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Well the fan came in the mail today and I got the lid all put back together. We’re back in business and that blue glue has returned to our house after way too...

Thanks, Tazzy!

Well I plugged the lid in and found that the fan no longer works and I had forgotten one of the LEDs burned out back when my mom was using this tank. Probably because the fan died...

It’s been probably 4 or 5 years since we have been active in the reefing community. We moved to Cincy and moved everything from our tanks into 2 100g stock tanks plumbed together. We had to move them...

Thanks! :propellerhead:

I'm making more progress...

I turned the stand into swiss cheese... mmmmmmmm
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And can't forget the...

After bringing it home, I got right to work! Still a ton to be done!

Here is a shot of the tray sitting on the stand with the vases on it: ...

Well I have been in a huge rush to get this tank up and running in order to get live stock in before the cut off date! The acrylic piece turned out to be much harder to get than I ever expected! I...

I will be using a sump for this, probably a standard old 10 gallon. I'm not sure on the skimmer yet. On the nano contest a couple of years ago, I did use a skimmer. I had constant problems with the...

We made a trip to Ikea today and I found a new stand for this tank. Here is a quick cell phone pic I snapped with the vases on it. Getting closer...
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Thanks, guys! I think I found someone local who does acrylic work, but if it falls through, I'll let you know!

Well I'm trying to get back in this thing, but things aren't going my way. I contacted Andy at the Blue Glue to try to get the custom acrylic piece made that I need for this. Unfortunately his life...

This looks great, Tom! I have never been a fan of black sand the times I have tried it because it ends up looking so dirty so quickly. I would bet with an open concept tank, it would be much easier...

I'm still in this even though I haven't made much progress lately. We just closed on our house after spending a year of living in multiple places to make a relocation happen. Our stuff is in boxes in...

My BRS shipment arrived with the lockline, check vales and unilock bulk heads! I'm read to plumb this thing, just need to get that acrylic piece worked out and the stand...

Well we are finally wrapping up this project at work so I got my first day off in 3 weeks today! I have no plans to open my work laptop...

No work = progress!
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He lives!!! Bring it, Tom! :)

Well I'm hesitant to post too many details at this point. I haven't ever seen what I want to do done before, and I'm a little worried it might not work. But... what fun would a giant surprise be?
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Ooops meant most fun, not most funny! :)

Bumping this question...

Jim, is this contest still on? I have several pieces on order and will stop them if this is not happening. I really hope it is! This is one of the funnest contests I have...

I'm going to keep this first post as the current status of the build, so that it will be easy to find what is currently happening.

1/12/13: Still in planning stages, on the verge of starting the...