new tank!! 250G DD

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ah not much new has happened, the canopy is framed, water is in new sand is in i went with hawaiian black. Ive wanted black for a couple years and last time i ordered sand I ordered indo pacific black which to my disappointment was white with a bit of black. I need to bump up the calcium 60 ppm but no big deal, the house had an open house yesterday and another one today so i opted to not start moving stuff over and have my living room smell like the ocean. Im hoping to start today after the open house is done at 4. I only scheduled a 1/2 day of work tomorrow so I should be able to get it all transferred tonight/tomorrow morning.

only dilemna is my 2nd light isnt shipping until hopefully late next week so the tank wont be evenly lit for the SPS so maybe ill have to pull up my old 2x250 MH as well but currently Ive only got 2 rock structures so maybe i can arrage them so the current light covers them and the 2nd light can cover 1 or 2 new structures. my cabinet maker buddy is going to swing up today to get measurements to make me some doors.
probably 4 across both the stand and canopy front and 2 on the side of the canopy and stand.

I'm kinda wishing I kept it a little farther off the one side wall its only 3 inches which isn't enough to get my hand back there for power head magnets. another few inches out would have been much more practical, but i think it looks odd when its 6" or more off the side wall until you get say 2 feet off then it looks ok again.
either way the bathroom door is too close to be able to move it much farther and I still wouldnt be able to get a ladder in the side to work so all work will need to be done from the front or single side. Ive accepted this is going to be a pain in the ass.

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had a cabinet maker buddy come over this is basically what look im going for.
the canopy will have piano style doors on it and it will be 5' long and flip over on top of itself say with the canopy side door.

the stand will have 2 doors on the front and wont have handles just push style releases. the side doors on the stand will be the same.

what do you guys think of the different color front and side???? I like it but not sure if it would get old or not

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rocks and corals are in, fish are currently still in my 120 hopefully tomorrow I can get them over as well.
the one light I have is hung center for now but my 2nd fixture should be here in a week or 2. 2 additional RW15s are in route as well.
I just need to mount my dosing pumps and fill the ATO reservoir up, the apex is up and running. i need to clean up the wiring its a disaster. i snapped a couple phone pics but im too embarrased to post them with the current wiring situation.