:lol: .... The room is a mess, and it's driving ME crazy, but no point putting the stuff away as I am constantly using it for misc. cuts/measurements/etc... :razz:

that's my theory on things too. Until there's water running in the tanks that I have strategically placed throughout this house, there's no point in putting ANYTHING away.

Had a few days off work this weekend and made some progress on the stand and refugium area.

I had attempted to cut out my refuge window with a jigsaw, unfortunately it wasn't capable of locking in the blade dead straight so I had to try and cut it free hand, and due to my shaky hands ended up having a very wavy cut.. :lol: Thank goodness I have a steadier hand with my camera.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0187G/trim.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...187G/trim2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...187G/trim3.jpg

Not wanting to have such an ugly edge as the frame of my refuge, I decided to add some trim pieces around the window this afternoon. Certainly made a huge difference and I am definitely pleased with the outcome.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...187G/trim4.jpg

Aside from the framing I got my Aquacontroller Jr mounted, it will be sunk in to the stand skin to avoid getting bumped during maintenance or other unknown reasons. I also mounted the DC8 power bar above the the refuge well away from where the sump will be.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0187G/acjr.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...20187G/dc8.jpg

You can see in the pictures I also drilled the drain bulkhead in my refuge which will return water to the sump. My Snapper return pump will be T'd off to feed the refuge with a 3/4" line, and 1.5" back to the display tank.

Refuge lighting is an Aquamedic Oceanlight 4x24W T5 unit and will be running 2 6500K midday bulbs, 1 Reef Blue and 1 Fiji Purple.

And a quick shot of the refuge window with lights on, right now it has 2 10K and 2 Fiji Purples. Still need to paint the background for the refuge tank so you won't be able to see into the sump area, I'm thinking a Cream White or Light blue, haven't decided yet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...87G/refuge.jpg

:mrgreen:

I'm impressed:cheer2:

I lika alot.

Looking Good!

Shaky hands, Thats why god, I mean RONA made trim LMAO

man that trim is sharp! Gonna look incredible when everything is said and done

exactly thats my theory to hence why i keep my table saw in the kitchen and 30 sheets of drywall in the spare bedroom. you just never know haha. the stand is looking preety good. i like the veiwable fuge

well i spent 5 hrs reading your other build and i was impressed with your work.
this is gonna be a sweet lookig setup.