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The bottom is on. Lot of work jacking up and down for each seam. The 1st picture shows the tank on its side ready to be flipped over onto the top for welding. Next shot shows the tank on the top. You cant see the pins but they are pretty thick. I didn't want them to break off when pulled out, I will get a friend to pull them as I weld the whole top seam.
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Nice work shop you have. Tank look great
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The top is now welded on. Got it flipped up on 1 side. Now time to weld the overflow box onto the back. It looks really big this way.
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And here I am, proud of a small acrylic/screen top I'm making for a 12" cube tank. :0)
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With the help of 6 strong old guys and some breakfast tacos we got the tank in the house. |
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Beautiful! Nice job! Best of luck with the rest of your build!
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What are you going to do with the 2 sides of the tank that in the fish room paint it? so it would not see thru
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I love the clean look of the back panel on my but yep it hard to keep it clean
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The tank looks terrific. Color me impressed. |
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Very cool build. Love watching diy stuff
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Congrats on getting The Beast on its landing! Beautiful.
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Very nice build! I like you shop, and your no fear attitude in taking on the project. Looking out for the finished product!
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looking forward to seeing more on this build! looking good!
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Not much new to report, just staring at 3 -100gal rubbermaid troughs full of rock curing. Working on the trim around the windows. Cleaned up a used 55gal I will use as a QT. Will take some pictures of the light hangar Im working on. My first idea did not work out. Did not like the fixed position or the cords. |
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The old 55 will make a good QT after the TT method is finished. In case anyone likes to look at rock I upped a pic. Going on 3 weeks now and from my tests its ready. Will give it another week to be sure.
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Here is the light rack I made. Will hold the Kessils or any other light I choose. It allows me to slide "T" bolts in the track. I can add more and position lights anywhere along the track. I used 2 faced tape to hold the rack to the ceiling while I screwed it in. Had a nice old futon to sleep oops I mean sit on while working over the tank. Im waiting for some 1/4 inch T bolts to come in the mail. Will use chain and eye nuts to get the lights at the right height.
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I received the "T" bolts in the mail. Hung the lights on chain from the new rack. Unpacked the sea swirls. Need to get the plumbing attached to them. I also need to get some idea of how to mange the wires above the tank.
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Decided that an "X" above the lights will work for cord management. The cords for the sea swirls can be attached to the pipes. The connector is right there. Its low voltage, not much to worry about. Set up the 55 gal as an observation tank. The fish and coral will go in after they have been in TTM QT / Treatment tanks. Will fill it with pods, rotifers and phyto, so the fish and corals can chow down.
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Went up and got the last bit of acrylic to finish the build. Got home and was putting the buckets together for the rotifers. Fed Ex rang the bell and 2 boxes of "This End Up" "Perishable" . Wooo Hooo Got the roti's and pods. I also got 1 of the fancy kits for growing roti. Gonna try it out. See if that works better than just an air stone and bucket. Here is the Roti set up. The pods will just go in the 55 observation tank. Also cleaned up the brine shrimp hatch cone. Need to get some eggs soon.
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Awesome build and like everyone else I'm interested to see the finished product. I commend your DIY skills! I have a question about the acrylic welding. When you have the 1mm separation between each sheets, do you eventually push the 2 sheets together after applying the solvent/"glue" in the gap or does the gap stay there as it becomes one? I'm trying to picture the process of welding 2 huge sheets like the ones you used together. Tia! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Awesome diminsions haha pretty dam close to my dimensions. I look forward to following your build.
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Got milk???
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Looks great. What’s the stocklist plan?
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