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Old 01-03-2010, 01:42 PM
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Looks good Kien...and and now for the fun part (at least for me)...plumbing and then aquascaping....Im envious of the "new tank high" you must be on....
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Old 01-03-2010, 04:35 PM
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looking good buddy. skin that stand before you put water in, if i could change one thing about my start up that would be it
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Old 01-03-2010, 04:43 PM
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What made you choose that location for the return? Why not also in other corners/locations? Looks really sweet I'm anxious to see more!

I think a single pendant somewhere near the center (with most corals under it) would be so cool. The light falloff would look killer I think.
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Old 01-05-2010, 06:15 PM
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looking good buddy. skin that stand before you put water in, if i could change one thing about my start up that would be it
Ya, I plan on sealing it and painting it before putting any water it. If its one thing I´ve learned from my other stand its that saltwater and wood don´t mix. It is so nice to be able to wipe salt water off of a finished surface rather than raw wood.

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What made you choose that location for the return? Why not also in other corners/locations? Looks really sweet I'm anxious to see more!

I think a single pendant somewhere near the center (with most corals under it) would be so cool. The light falloff would look killer I think.
Just preference. I didn´t want any hardware at that side of the tank and I didn´t want to run any pipes behind or above this tank this time around. So <I´m playing around with having all pipes inside the tank and see how it goes. This tank wasn´t originally planned out to be a display tank. It was not supposed to be all that pretty :-)

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Old 01-05-2010, 07:28 PM
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Seeing all these shallows tanks has me pondering haha... I'm definitely gonna follow this one
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Old 01-05-2010, 08:01 PM
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It is just me, or the picture, but is your stand slightly too long/wide on that one corner (nearest the camera)... or is the tank not positioned yet? The questions been nagging at me since you posted..
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Old 01-05-2010, 09:38 PM
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where have i been, i cant believe i missed this build.

looks wicked, shallow tanks are killin it
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Old 01-08-2010, 09:00 PM
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It is just me, or the picture, but is your stand slightly too long/wide on that one corner (nearest the camera)... or is the tank not positioned yet? The questions been nagging at me since you posted..
Good observation Josh :-P I had to push the tank and stand into the corner to take pictures of it and I ended up pushing the tank slightly off centre. The whole rig was in the middle of the room in preparation for priming and painting but some eager canreefer kept nagging me to take pictures of it..
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Old 01-22-2010, 07:10 PM
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Have you gotten around to plumbing this thing yet? I WILL be home all weekend and still got that PVC laying around if you want it...
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