MarkoD 180 Gallon Build (New Light Fixture)

[MarkoD]

so finally getting this thing started

couple weeks ago my dad and I built this stand. Wild cherry with black doors.



after waiting 3 weeks the tank was finally done and we brought it into the house (4 large men carried it and it was still crazy heavy)



also mailman paid me a visit yesterday and brought me a koralia wavemaker 4 and 4 koralia 4 pumps



for the past month and a half i've been seeding about 100 pounds of baserock in my 55 gallon tank that had already 60 pounds of liverock



up next will be the plumbing.....

[MarkoD]

Canopy is on.



door is going to be black and will be coming on monday
the opening is like this because if i ever want to add metal halides that need to be raised of the water surface, i can take the door off and create another box that sits on top of the canopy and holds the MH lights



to avoid lifting the whole heavy canopy everytime i need to do something in the tank.... only the front half comes off. back half and door will stay on the tank.



this is how the 2 halves are joined

[ensquire]

Nice steup on the canopy

[hillegom]

real professional woodworking skills there.
Like it

[outacontrol]

Looks really good, thats what I need for my new tank build, a nice stand.

feel like building another one?

[MarkoD]

yeah my dad can build one... he says for something like this... about 1200 bucks

[MarkoD]

the slow filling process has begun

[hound96]

lookin good man , cant wait to see the aquascape

[fishytime]

stand looks great man(Im a finishing carpenter by trade)......people suffer a little sticker shock when they hear numbers like that for a stand.....material alone was probably $400- $500 bucks

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by fishytime

stand looks great man(Im a finishing carpenter by trade)......people suffer a little sticker shock when they hear numbers like that for a stand.....material alone was probably $400- $500 bucks

exactly... took about 12 hours of work to build both the stand and canopy