Squire's 90 Gallon Build, Now With Salt Water

ensquire · #1 02-16-2012, 07:36 AM

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45 mins? What took you so long

CHEAP CORDLESS

Has anyone cut off the black trim?
what is the best method???

gregzz4 · #2 02-16-2012, 08:59 AM

Nice paint. Good thing you posted pics, or we'd say it never happened

Lots of ribbin' ya from here too ... what took ya so long to break it down?
Cheap cordless ... BAAAHHH ... you should have been so excited to open it up that, well, you get the idea

Seriously though, Durso ... Herbie ... hmmm
You have the holes to run a Herbie with a return inside your overflow. Lucky you. Check it out, you might be happy ...

gregzz4 · #3 02-16-2012, 08:59 AM

Oh, BTW, glad you finally got your crate

ensquire · #4 02-21-2012, 05:29 AM

Made
some progress today.
Stand is assembled and has second coat of paint....

Managed to yank the black plastic off the top of the tank, gave myself a heart attack when one side made a big popping sound as I was reefing on it. thought "Here we go again, breaking another one"
But all was good.

Pretty sure I know the answer here , BUT,
When I put the eurobrace on, should I stop at the edges and leave the top of the overflow wide open ???? There should still be lots of support with the braces not spanning the entire length and width. Right LOL And lastly, the tank is 48" L x 24" H x 18" D. would you put a center cross brace ?????

One more coat of paint to go on while I wait for my Plumbing fixtures to arrive.. Sure wish I could just get this stuff locally DAG NAB IT

ensquire · #5 02-21-2012, 06:18 PM

Anyone ??? LOL

The Grizz · #6 02-21-2012, 06:24 PM

Hey Mike, you should go completely to the ends of the tank to make the euro brace as strong as possible. If you dont have the room to get you OF piping in with the euro on then do the plumbing first then put on the euro.

ensquire · #7 02-21-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

Hey Mike, you should go completely to the ends of the tank to make the euro brace as strong as possible. If you dont have the room to get you OF piping in with the euro on then do the plumbing first then put on the euro.

Really ehhh, I would have totally gone the opposite way. It makes sense, just thought that access was more important. Plus my other tank left it open.

I have been thinking of throwing Cheato or some other macro in the overflow,
are there any benefits to doing this ????