New tank stand

[clownchick22]

Hi All,

Well, I have learned alot in the past two months while researching my new hobbie. I've been reading the two books that I have bought: "Natural Reef Aquariums" by John H. Tullock and "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist" by Robert M. Fenner. These are two amazing books. Also, all the help I've had with people on this site and others, thank you everyone for all of your advice
I have pretty much all of my equipment for now for my 66Gal reef, and will be ordering the rest next week. This week, we finished the tank stand. It's nice to see it finally comming together. I am going to go with the "Berlin" method for filtration with skimmer and a Sump setup will be added this summer. I want to get a more hands on feel for how all the other equipment works first.
All in all, I'm taking my time, and will definately have more "interesting" pics with LR and fish soon !

Here is the stand upon completion yesterday. Made of 2x4 framing, oak plywood, painted satin black and opal finish fixtures for the doors.



And the stand with tank on it. Painted the back blue.



Any suggestions, please let me know !

...(sorry for the fuzzy pics, digital was set on max pic memory/low resolution)