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- Long Island, NY
Next I have to crawl through this to put support jacks under the floor joists. Fun stuff
I see you decided to go with 400watt Radium bulbs, I just made the change myself. Good choice of equipment and good luck on the build. Btw, are you keeping the carpet underneath the stand ?
Thank you very much, I am running the 250w radiums on my 75 and love them so didn't hesitate at all when making the switch up to 400w.
I did consider tiling an area under the stand but I am not sure if that is a project I am willing to undertake. I've never done tile before, it looks straightforward enough from the tutorials I've seen online, but being a new homeowner I am learning that things that seem easy can sometimes turn out to be harder than thought.
If you're capable of doing that kind of cabinetry, putting down a dozen square feet of tile should be a snap for you. You can buy pre-mixed thinset, and the tools required really won't set you back much. Really just a notched trowel, and sponges to wipe down the grout. Tile spacers make it infinitely easier than it was years ago and cost just a few bucks. This would obviously be the time to do it. You can lay out an area that won't require any cutting to make it even easier. The difference over carpeting will be substantial and far less aggrevating after your first spill.
Doe you have removable panels on your stand?
Nope no panels, just doors on the front. Nothing is really getting stored down there, the majority of the equipment will be in the fish room.
That tank is phenomenal. Oh Em Gee. :shocked1:
Everything looks great. If I were you I would beef up that stand a bit for long term. Your pushing 2.3k lbs + (over a ton) with the tank, hood, lights, sand, rock. Yes I know Dayton makes aquarium stands and you trust them but that stand has very little as far as lateral support. You would be surprised the lateral forces going on in our reef tanks with all the water being pushed around with a few vortechs or a wavemaker or whatever your going to use. The stand is a perfect freshwater stand though.
Keep us posted, the tank looks amazing. Reef Savvy makes real nice tanks. What did it run you?