Yep just finished

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Why are thermostats always in the way!:biggrin:

What did you use to remove the scratch?

Good thing it's for the in floor heat in this room & it's never turned on either.

I used a cerium oxide, a polishing mandrel / pad & a cordless drill. Along with a lot of time & patience.

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Stopped by my favorite PVC supply store the other day & picked up all my fitting & lengths of pipe for $65, got all my bulkheads already for $80, check valves for $80. Just waiting for my 16 gate valves from the states all for $220 with shipping, hope they get here soon.

Have an interesting idea for my sump, now I just have to do a concept draft.

awesome, tagging along for a CLOSED LOOP system with an overflow

Well in that case you better find some where else to find the CL cause THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ONE HERE!!

Seriously Tai and you want me to do you tank panels again for how much :twised:

oh snap!!!:eyebrows::eyebrows::eyebrows:

please excuse my ESL about the Closed loop thingy Greg and continue on with your build thread :-) I thought closed loop is where no water get leak out of the tank which we should all have right?

Well in that case I will let you slide this time Tai :razz:

Finished putting on the euro brace tonight as well as the black acrylic overflow teeth ( 150 - 1/4" x 1 1/2" slots cut & filed by hand ). Whole inside of the tank except the euro brace has been totally siliconed, back glass as been tinted & bulkheads are in.

Pics will be up tomorrow.

Can't wait to see how your making out with the closed .....:lol: setting up big tanks is too much work

Looking good Grizz, I have been workign so much overtime I almost missed this, and I do agree with YOU on the "no closed loops" I have never thought if you have enough return flow that you need a closed loop.

you going to have this beast done by summer?

Steve

No ****** **** question here. But do you have any pics of your euro brace installed? Is it inside or on top of the tank sides? And whether you have any cut-outs or how you did it around the overflows? Thanks.

Looking good Greg.

Talk about jack of all trades this is looking great!

I noticed your stand is all vertical supports without any of the diagonal bits I often see on large builds to prevent the stand's top from shifting sideways. Not required in your opinion?

Good call.

They are alot of work for sure

Thanks Steve, hope to have this done in about a month or sooner, full of SW & running. Wife wants the other half of the livingroom back soon where the 165 & 60 are sitting. Decided to do 4 DC10000 pumps & 2 MP40's should be more then enough flow.

I will post some pics later but the euro brace is on top of the tank side, really the only way they should be to add strength.

Thanks Nick
Wait until you see what I have planned for enclosing the stand & making my wife happy. No need for diagonal pieces, this stand doesn't shift one bit. I can put my full weight into pushing on the side of the tank & it's like a rock. Also remember there is still 2 tower cabinets ( each end ) & a 60 gal tank and stand to be added yet. Whole stand will be in cased in wood once done

I guess if it fell over you may need to consider a career change ;)

True very true.

Here's a few pics of me cleaning the glass............on the inside.

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And a few more pics showing some details on the euro brace & overflow. Decided I am going to add some top J trim to the tank to hold my screen covers as soon as I can get some. Now just waiting on my gate valves to arrive to start the plumbing but until then I will start on my sump.

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Uh oh bear in a box, bear in a box! Don't let him out I hear he bites off limbs! :lol::razz:

j/k looks great :biggrin:

Best part of that is to offset the costs you could swim and bath in the tank to save water.

That's true Wes but I would rather swin in my pool & prefer showers :lol:

Got cleaner wrasse and shrimp in your pool

Freshwater pool nothing but kids & grandkids in the pool :razz:

I've always wondered.. Is your pool on a closed loop too?

Nice legs BTW!

LMAO, I was thinking the exact same things!!

looking good buddy digging the closed loop for sure , i knew you'd come around:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

NO COMMENT!!

one day
 

Hang on ,this is looking like TOTM one day.tagging along

Some day I would hope :pray2:

When I say things are looking hot its got zero to do with the hairy limbs. Thx for that btw lol.

Your welcome Brett & you know you liked it :twised:

I'm just glad you were considerate enough to close the loops down below. This is a family site after all.

...not that I was looking.

Oh who am I kidding, I was totally looking.

I think I just threw up in my mouf a little:mrgreen:

i thought you would want the close loop at the ends for a lap pool greg

Ok I am getting a little ennoyed with this & asked for it to stop by no one thinks I'm serious, there is NOT going to be a closed loop on this tank or any other tank I build ever.

So enough is enough, please no more jokes, mention's, innuendos or references to a closed loop.