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  1. hingedthinker

    hingedthinker Fire Worm

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    I finally found the time to sand & paint the DIY stand that I picked up on craigslist.



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    Also, here is my avast marine skimmer before the wife knocked it off my bench and shattered the base.

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  2. djbonney138

    djbonney138 Peppermint Shrimp

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    Good start, I like that stand. Bummer about the skimmer.
     
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  3. mikev15101

    mikev15101 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Looks great, 2 doors are much better than 3. I just got my 125 up and running I'll follow along w yours.
     
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  4. Regf

    Regf Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Nice stand looks really nice!
     
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  5. hingedthinker

    hingedthinker Fire Worm

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    I had a buddy help me put the tank on the stand so I could see how my measurements for the holes worked out. 1 of 4 was off by 1/8" inch. So, I cut all four bigger because it turns out that I was not going to be able to get my fingers on the nut for the bulkheads.

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  6. windowlicker

    windowlicker Astrea Snail

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    Looks nice I like your overflows I have corner overflows on my 125 and don't like them
     
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  7. windowlicker

    windowlicker Astrea Snail

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    Sorry to hear about the Skimmer hopefully it's salvageable
     
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  8. hingedthinker

    hingedthinker Fire Worm

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    working on the plumbing!!

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  9. hingedthinker

    hingedthinker Fire Worm

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  10. Ashevillian

    Ashevillian Pajama Cardinal

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    looking good, subscribed. sorry to hear about the skimmer, i hope you can still use it and i hope the wife lets you go toy shopping at your fav LFS. are those compression valves? i was at lowes last night and saw those but didnt understand what purpose they served. why did you decide to get the aqueon tank? i have a few of their smaller tanks but i always figured something 90 or up maybe go for starphire glass.

    really looking nice though can't wait to see how it turns out, the overflows are nice too i like them because they leave you with the ability to kind of do island reef scape versus stack it all into a mound
     
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