LOOKS GREAT!
 

Wow congrats on the the tank, etc getting built. Did you stay with the 96x36x27 dimensions you were planning? Hard to tell from the picture.

Yeah I did Greg and I really really love it. The other big one was nearly as big but was 84x36x30 and I'm digging the look of this far more.

Yours holds more water tho...this thing is all 19mm!

I like the dims of the 404 better as well. An extra 12" of length and 27" is a heck of a lot easier to work with than 30". Good choice Brett.

any new pic's? did they get the Eurobrace done?

Nothing new to really report yet. Bracing hasn't quite happened yet but I'll shoot pics when it does. I am however working down here fulltime now. Got my little office area insulated and my trusty little floor heater can actually keep me warm now.

Sorry for skipping out on you last sunday, being lazy is one of our other favorite hobbies lol, but i guess we'll just have to come over Wednesday night and get the braces put on so you can give your peeps some update pics:mrgreen:

Nice big glass box Brett, my 8' bRother (as skimmer king would say:lol:) and your not going to put that big pump on this bad boy :surprise:

we should be the 3 Amigo's
Brett ,Greg Mike

Dave don't sweat it =) Everyone's schedules need to mesh and of course I'm a patient guy! You've been awesome to deal with.

Nope I chickened out. All my high flow pumps will be INSIDE the tank. You taking this massive paperweight off my hands or what?

Am I stuck being the fugly one?

nope Greg is he has the beard

[quote=lastlight;591232]Dave don't sweat it =) Everyone's schedules need to mesh and of course I'm a patient guy! You've been awesome to deal with.


cool we'll see you wed night :biggrin:

I am seriously considering it but have get some money a few people owe me first :biggrin:
We I know for sure that I'm the good looking one :razz:

:drinking::crazy:

:lol:

And come on, that's an exagerration. Brett's only 6'5 or so. :p

I have been sniffing Goof Off for the last hour or so removing silicone res but I still know for sure I am 100% without a shadow of a dought the good looking one of the bunch :razz:

Good Catch Tony and greg can't spell either.

its Brother not Bother. so you are not in our gang Greg.

It's not how tall you are it's how big you piece is.............................piece of glass that is :pound:

I said I was the good looking one not the smrt one :razz:

Oh good, I'm glad you clarified because otherwise I thought you might have been referring to a wig. :p

I don't need a wig, have plenty to spare:rockon:

here we go again it's not how tall you are it's how big YOUR piece is

Greg's got the largest trailer if ya follow.

Or I could be how much water volume you can hold in ALL the glass boxes you have :twised:

And that was just one of the trailers we have :surprise:

Spent some time with the tank and a hydraulic jack to properly shim the stand tonight. I did the best I could building the stand level but under the weight of all the glass it was clear that the floor was pretty screwy as far as level/hills.

To clear the hills in the cement I shimmed the stand in all 4 corners and under the other 4 vertical supports so none of the rest of the stand sits on these unevenly raised hills. I had a 4 foot level laying lengthwise in the tank and my 2 foot level laying across the width. Dead level along the 8 foot length and I am within a razorblade's thickness across the 3 foot distance.

Not really an exciting update I know. Once the bracing goes in tomorrow night I will frame the rest of the fishroom in so I can relocate all the insulation i have laying around down here into those walls! Fishroom wall and the wall around the stand will be insulated to keep the cold and the noise in the fishroom.

Nice build so far Brett. Good to see the actual tank, the dimensions look pretty awesome. Keep us posted.

Just working in my office. Nothing to see here folks.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/404/reefoffice1.jpg

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/404/reefoffice2.jpg

Is that why you run so much? So you can realize your goal of one day being able to actually fit inside one of your tanks? In that case well done!

You could lay across the width of this tank... smalls =)

I'm a hobbit! :D

Hi my name is Kien Baggins cousin of Frodo :lol:

Will Smith gonna kick you a$$ Tony!

:crazyeye:

Case of Pepsi for a mouse pad?

Well picked up my future sump today.

72L x 24W x 18H 1/2" glass. Pretty heavy.

I was moving it with the help of my kind neighbor and fell on a big patch of ice as I was backing up. I made the decision to save the tank and you can puzzle out the rest of what happened. Took the tank edge into my thighs and then the one corner ended up on my one hand as I had decided the corner was not going to get chipped having just saved the edge lol. Hand and tank slid along the asphalt until my friend steadied his end. I'm limping but I have a sump.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/404/sump.jpg

The wide center brace was added by the owner but overkill in my mind. I'm removing it and placing it into the tank on end to create a 50g compartment to pull water changes from.

Forgot to take pics but then tank was filled for a week and passed with flying colours.

All I can say is.................oh f*** that had to hurt. I am guessing that you were waiting for me to pick- up the pump so you could get the sump. :biggrin:

Man that sounds like it hurt, I would have done the same though. People heal, tanks dont.

Wow Brett this thing is looking sweet!!

You werent kidding when you said it was a tight fit.

Have you figured out your lighting? Are you still looking for another Pendant & Ballast Combo?

My wife planned a bit of a surprise bday party for me tonight. Was sorta funny hobbling around the party and showing everyone my mangled hand. Hand is crazy swollen and pretty badly scraped/cut. My right thigh however is in so much pain right now. I did the right thing and I'm sorta proud of myself for saving the tank. Lucky I never broke and bones in my hand tho. I drove out to strathmore for it too so after the hassle I really wanted it!

Ryan I actually have enough 250w M80s to power 5 halides. One will be a backup as I intend to use 4 of them. I'll be buying 2 more lumenmax elites tho.