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Old 05-22-2008, 10:43 PM
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I'm planing to use acrylic for this one. 72 x 12 x 12 wow thats long. Trying to picture it... should be nice. I had a 36 x 9 x 9 for a while. I like the long low reefs
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Old 05-23-2008, 03:16 PM
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Yes, trying to plan it as a gobie tank. Really sealed to stop the jumpers from taking walks.
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Old 05-23-2008, 03:36 PM
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yeah i had alot of jumpers in the 3 foot
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Old 05-23-2008, 04:54 PM
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Hey Wes, for your wall mount I would fab up something like this:



1" square steel tubing with 1/8" wall. Welds would have to be pretty good but it would work. SF= 10 with 200lb load.
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Old 06-30-2008, 10:03 PM
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man I need to do an update... not that I have a lot to update on but I'll take a few pics tonight of the still empty tank
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Old 07-25-2008, 04:11 AM
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Lil update... Nothing to major



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Old 08-14-2008, 05:14 AM
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Started to put some water in today... oh yeah
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