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Left overflow w/removable acrylic cover.

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Right overflow w/cover. The wire is for a water leak alarm...hope I never hear it. I'm also roughed out for a web cam.

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Pic of rear of tank. A removable sheet of acrlylic that will be secured w/magnets.

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Top left view.

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Top right view.

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Top rear view.

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Gen came by and made some tops for the overflows. Hopefully, this will cut down on the evaporation & noise.

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My buddy Ethan framed out the hood and I painted it w/kilz.

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Left side of hood. I have 28" from the ceiling to the top of the waterline.

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Right side of hood. I plan using a adjustable rack for the reflectors. Also, I plan on lining the interior of the hood w/laminate for ease of cleaning.

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Great job on the L build Gimmito! Your stand looks quite strong enough to do the job! Is the Tank RR (Reef Ready)? Or overflown? Keep those pictures rolling in!

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Thanks BLKBRDTA,

The stand was made extra beefy.The tank is reef ready (if you mean by overflows) and each overflow can hold 10 gallons of water.

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Roughed out for venting of tank...thinking of using a panasonic whisper quite 800 cfm bath fan.

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I bought this truvu prop tank off a fellow reefer who just had no room for it. It's still in the original plastic and measures 4' x 2' x 12". I have a tunze 9075 laying around and I was thinking of hooking up (2) 6055 nano streams to it. I'm also thinking of a ati bubble master160 for the skimmer. Lighting is something I'm open to...maybe a sunlight dual 150 mh w/ dual 54 watt T5's ? I'm thinking of making a sump/fuge out of a 40 gal breeder or buying a one. I have a eheim 1260 laying around for the return.

Let me know what you guys think !

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Front shot.

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Side shot.

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Shot of overflow.

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A nice way to start a monday...my new vortech mp40 gen2 came in.

A plug for Tom at socaltropicalaquarium...g ood price & service !

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It's nice to see that the guys at ecotech marine are continually improving their products. The new wet seal looks solid and I can't wait to sync & upgrade the firmware on my other mp40.

Now if I can only find a deal on a 48" MH/T5 fixture.

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I had time this weekend to work on the frag tank stand w/ a buddy. It's made of 2x4's and 2x6's w/simpson hangers. I have a friend who's selling a used sunlight supply maristar 2x150 and 2x54 watt T5's. I can go w/12k reeflux bulbs, that way the corals will acclimate easier to the main tank (when that gets going !). I'm thinking of going w/ati blue plus bulbs for the T5's.

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We also built a ledger out of 2x8's. I hope to put 3-55 gallon tanks up there. I would like to have a mixing station for saltwater, r/o water, & the last will be a gravity fed fuge. I'm entertaining the idea of incorporating a constant water station up there also.

I plan to build another ledger below it for a qt, culture tanks, breeding tanks, & what not.

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Some goodies courtesy of the mailman.

Heaters
Filter sock
Eductors
Bottle of Revive

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Durso Stand Pipe.

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Fits like a glove. I also drilled a 1/16" air hole on top.

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H&S 110/F2000 skimmer w/ehiem 1048 feed pump for the frag tank. This is the little brother of the H&S 250 skimmer I'm considering for the 450. I've never used a recirculating skimmer and I'm interested in seeing the skimmate production.