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    Posted: December 20 2007 at 10:40pm
So we bought a tank. Which supposedly was 280 gallons. it is actually more like 200 gallons. apparently the guy measured wrong. It is 4 ft by 3ft by 25 inches tall.
 
So first off we moved my 72 bowfront from my linoleum floor into the living room where my 45 tall used to be. The 45 was torn down and the bowfront was reset up. We are waiting until it goes through it's mini cycle to put the fish and corals back in
 
 
 
Next we had to set up the stand in the old 72 spot. Keys to a good stand.
 
*must hold tank
*must hold two dogs and sump
 
 


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picture of the tank on the stand

 
 
bangaiis hanging out in their temporary home.
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That is going to be a gorgeous tank and be easy to aquascape too. Thanks for posting pictures. Keep us updated on this too.
 
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wow thats going to be unbelievable....

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How exciting.  Keep us posted with the progress.  Your dogs remind me of my cats.  They have to "help" with everything we do.
 
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I will definetly keep everyone updated. we are planning to go get salt tomorrow to make up the initial water (we are looking at about two buckets just to get it running) We also have to go and get a 2" bulkhead from somewhere b/c the guy had to cut it off when he took it apart. he couldnt get it undone. So hopefully by tomorrow afternoon we will have it running with water.

we were originally planning on putting my 40 breeder in there as a refugium, but since the tank was only 3" deep instead of 4" we now don't have enough room for it. anyone have any ideas? i was thinking of just doing a rubbermaid container. they are easy to drill and i don't really need to see in it. even if i did i could go the clear route.

hopefully the weather is good we are in the middle of a snow storm! we have like 4 inches of snow right now on the ground.
this is a good bad weather project though!
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Crystal, I have more than one bucket of Reef crystals if you want it.
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i still want a few buckets i just dont know when they'll have me up there again. i ended up having to stay here for work. hopefully i'll be up there in the next month!
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Crystal, that is just too funny!!!!!  Those look like well trained kidsLOL  Rocky Mountain power is going to love you!  Keep the pictures coming....

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Well after a long two days of hooking up plumbing and getting enough water made things are finally starting to fall into place.
 
The 72 is all back together and the fish are loving the new rockwork
the big tank cycling with water
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look how ripley!!!
front view of rockwork
side view of rockwork
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tank shot. we are going to work on skinning the stand today. hopefully all goes well!
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Looks great Crystal. It makes me want to build another systemWink
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yeah its a blast! hah!
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Holy !@#$, i love that setup! Nice job.

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I'm loving the new rock work too!
 
It really does look Ripley. Believe it or not!
 
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Very nice rockwork on both tank.  The plumbing job is awesome too.
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thanks for all the comments. hopefully tomorrow i'll have pictures of the beginning of the stand skinning ;)
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