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Old 08-21-2010, 03:57 PM
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Lol I think this is pushing the LIMIT of what this tired and twisted old floor can hold. It may end up as a basement install if too many people gather round!
Wait a minute Brett the old twisted floor come on aren't you in a new house there you could easly put a 230 There if you wanted to
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Old 08-21-2010, 04:54 PM
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So the upgrade has happened, thats awesume Are you planning on keeping both tanks running ? What do you have up your sleeve for lighting ?
No everything from the Solana is migrating over. Adding new skimmer and more powerheads. I have no doubt the single 250w will be good for now. I may install a pair of actinics later so I can have some sort of lighting on longer. I'm only up to 5 hrs a day with the 250 hqi and a few corals are still in light shock.

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Wait a minute Brett the old twisted floor come on aren't you in a new house there you could easly put a 230 There if you wanted to
That was the old house man. We had to sell everything when the wife got sick so we're in an old condo complex now. Crooked 2x8 floor joists rather than engineered laminated joists these days. To give you an idea, when I put the wall shelf up when we moved in here and i did the wall anchor to secure it level to the wall...I could place my thumb under the front of the shelf! The floor has some mean dips! I did put a jackpost in front of the Solana and think it will be good for this tank too. This stand is a good old 2x4 box unlike the Solana 4-legger too. I can already tell things will be much more stable even with kids pressed to the glass and jumping around.
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Old 08-21-2010, 04:56 PM
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Nice acquisition Brett. What skimmer are you thinking?
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Old 08-21-2010, 08:28 PM
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Swc extreme 160. I Went for the cheaper vertex in-100 without measuring my sump. Got lucky and was able to cancel before it shipped after I bothered to measure!

Got the tank back all painted up this morning. Black of course!
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Old 08-22-2010, 12:26 AM
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Old 08-22-2010, 05:23 AM
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Blenny still MIA? That's odd. Maybe in the backpack part of the tank? You'd think you'd notice if he'd have jumped out... Hopefully he turns up in the tank at some point.

Stand and sump's looking awesome so far!
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Old 08-22-2010, 07:55 AM
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I have that hairy feline family member now Tony. I think she got the jumper or maybe in sliding the tank he got spooked/wedged in some hole and perishes or rocks shifted on his cute lil self? Back compartment is fish free unfortunately.
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Old 08-23-2010, 05:15 AM
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Well the tank's on the stand now. It's all cleaned up and all the front bits of silicone as well as the bottom going back 4" has been removed (not the seams just the inner part). A 4" wide inner eurobrace is going in on the bottom front on Wednesday and new vertical silicone will be applied and a few scratches removed. The overflow area will be covered with a piece of black acrylic mounted to the inside of the tank.

Can't wait to get this thing filled!

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Old 08-23-2010, 05:30 AM
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Ooh Brett this looks sexy!

What are your plans for finishing the stand?
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Old 08-23-2010, 05:32 AM
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WOW, like always Jay did a killer job. Can't wait to see that thing stocked Brett!
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