a true sine UPS otherwise the motor on my pumps just shudders for 5 minutes.