So I decided to go a little bigger. My new 60 gallon tank still wrapped up. The wife's not to happy it's on the dinning room table.
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nikecivic
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My 60 tank build
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That thing looks pretty sick... Acrylic or glass? And when are women every happy.. When I told my gf I was building another tank her face light up lol
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Going with a couple of T5 fixtures and either a couple of par 38's or the kessil 360w .
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Would go with led's no more bulb changing lol
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I have had LEDs for awhile and want to try T5 for growth.
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Got my stand
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Nice fit!! Tank is a little dirty with finger prints.
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Stand getting its first coat of primer.
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Scott this looks great!
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sexy!
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Looks really nice! Is this a frag tank or display tank? By the way, did you paint the stand inside the house?
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To most it would be a frag tank . I like my tanks shallow .So this is going to be half frag have reef tank. Yes , I painted in the house. The dodger game was on and had to watch it!! Not sure what the final color is going to be. Letting the wife pick out the final color so I might have a Hot pink , peach, or some crazy color tank stand. LOL!!!!
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Looks good zoajunky..can't wait to c it wet.
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Getting more paint down.
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Here's is a update. Almost finished with stand . Just need to finish trim and doors. Collecting all the other stuff needed.
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ahh man that thing is industrial looking!!! I like it!!!
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I like it! Really cool looking.
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That's the look we were going for. You can't tell from the pic but the studs are like an old copper look. The metal is a deeper copper flake color.sisterlimonpot wrote:ahh man that thing is industrial looking!!! I like it!!!
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One door done and mounted.
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Close up of metal and studs.
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My tank and stand is finished!!! Added fresh water last night and tested it for leaks. No leaks!!!! It's ready to go. It's a little louder then I wanted ( water from overflow in PVC to sump) but I will keep my eye out for something to insulate it with. Might cut down some of the noise
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Tried to upload a video but can't get the video and photobucket to upload.
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Looking good bro are the the cad light light hangers or the only other brand
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not sure the brand of the light hangers ,bought them used.ianmcalpin wrote:Looking good bro are the the cad light light hangers or the only other brand
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Tank is up and running with live rock. Haven't decided on black or regular sand yet.
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regular white sand...
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Black is more unique and can make corals on the sand bed pop but white sand has the advantage of being reflective and helping grow your corals and will help you notice if you have algae growth faster seeing as its harder to see things growing on the black sand.
that's my 2 cents
that's my 2 cents
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Go BB..
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Carib Sea fiji Pink
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Plus one on Fiji pink
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Looks good! I would go with white or Fiji pink sand
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Fiji pink is Carib seas #1 Selling product they have. I have 40lbs sitting in bags waiting for the new tank to be set up.
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I would go with a combination of Fiji pink and special reef grade mix the two because Fiji pink is a little two fine so you mix the special grade to make it so its not flying every where
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That's why I have been waiting on adding sand. With the wp25 running in the tank Im afraid of a sand storm. Maybe when sisterlimonpot can mod my wp25 it won't be a issue.
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Updated tank pic
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come pick up the one I have, you can borrow it. I may have found a cheaper alternative. I'm waiting for it to show up in the mail.
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