70 gal tank setup
 

I have done alot of work on a tank for a friend so i thought i would post up the progress on here and see what you guys think of it.

70 Gal tank purchased through golds with built in herbie style over flow. return has its own hole in the overflow for return to the tank. in sump model euro reef skimmer r100 model i belive.

home made plywood stand outa scraps laying around the garage.

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ok so i have attempted to post these pictures from face book so im not sure how this will work.

please give me any comments on the stand now that its on the tank posative or negative, im interested. honestly im not a fan of the stand it seemed nice when i was building it but now that its on the tank im not happy it looks to big i think and a bit bulky.

Richard

It looks great. Although, I agree, the canopy in particular seems .. large. Not overwhelmingly so, though. It's not inappropriate for a reef tank, lots of room for whatever lighting anyone could ever want.

Question, where did you get the true-union valve?

all the plumbing that you can see in the tank was bought from Albert out of his trunk lol... he has a ton of stuff im sure if you asked him he would let you know where he got it, or sell you some. I think he said something about ordering it online from the states.

Richard

the stand looks beautiful. i agree though about the canopy looking too large/bulky. one of the things that i noticed in particular is the mouldings along the top of the canopy.its the only are on the setup like that and tends to make it look very top heavy. possibly mirroring it on the bottom would give more of a column look to the setup.

He gets lots of it from the wholesaler my mom works at. They don't sell to the public. Contractors and businesses only. It's funny how he's selling it outa his trunk though. I bought spaflex that way :D

yea gotta love Albert he's bad ***. woulda been funny had the cops pulled up right as we are doing it might have gotten some funny looks in forest lawn lol.

all the wood used on the stand i had laying around the garage and the top moulding is this beautiful blood wood that i couldnt resist using but in hind site it does kinda make that tank look funny. I was thinking maybe if i added some accents to the tank in blood wood it might make it mesh more but i dont know if i should completely scrap the canopy or not its just so huge....

Richard

oh please dont scrap the canopy! its gorgeous!, it just needs some balance.

any suggestions on how to balance the canopy?

some updated pics.

got the lights in the canopy and the tank fully plumbed.

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The return from the sump

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Return and Herbie style overflow

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sump fully plumbed

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doors on soon and then the tank is ready to be moved to my buddies house and filled with water salt rocks and all the other fun stuff!!


Richard