my 104.72G Shallow Lagoon

[kien]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

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.

Originally Posted by lastlight

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 :-)

[Mr.nintendo]

Seeing all these shallows tanks has me pondering haha... I'm definitely gonna follow this one

[JDigital]

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..

[lobsterboy]

where have i been, i cant believe i missed this build.

looks wicked, shallow tanks are killin it

[kien]

Originally Posted by JDigital

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..

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by kien

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..

You should just tell that eager reefer to pound sand! lol

So when do you expect to have water in this bad boy?

[schroeder]

stocking ideas??

[kien]

I need to find time to paint the stand, then plumb, leak test, build sump, then I should be ready for salt water. I have a rubbermaid tote sitting in that room right now with about 70 pounds of live rock in it (from a tank shutdown). It has a 6 bulb tek t5 fixture over it :-D

I plan on just stock this tank with corals (mostly SPS) for now. Going to go fishless and see how that goes for a while. If that doesn't work out I'll probably throw in a bunch of threadfin cardinals and call it a day.

Found a great deal on a used skimmer. Just need to go pick it up. Also got my powerheads used. One tunze 6105 and two 6101s pretty cheap. Will control those with the tunze controller I got also for cheap on boxing day :-D

I'm debating about getting a used profilux for a pretty good deal.. Are you sensing a theme yet?

[JDigital]

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...

[JDigital]

Updates?