125 to 210 Build (Updated w/pics)

 Thanks! I mostly go up to St Anthony's. We make it down south about once or twice a year though. Thanks for the compliments on the tank too!

yeah im a st anthony kinda guy as well. jericho gets too crowded most the time. st anthony is just alot more open and i like the sand alot better. seems really hard to judge the weather up there. it has rained EVERY trip ive made.....

Looks good! Gary is my dads cousin, he owns kapp construction. We are kapp auto sales, just up the road.

Its been a while since ive updated anything, Ive been wanting to get my sister in laws camera to try and take some decent pictures. She didnt come over to show me how to use it, so i just kinda winged it. I love build threads with lots of pictures, so I just took a bunch. They arent the best pictures, and the color is off a little bit, but it was fun trying to get good shots. I also finally finished my stand too, so here we go;

Thanks Tyler. Still a little bare as far as coral goes, but im trying

I havent posted and updated anything in this thread in a long time. There have been a few ups and downs with the tank, and Im hoping I learned a little from it. After I had this tank for about 6 months I would always think about how great the extra 6" of depth would be that a 180 or 210 would give me. So when the chance to buy a complete 210 gal setup came up, I jumped on it. Its been a few months since I bought the 210, and I have been kinda dragging my feet getting it ready to set up. I have soaked the main tank and sump in vinegar and bleach several times, and they are now clean enough for me . I also refinished the stand and canopy, and replaced some hardware and its ready to go too. Now that those are finally done Im getting a little more excited about it and want to get it running. The 125 was great, and I learned a lot from it, but I want to do some things different with this one that will accomadate to me and my lifestyle better. Thats where I need help . Im going to try to take it subject by subject so I can keep track of everything, and apply it as I go. Thanks in advance for any help!! (Pictures coming)

my first question is about the bracing on the main tank. when I bought it, it had about a 2ft wide piece of glass in the middle for the brace (besides the plastic brace around the edges) but I took that out because I want to be able to access the middle of the tank without going in from an angle. Would I be able to get two 6" to 8" wide pieces of glass and put them a couple of feet apart and divide the tank into thirds like a factory brace? Or do I need to rip off the plastic brace and do a full glass eurobrace? Id really like to keep it as simple as possible if I can... 

Would it be stronger to just do the one in the middle, or to do two of them a couple of feet apart? While I have the silicone and im doing all that anyway I wouldnt mind doing a couple of them. I just dont want to have to rip off the plastic and do all around the tank...

That sounds like a great idea. As far as doing one vs. two braces, it's really personal preference, and depends on the amount of accessible area you want at the surface. You might take that into consideration especially if you're going to have a hood. Without a hood it doesn't really matter if you have two because you can access the water from any angle.

I would call Randy at Mountain Shadow Marine and ask him what silicone they use for glass tanks. I can't remember what it is.