lastlight's 404

Snappy · #1 02-10-2011, 04:12 PM

Wow congrats on the the tank, etc getting built. Did you stay with the 96x36x27 dimensions you were planning? Hard to tell from the picture.

lastlight · #2 02-10-2011, 04:18 PM

Yeah I did Greg and I really really love it. The other big one was nearly as big but was 84x36x30 and I'm digging the look of this far more.

Yours holds more water tho...this thing is all 19mm!

Lance · #3 02-15-2011, 01:30 AM

I like the dims of the 404 better as well. An extra 12" of length and 27" is a heck of a lot easier to work with than 30". Good choice Brett.

chris121277 · #4 02-15-2011, 01:46 AM

any new pic's? did they get the Eurobrace done?

lastlight · #5 02-15-2011, 01:59 AM

Nothing new to really report yet. Bracing hasn't quite happened yet but I'll shoot pics when it does. I am however working down here fulltime now. Got my little office area insulated and my trusty little floor heater can actually keep me warm now.

dave_C · #6 02-15-2011, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Nothing new to really report yet. Bracing hasn't quite happened yet but I'll shoot pics when it does. I am however working down here fulltime now. Got my little office area insulated and my trusty little floor heater can actually keep me warm now.

Sorry for skipping out on you last sunday, being lazy is one of our other favorite hobbies lol, but i guess we'll just have to come over Wednesday night and get the braces put on so you can give your peeps some update pics

The Grizz · #7 02-15-2011, 02:29 AM

Nice big glass box Brett, my 8' bRother (as skimmer king would say

) and your not going to put that big pump on this bad boy

lastlight · #8 03-19-2011, 10:37 PM

Well picked up my future sump today.

72L x 24W x 18H 1/2" glass. Pretty heavy.

I was moving it with the help of my kind neighbor and fell on a big patch of ice as I was backing up. I made the decision to save the tank and you can puzzle out the rest of what happened. Took the tank edge into my thighs and then the one corner ended up on my one hand as I had decided the corner was not going to get chipped having just saved the edge lol. Hand and tank slid along the asphalt until my friend steadied his end. I'm limping but I have a sump.

The wide center brace was added by the owner but overkill in my mind. I'm removing it and placing it into the tank on end to create a 50g compartment to pull water changes from.

Forgot to take pics but then tank was filled for a week and passed with flying colours.

The Grizz · #9 03-19-2011, 11:25 PM

All I can say is.................oh f*** that had to hurt. I am guessing that you were waiting for me to pick- up the pump so you could get the sump.

zum14 · #10 03-19-2011, 11:45 PM

Man that sounds like it hurt, I would have done the same though. People heal, tanks dont.