My 6ft Slice of Ocean. . .
 

Well I began this build in April 2011 and am finally getting a Can Reef thread going! So without further adu, here are lots and lots of pictures!

Please enjoy and feel free to question or comment on anything!

Nate

And so it all begins. .

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My younger brother checkin out the new tank

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The tank on the framed stand

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Skinning the stand

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The stand skinned

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Now I should add that this is a 125 Gallon display tank. And on with the pictures. .

Prepping for staining

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Staining complete

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Holes drilled into the top of the stand for the overflows

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The boys helping me drill the sump and refugium

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Successful hole drilled

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20 gallon refugium on mini-stand

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The tank getting wet. . .

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100 lbs of dry macro rock to go with my 40 lbs of live rock I already have

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First look at the aquascape

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And then there was sand. . .

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The tank cleared up

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Right side

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Left side

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Vertex IN-280 Skimmer

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Sump pictures after many hours of plumbing

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Check valve

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Refugium draining into 40g sump

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Two TLF reactors - 1 for carbon, 1 for phosban

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Reeflo snapper return pump - love this thing!

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Framing the lighting hood

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Skinning the lighting hood

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Prepping for painting

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Inside painted white

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Stained

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Lights have arrived - 4 250watt metal halides (20k Ushio) 4 39watt T5 (2 KZ fiji purple, 2 true Geissman true antic)

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Ballast to foot (size 9) comparison

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The beauties wired in place

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Left side

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Right side

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One of the moonlights

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And then there was light. . .

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Left side

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Right side

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Area in the furnace room where my top off tank and water-change tank will be. The display is on the floor above.

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Work on brute cans commencing

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Plumbing

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R/O unit

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Tie in to the washing machine line for the r/o

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R/o drains to the floor drain

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Plumbing complete

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Heater and floats

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