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Old 04-07-2007, 05:29 AM
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Default Progress of my 44Gal custom corner.

I decided to post the progess of my set up. I will be updating every few days.



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Old 04-07-2007, 05:30 AM
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Time to start the custom hood


Here is the bare bones coated with a heat retardent primer. I will be picking up my cooling system tommorow then I can instal the reflectors
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Old 04-07-2007, 06:03 AM
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Looking good
Nice shots ,keep them coming.
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Old 04-07-2007, 02:45 PM
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nice hood it seems short thou. Are you having a chiller installed for the tank?
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Old 04-07-2007, 02:46 PM
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Looking very cool so far!
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Old 04-07-2007, 04:33 PM
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I was planning to install six 40CFM cooling fans to bring air in and out of the hood. I hope this is enough air movment otherwise I will rebuild with 2ft of height instead of 8inches. I was trying to make the hood as compact as I can.

What height from the water is it sugested to have the bulbs?

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Old 04-08-2007, 12:35 AM
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Alright I'm starting to layout the cooling, I went and picked up some heavy duty cooling fans two 100 CFM fans and two 32CFM fans thats a total of 264 cubic feet of air moving a min. here is some pics of a layout. any help would be great thx



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Old 04-12-2007, 06:15 AM
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Lights up and running time for to fill er' up



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Old 04-24-2007, 08:57 PM
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Got my LS and some LR I still need another 50pounds of LR though


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Old 04-24-2007, 10:44 PM
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Looking good. Coming along for the ride.
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