My 60 Gallon cube starts taking shape

[BCOrchidGuy]

Well I've been working on this tank for a bit now, built the stand from 1x4 doubled up and then used red oak for the face and red oak ply for the sides. The stand is sealed with 3 coats of Killz primer sealer, I used an antique mahogany stain and 3 coats of varathane. I like the way the stand turned out even though it's not quite finished, I'm still building the front door. I am NOT pleased with the canopy though and will be redoing it when the weather improves.
Equipment is
24x24x24 tank, 60 gallon
Seio 820 Unsightly but they move water
Seio 620 x 2
Mag 5
27 gallon glass sump
(I built the sump so when water flows in it will flow under some reef rubble and up and through the rubble. I'll be keeping mushrooms (maybe) and some soft coral frags in the rubble. The water will flow over a baffle then my skimmer can take some of the water, it will flow over another baffle and go through a bubble trap, flow over my heater and the Mag 5 will do it's thing)
2 T5 HO Actinics
250 Watt HQI with a Lumen Max 3 Reflector
ARO Electronic Ballast
Coralife skimmer (eh... it'll do)

It's a fairly simple set up, my last set up had wires everywhere and I wanted to keep this one simple but effective. The canopy has it's own wiring seperate from the stand other than one extension cord that supplies the canopy with power, that way if I need to remove the canopy I can just unplug the one cord and slip it all off.

Anyway enough chit chat here are some links to pics.

http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w...chidguy/Stand/


http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w...chidguy/Stand/

More pics to follow, I have to take them first.

Doug