LoJack's 144 Gallon Reef

[Skimmerking]

nice bro looking really good. where is the fans for the heat sink

[LoJack]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

My god thats some amazing wood working skills you got there!!!! Beautiful!

Wanna come finish my stand??

lol thanks ... Its a bit far to travel I think ...

Originally Posted by hillegom

I love the woodwork!
Great Job

Thank You very much. This was the first job of this calibre that I attempted. I couldn't find plans, so I just searched DIY stands on ReefCentral and got my inspiration from there ...

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

nice bro looking really good. where is the fans for the heat sink

I didn't put fans directly on the heat sink, they are exchanging the air in the canopy. 2 pushing fresh air in, 2 sucking warm air out.

[daplatapus]

Very nice work. Hope you don't mind, but I copied a couple of your corner post pics. I saw something similar on a reefcentral post a while back but couldn't find it again. I'll save it for posterity

An idea I saw (I can't remember where) for hanging heatsinks is run them on pocket door track. That way when you have to work in your tank you can just push them back on the rail and they're not hanging in your way. Just a though if you hadn't seen it done.

[LoJack]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

Very nice work. Hope you don't mind, but I copied a couple of your corner post pics. I saw something similar on a reefcentral post a while back but couldn't find it again. I'll save it for posterity

An idea I saw (I can't remember where) for hanging heatsinks is run them on pocket door track. That way when you have to work in your tank you can just push them back on the rail and they're not hanging in your way. Just a though if you hadn't seen it done.

No problem copying pics ... I love to inspire lol.

I thought about actually doing a thread dedicated to just the stand and canopy ... because I have 10 times as many build pics as I showed here. Most people are interested in the tank and the livestock, so I focus on those when sharing on the forums.

As for the pocket door rail, thats a stellar idea. I am fortunate enough to have a rather tall canopy, and my heat sinks hung high enough that they have never been in the way while working in the tank. My hanging set up is very caveman ... but it does the trick and is hidden inside of my canopy.

[LoJack]

So here's a full tank shot showing the finished Canopy

[LoJack]

And then I started adding some of the livestock to the tank ... slowly but surely. Keep in mind I had a sump stocked with fully cured rock from another tank ... so my cycle was non existent.





The first piece of SPS in the tank ... Pocillipora



Toadstool Leather Frag



5 Heads of Green CandyCane



Right side rock work:



Full tank shot:

[kien]

Seriously, that stand and canopy is off the hoook! You got mad skills bro. And I love that aquascape. Well done!