My Half in, half out of wall 330 starfire build.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by Jeff000

I think you are looking at the wrong picture.

Wow I totally was. Your stand is def a strong one. Ignore me!

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Wow I totally was. Your stand is def a strong one. Ignore me!

I was thinking the exact same thing, actually PMed our resident engineer to make sure that would hold but he pointed this out to me as well .

[Bblinks]

Nice build. Tagging along.

[Evilweevil]

Nice build ! If I had that much room at the back of my tank I would consider a shadow box for a backdrop ,and judging by your stand you seem handy enough to pull it off

Here's a link to what I am talking abouthttp://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1868825

[zum14]

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

I was thinking the exact same thing, actually PMed our resident engineer to make sure that would hold but he pointed this out to me as well .

Yup. Me too. (the looking at the wrong stand. not the engineer thing)

[Jeff000]

Thanks

I'm still looking for an exhaust fan that can go about 12 feet though.
Any ideas?

Originally Posted by sphelps

The wall next to the stairs the way you have it now is strange, it needs a door there. You could also do a pocket door which means a little rework on the framing around the stairs but simple stuff.

I'm not really sure I have the vertical clearance. I'll take some pictures tomorrow. I think I would rather leave the bathroom where it is, and have the door from the main living room part, as long as that's not weird.

Originally Posted by Evilweevil

Nice build ! If I had that much room at the back of my tank I would consider a shadow box for a backdrop ,and judging by your stand you seem handy enough to pull it off

Here's a link to what I am talking abouthttp://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1868825

Hmm, had I seen that before I probably would have done that. But with the external overflow and plumbing it's a little too late. That and the acrylic that is on the back is glued on.

[Jeff000]

Few more pictures too.
Only progress I have made so far is second mudding and painting the drywall above the tank.
FYI, even white paint makes a bad mud job look worse... Thank go it's not visible to anyone.

I do have a few supplies for when I start the tank up.

A small skimmer. Salt bucket for scale (I do not use that salt ever, it's just a bucket)

Vertex Alpha 300

Also got the motorized cleaning lid. No idea how it works yet, but excited.


Also two media reactors, the RX-U 2.0

Not sure where to put these yet.

A little bit of salt, and 360lbs of sand.

[HaZRaTTy]

A little bit of salt, and 360lbs of sand.
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Omg - Hoe My Gawd


That's a lot of salt..

[Jeff000]

Originally Posted by HaZRaTTy

Omg - Hoe My Gawd


That's a lot of salt..

I have 1.5 more boxes in the fish room too.....


I had a hard time finding reefers best a few months ago, so split a large shipment with someone else. I'd probably buy more if I could find it. It doesn't go bad, lol.