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Originally Posted by shiftline (Post 966119)

I wonder if the stock radion arm with the long bar would hold if it was welded to a vertical steel bar.

Funny, that's exactly what I was thinking. I don't like the wire look either. Your tank move makes sense now, haha! I don't think you'll have any weight issues there - your tank is long, narrow, and shallow which is great for weight distribution.

Spit fire - I plan on moving the tank in a few years and wanted to have a solution that worked for both locations with out putting holes all over the place.

I ended up ordering some extruded aluminum to build my light mount. In theory with 1.5" 1515 and 20lbs of weight I should have a max of 0.5" of sag. Now the xr15s are only 4-4.5lbs each so it should be more like 12-13 lbs so I don't suspect there to be any noticeable sag!

Concept has a Black Friday sale which was an excellent excuse to put down a deposit and get an awesome deal on my future tank / sump.

I'm over killing it a bit with 5/8" (15mm) star fire. This thing will be a tank! The display will be 66x20x18. I figure the extra 6" at the end will be used for the light stand/overflow and mp40 dry sides all hidden behind a flush mounted u shapes acrylic cover :)

I picked up 80lbs of key largo rock on Boxing Day have already started working on my scape. It needs a bit more but I think the main structure is almost there

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I think the main structure is almost there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tF3EuzktKE

FishTankProjects - 6' Shallow Reef Project

A big thanks to FragBox as I won a photo contest for $100 in frags!! Woo. Of course I ended up ordering a bunch more goodies to help fill the future (soon to be tank!).

I'll post some pics of my new goodies when they show up. Thanks again March from Fragbox!

FishTankProjects - 6' Shallow Reef Project

It's exciting to see my designs come to life!

Yesterday's I build two DIY reactors. They turned it really well and were a great Sunday project. I'm not sure what I will run in them yet (carbon, gfo, bio pellets? Who knows)
But I'm sure they will come in handy!

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Not bad for about $60 and a few hours

And in even better news my tank is complete! It's looking amazing and I'm just waiting on the stand to be built before I get it all shipped up!

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The day has finally come!! My new. Baby has arrived and in so excited to get it going

Today I got it in the stand. Put black vinyl on the back and installed the light bar
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http://youtu.be/D3fsTaljPFM