Myka's 69 SPS Tank 2015

[Myka]

My journal is 10 pages and no tank yet! Haha. This changes on Thursday! :happydance:

[Myka]

Tank arrival! It's a thing of beauty! Dave's crew built an outstanding tank - they really did a great job. The tank even came in under the quoted price. There is a mistake though, a missing detail, which is why it was under quote. I talked with Dave about it, and he took responsibility for the mistake like a true businessman, he even offered to replace the tank. I said I didn't want to do that to him, I didn't get charged for the missing detail anyway. I doubt anyone would notice if I didn't mention it. Let's see if you guys can figure out what it is.

I'll get some better pictures when there is better light in the house. The reflection on the glass was killing me! Oh, and sorry about the ghetto light stand - I don't have the light hanger installed yet.

Here you can see the size difference with my 50-gallon beside it.



Eurobracing detail.



Vinyl covering on the overflow box and weir overflow detail.



Perdy bevel and polish on all edges.

[intarsiabox]

No teeth on the overflow?

[Scythanith]

I love the eurobrace! I think they are hella cool.

[brotherd]

Regular glass, not starfire?

[Myka]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Nice one piece euro! Should have got it done in starphire

Yes, this is the missing detail! The tank is 3-side Starphire and the eurobrace was supposed to be Starphire too, but it's just plain float. It's a beautiful green one-piece polished eurobrace.

Regardless, I'm still happy with the tank. It looks great - super sleek.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Skimmer Juice

no return holes or wrong color silicone? Either way that 1 piece bracing + polished edges = sexy

That's all how I wanted it. There is a 3/4" hole in the middle back of the eurobrace where the return pipe will slide through.

Originally Posted by brotherd

Regular glass, not starfire?

25% right. I think my dark pics threw you off.

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

No teeth on the overflow?

That's how it's supposed to be. Though I think I made the gap too big.

Originally Posted by Scythanith

I love the eurobrace! I think they are hella cool.

Me too!

Originally Posted by reefwars

Not as thick as you wanted maybe?

Thickness is fine.

[intarsiabox]

I started off with no teeth on my overflow because it's supposed to pull the water better. All was well for a few months until some of the smaller fish found out it was a water slide! I was pulling fish out of my overflow or sump every day. Beautiful looking tank BTW!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

I started off with no teeth on my overflow because it's supposed to pull the water better. All was well for a few months until some of the smaller fish found out it was a water slide! I was pulling fish out of my overflow or sump every day. Beautiful looking tank BTW!

Yeah. I'm pretty sure I will have this problem too. It is 1/2" gap and I think I should have done 5/16". That was my spec though, not Dave's. I think I will add a bit to the top part to make the gap smaller.

[gregzz4]

Lovin the new tank Mindy

For your overflow ...
You could silicone some small glass strips inside the box - one set for spacers and slightly thicker than the acrylic you'll use, and a second set to hold a sheet of acrylic with teeth cut out of it. Then you just slide your acrylic up and out of the box for cleaning.

I realize you'll lose some of the weir effect, but it'll keep your critters where they belong.