[crox99]

That's going to be a sweet set-up. What color are you going to stain the stand?

[2Sunny]

Quote: Originally Posted by tripstank Love the idea and great dimensions, however, I doubt the metal conduit will hold the fixtures for very long. That thin of conduit easily crimps under any kind strain. I would personally rethink that decision and half some steel tube welded or bent to size.

I was concerned about that myself. I'll have to experiment and see what the bending weight is before commiting to any final design. I wonder if 3/4 inch would be significantly stronger? The good news is the PFO hoods are fairly light since all the ballasts are external. I would love to do steel, but I have absolutely no idea where I could get that done.

Quote: Originally Posted by crox99 That's going to be a sweet set-up. What color are you going to stain the stand?

Not sure yet since all decorating decisions have to be ok'd by the family boss, but I believe we're leaning towards a white wainscot finsh.

[NYreefNoob]

there's a company up by me that built steel gate's. i am sure they could build what you want. you can always buy steel bars. and i do believe hd has it or 1\2 plate rod's. if interested ill get the number to the place by me. lmk

[tripstank]

I could do it for you... I built Randy's stand for the 240 gal at Pratt

[masterswimmer]

Joe, the tank looks great. I really like the dimensions. I'll be following along. I want to see the progression.

Question for you, also regarding the light brackets......aren't your two little girls going to get tired?

In case you're wavering on who you want to fabricate steel brackets, I'll give a resounding thumbs up to tripstank (Leo). He does great work.

Good luck and don't let this thread get stale. Mo' pix!!!!

Russ

[jhale]

great start Joe, I like the negative space idea as well. I find it's so hard to resist putting in just one more frag or small colony. If you can stick to your plan I'm sure it will look amazing in a short time.

I would not worry about the construction of the tank, if anything from what I've seen GC overbuilds the tanks. some more close ups of the tank would be nice to see

are you going to be using rock from the old tank or do you have something new in mind?

[ColdZero]

Wait a tick, did you pick that aquarium up on the 22nd in White Plains. I think I remember them unloading it from the truck and said to myself, wow thats a pretty sweet looking tank. I was picking up a tiny 75 that day

[2Sunny]

Quote: Originally Posted by tripstank I could do it for you... I built Randy's stand for the 240 gal at Pratt

Leo, PM with info on where to send the PayPal or CC#. I'm looking for 72 inches tall and 40 to 42 inches overhang painted black if you do that too. I can't tell you how awesome that would be!

Quote: Originally Posted by jhale are you going to be using rock from the old tank or do you have something new in mind?

Actually I setup a temporary 180 in my basement and filled it with all new LR. Then I kept it independent for about 3 months and added 100 peppermints to clean out all the aiptasia then attached it to my total system and moved my keeper colonies down. (Thank-you Bill at Salty Creefers!) Hence the recent fire sale that some of the guys came to. At the moment my poor ole' display tank is in shambles and the 180 is undergoing a bit of hair algae outbreak, but so far so good. I really wanted to start with all new LR to increase my odds of keeping out all the pests I've dealt with in the past including aiptasia, mojanos, yellow star polyps, and palythoa. Plus I wanted a large piece to showcase my anemone (which by the way has spilt again making 3 clones and one primary, 3 of which are in the picture below).

Quote: Originally Posted by ColdZero Wait a tick, did you pick that aquarium up on the 22nd in White Plains. I think I remember them unloading it from the truck and said to myself, wow thats a pretty sweet looking tank. I was picking up a tiny 75 that day

LOL, I guess its a pretty tight community we got goin' on here! Ya can't sneeze without someone knowin', heh?! Yeah, I hired Runge Moving to pick up my tank from GC because believe it or not I was in Cabo San Lucas at the time. I know tough life, but heh, someone's gotta do it

Quote: Originally Posted by masterswimmer Question for you, also regarding the light brackets......aren't your two little girls going to get tired? . . . . Mo' pix!!!! Russ

I thought of putting chains on my girls to keep 'em in place, but I think they frown on that these days, and always happy to share pics


Joe

[tripstank]

pm sent!

[meschaefer]

Beautiful tank. I really like the look of the rimless, there are some really nice looking rimless tanks out there and I am sure yours will be great. When I was pricing out tanks, I thought about going rimless, until my wife gave me the go ahead to increase the size of the room behind the tank, so that I could put it in wall.