SHF's & BC Mosaic's new 220g Starphire system

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Saturday night - around 4am after finally installing lights
The plywood & doors have NOT yet been installed, just leaning up against the front of the tank:







No flash for this last full tank shot:

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Water is a little murky since everything is still a little stirred up:



Side view (Saturday night/4am)



Just the tank



Left Rock structure



Right Rock structure

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Today (Monday early afternoon: August 23) - second skimmer just installed & micron filter sock on down tubes have helped clean the water up

Cut the plywood facing, installed facing & cabinet doors - VERY HAPPY with how it turned out (cabinet stand) but still need to finsih the side panels (adding doors to those as well)

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Sectional shots (Monday, August 23, early afternoon:





Left side:





Right side:

Most of the pics were taken without my contacts on (relying on teh Nixon DX3000's autofocus completely)

Thanks for looking & hope you enjoyed.

Anthony

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Really nice job with the towers. They look really good as is but I imagine those will be boss for coral mounting location/variety.

That's one heck of a long span for those 6 foot 2x4s is it not?

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Really nice job with the towers. They look really good as is but I imagine those will be boss for coral mounting location/variety.

That's one heck of a long span for those 6 foot 2x4s is it not?

Those are two 2x3s and 1 2x6 for each 6' span. The planks are all glued and screwed together for extra stength. Altogether, the beams are roughly equivalent to 4x6 beams, so more than adequate. I tend to over-engineer everything I build, especially big fish stands. It would hold the weight of my Honda CRV no problem

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Well I want a pic of that =)

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Well for those who didn't read my other thread, this tank cracked (front pane) Monday, Sept. 6th around midnight and dumped a tonne of sw all over our floors and carpets & loveseat.

Thanks to my very good & generous friend, Chin Lee, I now have his old 165g painted & resealed and ready to be reincarnated as the replacement tank for the busted 220g.

I will start a new tank journal thread when I have time to keep track of this new build.

Anthony

[Tom R]

Hi Anthony

The tank is looking great.

You are hands down the best aqua sculptor I know.

One or two weeks into it and you have a tank that most would die for.

Congrats on yet another fabulous tank, you make it look too easy.

Tom R