45 Gallon Reef - first FTS shot with scape and a FISH!!
 

:biggrin:5 feet wide, 23.5" deep and 70" tall
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...spatel/007.jpg
display fuge/sump (that little stand will hold a 20L and is removable)
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...spatel/009.jpg
another shot;
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...spatel/010.jpg
left door to the sump area
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...spatel/012.jpg
cabinet for electronics/supplies/etc.
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...spatel/008.jpg
light hood (will hold a tek light 6x39w)
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...spatel/011.jpg
entire thing will be skinned in birch plywood
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...atel/014-1.jpg
display tank area
http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...spatel/015.jpg


Still need a custom tank to match my stand. :biggrin:

*cough* 40 gallon rimless *cough cough*

Very nice, like the design

Yeah that'll be nice for sure. I'd leave space between the canopy and tank so it's sorta open top. Great for heat removal and looks cool.

yeah i am looking into a couple options. I want a bean animal overflow but i dont want pipes out of the back. May have to design a wierd L shaped or trapezoid tank so i can keep the pipes within the stand on the left back side of the tank. I will try to draw something to show everyone.

looking for something 36" x 24" x 14" - I have a quote on acrylic... hoping for glass though but if i get no hits from my WTB ad then i going acrylic

canopy is 18" from the base of the "tank stage". Tank wont be more than 18 high.


The tank sits at 40" above the ground so its a nice viewing angle either from standing or sitting on my couches :biggrin:

Could you possibly plumb the left side through to the side of your supplies cabinet? You seem to have a lot of space in there to work with and you would still have easier access to them.

Also, did you get that TEK light from ReefGeek?

I look forward to seeing what's to come.

Graeme

got the light used :) someone in Toronto was getting rid of one. Gonna order bulbs from ReefGeek. As for the plumbing - you pretty much stole my idea after i sat and stared at the stand for hours (wife isnt too happy). I am trying to sketch something in google sketchup right now. just spent the last hour downloading and watching some movies so I do my best to show you all very soon :biggrin:

Going to have the left side of the tank have a rim thats half an inch shorter than the other sides than an external overflow box in the supplies area. I have to adjust the shelf slightly but i want to see what the extra cost will be. Options cost money :mad2:

so after about 3 hours this is what i came up with. I dunno how people get all the plumbing into the drawings so i just used some 1.5" cylinders. Feel free to help me figure out how to make the drawing better :)

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/a...vincetank1.jpg

now i need an MP40:confused:

tank is twice the size of what i had originally planned (23 long) so the two Korila nano's are going to be useless.