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[wetcoast]

Finally, at the end of August, I took delivery of my tank, stand and canopy. It was better than I expected.





(yes, thats chair is for the cat, i made it for him a few years back after he took big interest in my 65 gallon) Finally - a top down shot showing the center overflow and some other holes - more on that later.



Now that the tank was in the house, it was time to get going and finish the rest of the work. First, was the lights. I opted for 3 x 250watt Ice Cap Ballasts housed in Lumenarc Mini Reflectors. I already had a pair for the 225 build, and ordered yet another set online because I figured they would be too big for my tank, thinking I had originally bought the "normal" sized.. Another reefer on this board picked up these new ones I bought and you should be able to see them in his own respective tank build. These things are crazy:



And for good measure here's a shot of them mounted in the canopy..


For atinic supplmentation I added 2 36" 54watt T5 fixtures and mounted the ballasts underneath the stand.