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Well the tank arrived March 30th.
So I thought now would be the time to start my thread on the construction of this beast.
I will try to document each step of my progress in during this set up. My goal is to have my the tank up and running by mid June.

So I'll start with the room. it was an "L" shaped den and I have taken over the "L" part. Fortunate the laundry room is right next to it. Great water and drain access.


you will also notice I have removed a lot of the crappy laminate floor.
I also needed to level the concrete underneath.


angle from the laundry room

I then tiled what will be the front of the tank



The stand was build from plans from a fellow reefer. TomR. Out of 2x4 and 2x6. Hey did you know 2x4s aren't actually 2inches wide. Who the hell came up with that.
here it is painted


OK so it was tank day. And you all want to see the tank


The gang from Hidden Reef who delivered the tank were amazing. Mike the owner, Dan the muscles and logistics, and Marc the driller and overflow builder. John AKA Willow was also a great help getting the tank in the house. Showing up just in time to ensure it was all perfect was Ivy and Callum. With there reassurances all was good.
It actually was a lot less painful than first anticipated. Once we decided to use a dolly C brought from work.. Thanks again all, I own you big time


This is the point we realized this thing isn't light. Fortunately we stole a dolly from work and were able to slip it over the tank.



And here it is getting it's first cleaning


The Tank looks great Hidden Reef did a great job. Marc drilled all the holes in the thing and it was an amazing job.
So next will be to pretty up the stand and build a false wall.

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O MAN! that looks awsome! Im getting the Tank Envy now


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Dang, is there a "jealousy" smiley on this thing?

Can't wait to see more pics!!
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Are you guys wearing winter jackets??
Weather Today: Mostly sunny, with a high around 85. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
It's ok, because your tank is bigger than mine
Enjoy! I know you are

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*sigh* someday maybe I can afford a beast like that. It would be freakin awesome! Well I cant wait to see how this thing progresses.


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Great looking tank!!

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Hey did you know 2x4s aren't actually 2inches wide. Who the hell came up with that.
Well here you go, from a carpenter's son. Originally 2x4's were 2 x 4 inches. They were cut wet at 2x4 and then kiln dried which shrank them to 1 7/8 x 3 3/4. Different woods shrank at different rates so to standardize, the industry decided to cut after drying and cut to today's 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 dimension.

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Dang, is there a "jealousy" smiley on this thing?
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dude that thing makes the 150 i am prepping to start look like a nano. beautiful man cant wait to see it loaded


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looks good cant wait till u have it up and running ! lots and lots of pics
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Very nice Jason.

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Very nice Jason...sent you a PM regarding your overflow...


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