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fishface
06-05-2005, 06:28 PM
i remember seeing a picture of the most beautiful tank stand/cabinet with a display refugium in the bottom corner built into it and thought it would be nice to try to replicate that. problem is i can't for the life of me remember where i saw it and was wondering if anyone knows what i'm talkin about or where i can find that pic again!!

darryl
Dez
06-05-2005, 06:55 PM
i remember seeing a picture of the most beautiful tank stand/cabinet with a display refugium in the bottom corner built into it and thought it would be nice to try to replicate that. problem is i can't for the life of me remember where i saw it and was wondering if anyone knows what i'm talkin about or where i can find that pic again!!

darryl

it was me.... there are pics in the calgary reef members website, i can't remember the link, aj77 made the site.

found it

http://www.members.shaw.ca/reefs/dez/images/full_system_shot.jpg

thanks for the compliments, i'm flattered. sorry there are no capital letters, typing with one hand and holding my newborn in the other.

des

http://www.members.shaw.ca/reefs/dez/images/panel_access.jpg
fishface
06-05-2005, 07:10 PM
yay! that is it! :eek: very nice setup i must say...did you build that on your own or is it a custom made stand? i would be very interested if you had any info or plans on how i could do the same. :mrgreen:
cindyt
06-05-2005, 07:49 PM
Wow Des,that IS gorgeous!! Unique idea,love it!

And a newborn?? Congrats!! :biggrin:
Dez
06-06-2005, 04:27 AM
yay! that is it! :eek: very nice setup i must say...did you build that on your own or is it a custom made stand? i would be very interested if you had any info or plans on how i could do the same. :mrgreen:

it was just a standard metal stand and I skirted it and built the canopy myself. it was my very first wood project. the skirt was easy, just magnets and moulding. the doors are just cut-outs with moulding and magnets hold the panels in. the canopy was a little harder, a little more planning so that the halides fit with full access.

hope this helps.

des
StirCrazy
06-06-2005, 04:31 AM
Damn, and I though he was talking about mine

http://members.shaw.ca/s.l.s/diy/stand/finnished.jpg

Hehe

Steve
Dez
06-06-2005, 04:33 AM
Wow Des,that IS gorgeous!! Unique idea,love it!

And a newborn?? Congrats!! :biggrin:

yep, here he is

Cole Jasper

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/194coleth.jpg

he4 is 5 days old now, and i love every bit of him.

des
Dez
06-06-2005, 04:35 AM
Damn, and I though he was talking about mine

http://members.shaw.ca/s.l.s/diy/stand/finnished.jpg

Hehe

Steve

yours is beautiful too, where's the livestock though?

des
StirCrazy
06-06-2005, 05:19 AM
still there, :) actualy after running it with the 25 in the bottom for 2 years I decided to put a door there and put the 25 as a seperate tank. got to tired of lying on the floor looking at it.. people were starting to talk :mrgreen:

but the 25 will be up for sale as soon as I get the stand finnished for the 45, but that is after I finnish the other junk I have to build for other people first :mrgreen:

Steve
fishface
06-06-2005, 05:50 AM
hey you've got a great lookin setup there too stircrazy. tried to check out your website but link doesn't seem to be working :confused:
Johnny Reefer
06-06-2005, 05:54 AM
hey you've got a great lookin setup there too stircrazy. tried to check out your website but link doesn't seem to be working :confused:

I tried, too. No go.
Aquattro
06-06-2005, 05:55 AM
That's cause he blew up his web server!! :razz:
medic_eva
06-06-2005, 05:58 AM
yep, here he is

Cole Jasper

he4 is 5 days old now, and i love every bit of him.

des

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww way to go des! yer the man! what a little cutie. the baby, not you. hehe... congrats des!!!!!

eva
fishface
06-07-2005, 02:30 AM
kewl dez...thanks for sharin' the pic again and the idea!! i love it and will try something similar.
oh, congrats to you and yours by the way...one hansome young lad you got there. it's a lovely life, parenthood that is! :biggrin:
StirCrazy
06-07-2005, 05:32 AM
hey you've got a great lookin setup there too stircrazy. tried to check out your website but link doesn't seem to be working :confused:

I tried, too. No go.

hmmm ya the server is junk and I am waiting for Brad to reload it for me :mrgreen:

but for the DIY stuff you can check out http://members.shaw.ca/s.l.s

Steve