Steve's Tank Build

[Greenmaster]

Originally Posted by Scubasteve23

.....and of cource....as needed by everyone building a 100 gallon or bigger....

i couldnt resist.....haha..hope anyone who is following along enjoys my stupidity...more photos to come as progress slowly makes its way

Right on. I didn't get a pic of me inside... but the rest of my family was in it
Do you have a stock wish list yet?

[Scubasteve23]

Originally Posted by Greenmaster

Right on. I didn't get a pic of me inside... but the rest of my family was in it
Do you have a stock wish list yet?

Not 100% sure yet, i really want a yellow tang and a sailfin or blue hippo tang.... the tank will gradually become full of coral....not entirely sure as to what...im kinda taking suggestions at this point from anyone wanting to give them.. it will be a mixed tank of sps and lps...for the first while mostly softies, zoas and shrooms for the most part... i will get into some more impressive corals and fish after i get the tank stable for sure...and ideas as to what or how i should do this are welcome.. thanks for the reply and good wishes so far guys

[Scubasteve23]

so tank is all drilled and i now have the glass to do the overflow..if i can get the top piece for the stand tommorw maybe ill be able to get the overflow installed and the tank on the stand...ill update asap with any new changes...oh and i guess my light wont be in for about another 2 weeks so ill have to work on figuring something out in the mean time or have to push the date of completion back a couple weeks well thats all for now..have a good one guys

[Scubasteve23]

so... nothing new to report except because the light wont be in for a couple extra weeks i have decided to take the long weekend and relax and enjoy the local stampede. On the plus side my stand should be done sometime in the next couple days im excited to show you all what i have put allot of time into. its turning out really awesome... tty all lata

[Greenmaster]

Hopefully you have taken pictures as you went and can show us a build and not just the finished product... but pictures of the finished product are better then no pictures at all !

[Scubasteve23]

well i would love that, but unfortunetly because my shop is helping me its kinda hard to get pics without answering a whole bunch of stupid questions... but i will try to take picturs of it all going together from pieces to finish. i dont know who is goin to help me with the granite install yet... haha but i hope my boss will... cause im not very experienced with two part epoxy and stuff so.... ya we will leave that part to the pros haha.... but that leaves my hands free for a camera so ill do my best....

[The_new_guy]

also love the pic that shows the four legged starfish hahah thats awesome.

[Scubasteve23]

So i thought that i would add some new pics and info about the progress of the tank, as im sure you can all tell by now im not big on typing so...here are some new pics

I painted the back of the tank with the advice of Med Hat reef guy....turned out pretty good i think



my new 1 1/2" gate valve


my new power center for the tank

1 1/2" bulk heads..all ready to go in the almost done overflow :P

i decided to build the overflow on top of the stand before putting it in the tank to ensure that its actually square ..haha..im really hoping doing it this way doesnt come back to haunt me tommorow when installing it in the tank


a couple pics of the finished job..


i have decided to clad the glass with 3mm grey/black tinted acrylic so you cant see in the overflow as bad from the front



and although i got the acrylic for the fronts i opted to go with a premade overflow comb that just gets siliconed into the inside of the overflow...one really big benifit i see to this is that it is adjustable so i can make it higher or lower to make the height of the water exactly where i would like it





and just for the heck of it..here is a pic of a recent impulse buy..haha..its just a feather duster but i really liked it..to bad my gobies like to move it..lol

[Scubasteve23]

so a couple quick update photos


The newly installed overflow pre-acrylic facing


getting the acrylic ready- used 60 grit sandpaper to make sure the bond to the glass is perfect and long lasting

thats all for now...have to wait till tomorrow to post pics (hopefully) with acrylic installed on the front of the glass as well as the overflow combs

and as a side not: if i don't post any updates for a bit its cause my car died and im now in the middle of a new purchase ...yay..and nay ...haha :P... ill post new pics of the new car too if i get it..haha