oh you better believe it lol , thats why i havnt really posted anything im waiting for some good ideas to steal:twised::twised:

That's why I am waiting until the deadline to post anything :twised:

What are you using for a tank? any chance its that one I gave you? It needs some glory :P

Sorry but no it will be a custom built tank and that's all I am saying for now.


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Dang. Lol well one day I may just ask If I can steal it back to set up a nano again ;)

well folks im just about ready to roll got my sump finished and baffles moved last night, tank is built and drilled and ready for plumbing, stand painted,built a diy auto feeder as well for this tank:)


tomorrow i will post the pics and progress i have so far.


today i grab some bulkheads and then this week it gets filled for the last time.

get ready to have your minds blown!!

allllllllrighty thennnnn!!!!
 

this is the tank i am using it was origionally built as a freshwater resevoir for my ato but i am neverous of ato's so its never been set up , just collected dust untill now.


the tank is 6.5g and the dimensions are 8.5 " long x 8.5" wide x 20" high


i had filled the tank before drilling to even make sure it still held water and im glad to say it does


heres a pic of the fill:

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps480aa9ff.jpg




i then decided to drill the tank in the back right corner for a 3/4" bulkhead

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349132345


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133142





the tank sits dry now waiting for the plumbing to be assembled to the sump, all the plumbing will be clear vinyl tubing , and a small bit of pvc.






next post: stand choice

nexxt i had to choose a stand and lucky me i have this lamp that is juusssssssst shy of the tanks dimensions, the stand is a square lamp almost the exact same size as the tank . it has a shade and is built out of wood but needed to be painted so i painted it black.


basically this is the lamp i had taken off the shade so i can paint it.


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349132319

the shade has an asia type design on it and is white it slips down into the wooden frame.


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133112
http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349132320



and yes the light does actually work:


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349132322







next i painted the stand black and added some egg crate which is what the tank will sit on, the egg crate still needs to be painted black before the saltwater fill and plumbing happens:


not the best pic in the world but trust me 100% improvement lol

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133155


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133170


now with the stand painted and the tank drilled i got to making the pedastel for inside the tank:)



next post:pedestal build

pedastel build pt 1
 

so with a tank so tall i didnt really want to be dealing with the hassels of liverock so i decided to do a pedestal tank basically a tank inside a tank seperate from all the corals.



here is what i came up with:


first the empty tanks, i decided to just use the one pedestal and not the small one added on top for now:P

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133187


my tall diy pestal made from scrap glass at my house:

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133113

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133114

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133123


the idea is to center this tank filled with rock inside the display tank;)


next came to filling this with rock, i had to use my grinder and diamond wheel to cut the rock in shapes i wanted and so everything fit together....no chance of toppling and plus this "pillar" is going to be removable at any time for cleaning etc.


i chose 3 pieces of rock from my liverock tank:


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133116



these piece were akward and weirdly shaped.......so i played god and made them how i wanted them:

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133119


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133121





i then stacked them inside the "pillar" and siliconed them into place so they could not fall back or out of place, the silicone is in places you cannot see from the front of the tank:

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133124


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133127

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133130


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133131

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133135

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133136


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1349133138




now with the insides of the tank done for rock i got to thinking how im going to feed some of these corals so i got to building a diy feeder using a media reactor and a modified majijet.



next post: diy auto feeder

Wow, Thats super cool looking :) I wanna see livestock in there..