290G Peninsula Tank

reefan · #1 06-01-2012, 06:44 AM

Very nice, this should be a good one.

mseepman · #2 06-26-2012, 10:36 PM

Well thought this thread needed a brief update.

We've been mostly working on retaining walls in the back yard so if things look like they are moving slow...welcome to my world

The cabinet maker has been working on my kitchen back at his shop and tinkering a little with finishing the tank stand.

Here are the small (but I'll take what I can get) updates: Note that these are crappy phone pictures.

Leah · #3 06-26-2012, 11:55 PM

So exciting! I bet you will be glad to just get moved and settled in at this point.

Hope all is well with you guys and I would love to see some new pictures of the kids if you get a chance.

mseepman · #4 06-27-2012, 12:12 AM

Thanks Leah. I will try to PM you some pics

justincgdick · #5 06-27-2012, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mseepman

Thanks Leah. I will try to PM you some pics

Ohhh, I see. She gets special pics does she?

Edit: Wait... I missed the part about your kids. Now I seem like a creep. Nevermind...

This is awkward. Nice looking setup so far.

mseepman · #6 06-27-2012, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by justincgdick

Ohhh, I see. She gets special pics does she?

Edit: Wait... I missed the part about your kids. Now I seem like a creep. Nevermind...

This is awkward. Nice looking setup so far.

Haha, I'll let it slip this time

mseepman · #7 06-29-2012, 05:53 AM

Okay, so I'm in need of some advice here. If you look at the first picture above showing the entire stand, you can see that I have had them cut out space for my external overflow on the end panel. My plan is to run two 6105's and two MP40W's at that end to push flow towards the clear end. The problem that has arisen is that I will need to "cut-out" spots for those powerheads to fit at the end. Two will fit beside the overflow, while two will go lower down on the panel.

My question is which two should go lower? I think the Vortec's have a broader flow so they probably should go up high. Opinions or advice suggesting otherwise?

kien · #8 10-18-2012, 08:56 PM

got myself caught up on your build.. and wow! That's looking kick ass, man!

mseepman · #9 10-19-2012, 12:18 AM

Thanks Kien,

I find it a real compliment when someone with your talent takes a look at my build.

It's coming along. I am hoping to water test the tank on the ground this weekend and assuming that nothing goes wrong, carry it into the house near the beginning of next week.

mseepman · #10 10-21-2012, 02:59 AM

Well, today I needed to get ready for the tank to make it's big move from my current garage to the new house for installation early next week. I decided that after sitting on the tank for 1 1/2 years, I should water test it here before I put it inside my new house. Five of my friends came over to help and so with 6 sets of hands we lifted it off the dollies that I had it on and placed the crate on the garage floor.
The crate was built a bit like a stand so I felt that it could handle the weight of a full tank. Off came the top and in went some fresh water.
As expected....nothing burst. No leaks either. I made it about 3/4 full and then decided that I didn't need to further test it and waste water.
Here's some pics:

So...the not so exciting part was getting all that water out. I've been packing and only now realized that any pump with some gumption was out of reach...so a Maxijet 1200 was used to empty this thing...wow..that was painful.

Anyways, from here, hopefully the move over to the house goes well. The install should be interesting as they only left me 1/2" of clearance to put the tank in. Hopefully my next post isn't about a broken tank.