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Old 05-09-2010, 10:30 AM

Default A one of a kind 125 project

Heres the readers digest version of my Custom one off tank set up..
It my dinner table
we eat all our meals at the tank..
Party around the tank. Drink beers and BS around the tank..

the bottom of the stand
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the top
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the under belly
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So if you cant guess by now the stand is big!!
   
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:30 AM

O .K . so round two of pics..
the top and skin
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:31 AM

sorry some of the pics are out of order. but you get the idea..
so here it is after , doors, corbles, DJ strip, paint, and poly on the bar top, then slid in place with the 29 in place.(temp hood)
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:32 AM

so here is the shiny new tank being put in place
it is
60"x24"x20" tall
with a coast to coast overflow in the back
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and dont forget the can lights i Installed
an so we have the plumbing issue
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:33 AM

so what I have going is a 3600GPH Closed loop pump (reefflo dart)
2x K4's on sea swirls one front one back (only one in the back now)
A 800 GPH return pump.
ATO going trough a kalk reactor.
2x 250w MH coralvue 14k's on Hamilton Electronic ballasts
and LUMENBRIGHT reflectors
2x 86w T-5's on ICECAP 660
SWC250 Skimmer
dual 200w heaters
PH monitor
2x DJ strip's

On the 29
1x250w MH coral vue 20K on coralvue ballast
500 GPH return pump
1 K-4
1 K-1
Euroreef 135 skimmer
ATO
I had a buddy make a 3 piece hood for the tanks
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ooops the water and rock shots
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:35 AM

so here is the hood being fitted on to the stand and the painting and the wiring of the lights and fans and stuff
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:36 AM

O.K. lights one for the first time....
I was running 2oK mh's but switched to 14K's
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NOW YOU CAN SEE THE END RESULT.
8 matching bar stools
Just add pizza and kids..
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:36 AM

wow very cool. going sps on that beast?
   
 
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:36 AM

the 29 , and the 125
one year later (now)
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Old 05-09-2010, 10:37 AM

heres a few eye candy for ya!!
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BTW these pics are taken with a CANON DSLR XSi w stock 18-55mm lens
Shot in manual mode on a tripod (some of them) and the two second timer.
my lighting is 2x 250w 14K MH
2x 86w T-5 act... Aqua blue +
most are at
ISO 100
F-stop 5.6-22 Depending on how much coral I want in focus!
Shutter speed 1/4-1/20
   
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