My 6ft Slice of Ocean. . .

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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

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And so it all begins. .



My younger brother checkin out the new tank



The tank on the framed stand



Skinning the stand



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





Staining complete



Holes drilled into the top of the stand for the overflows

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The boys helping me drill the sump and refugium











Successful hole drilled



20 gallon refugium on mini-stand

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The tank getting wet. . .





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



First look at the aquascape



And then there was sand. . .



The tank cleared up





Right side



Left side

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Vertex IN-280 Skimmer



Sump pictures after many hours of plumbing



Check valve





Refugium draining into 40g sump



Two TLF reactors - 1 for carbon, 1 for phosban



Reeflo snapper return pump - love this thing!

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Framing the lighting hood





Skinning the lighting hood



Prepping for painting









Inside painted white

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Stained





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











Ballast to foot (size 9) comparison

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The beauties wired in place



Left side



Right side



One of the moonlights



And then there was light. . .



Left side



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.



Work on brute cans commencing





Plumbing



R/O unit



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



R/o drains to the floor drain



Plumbing complete



Heater and floats