MarkoD 180 Gallon Build (New Light Fixture)
 

so finally getting this thing started

couple weeks ago my dad and I built this stand. Wild cherry with black doors.

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after waiting 3 weeks the tank was finally done and we brought it into the house (4 large men carried it and it was still crazy heavy)

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also mailman paid me a visit yesterday and brought me a koralia wavemaker 4 and 4 koralia 4 pumps

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for the past month and a half i've been seeding about 100 pounds of baserock in my 55 gallon tank that had already 60 pounds of liverock

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up next will be the plumbing.....

180 Gallon Build (Video Added June 4)
 

Canopy is on.

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door is going to be black and will be coming on monday
the opening is like this because if i ever want to add metal halides that need to be raised of the water surface, i can take the door off and create another box that sits on top of the canopy and holds the MH lights

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to avoid lifting the whole heavy canopy everytime i need to do something in the tank.... only the front half comes off. back half and door will stay on the tank.

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this is how the 2 halves are joined

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Nice steup on the canopy

real professional woodworking skills there.
Like it

Looks really good, thats what I need for my new tank build, a nice stand.

feel like building another one?

yeah my dad can build one... he says for something like this... about 1200 bucks

the slow filling process has begun

lookin good man , cant wait to see the aquascape

stand looks great man(Im a finishing carpenter by trade):biggrin:......people suffer a little sticker shock when they hear numbers like that for a stand.....material alone was probably $400- $500 bucks

exactly... took about 12 hours of work to build both the stand and canopy