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Old 02-20-2011, 09:29 PM
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So knowing that sea water varies around the world... are you actually sure that it is suitable for tropical species of fish? Our ocean water seems very different from say... Australia/Hawaii... so just curious. I have never heard of this in Canada... only in warmer climates.

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pics are being uploaded to photobucket right now should be done soon and the video will be on tomorrow as youtube is sooooo slow on uploading vids lol


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Old 02-20-2011, 10:34 PM
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YAY!!! DENNY!!! glad you're back!!! PICS DAMNIT
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So change your location to NEWFOUNDLAND, don't pretend that you are in ALberta shame on you
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So change your location to NEWFOUNDLAND, don't pretend that you are in ALberta shame on you

I was just going to say, where the hell is there ocean in alberta?!?!....
I almost felt like an american for a second.
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Awesome news Denny! To bad for the airline for cracking your glass especially how well you packaged it. I guess it could have been worse though

Good luck with the sea water, can you just order salt for cheaper? Set up some sort of group buy maybe...
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Awesome news Denny! To bad for the airline for cracking your glass especially how well you packaged it. I guess it could have been worse though

Good luck with the sea water, can you just order salt for cheaper? Set up some sort of group buy maybe...


unfortunately it was me who broke the glass lol never really broke right across just a little bit off the corner but when i put it all together theres a good inch missing from the corner so i didnt want to take any chances and made anotherplus it would have looked like crap lol

im sure i could order salt for cheaper as alot of the stuff i buy will be online anyways but im doing it as my own little project as well ill make the decision as the first corals are going in whether or not i stay with it or not

as far as fish go as you all know....not much of a fish fan lol so im not sure yet what ill add prob just a clown or two and some shrimp
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:06 AM
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So change your location to NEWFOUNDLAND, don't pretend that you are in ALberta shame on you


yes asmodeus sir!! (in my loudest military voice) hehe getting right on it
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:21 AM
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requested by popular demand here are some pics here is the glass in is raw not put together form before i cut it

















here is a dry put together to make sure it was all square and cut right at this point ive cut my glass already and have it all cleaned up









glad the bulkheads fit.....whewww!!!!






ooooooooo so pretty!!!!!







side view:







sorta top view lol:








this is her in all her glory before i sent it to the silicone factory hehehe!!!!






more in a few mins so stay tuned
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:35 AM
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hummmmm so i guess now its time to get to making the mess lol so i put some paper down and broke out the alcohol i gave all the edges a good cleaning for one final time and i got to glueing......glad to say it came out bubble free and everything was perfectly square....glad i leveled off the table completey before building lol


silicone turned out great i wanted to go black but it cant be got here and i dont want to order it or spend countless hours calling around for who "may" have some thats safe to use in reefs lol so i went with the GE clear once it sets completey ill trim off any excess with a blade and pretty it up but right now in its rawform its looking good to me




enough ol gabbing heres the pics


















i didnt get any pics of me actually sealing it because i didnt want to get silicone on the camera and i really wanted to just get my glass on and everything done as fast as i could so the silicone didnt skim over......total put together time once i had it all cleaned and paper down.....about 20mins



here is the final stage as its drying now......in a few days ill do a little trimming of some excess silicone and get to installing the overflow which is just a single piece of glass about 4 inches from the back......unsure yet as to whether or not im gonna do a eurobrace....????? any suggestions??

















hope you enjoyed it so far more to come shortly plus i have a video of me cutting a full sheet of glass through the wet saw
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