193 gallon plywood build thread

It's looking really nice, looking forward to see'ing it with LR and lights on.

 

thanks guys

I think I will silicone in 1 pieces of glass in the upper area of each back corner for my korallia4's to mount to.

I will put them is like this...one in each corner


I am glad I spent almost zero time on that paint pic. LOL

I am planning on taking the tank int the basement and putting it on the stand tomorrow. Anyone want to help? doc Frag?

 

Tom I can help after work if you want?

 

sounds great!

when do you work until on Wednesday?

 

8pm or so

 

My friend Willie pulled a few strings and got me my overflow weirs.

Nice huh?





These are ready to be siliconed on the tank now

 

sweet

 

The tank is downstairs on the stand and getting filled with the sand right now. I expect a good 100g of water in it tomorrow, and it will be full of water, sand and LR on Friday. If all goes well, corals and fish will be in it on friday as well.

No time for pics. deal with it

 

here is today's progress...

tank downstairs the pics are as you walk around the front of the tank form the stairs, to around the back side of the fish room









sand is going in...


And for the heck of it..


If you look hard enough, you can see that I got the weirs siliconed on. They should be at the right water level.

I will place the 2 returns from the SCWD on each side of the tank, I have not determined the final spots where those will go yet.

I think I solved my korallia 4 mounting issues through 3/4" plywood and a thick layer of epoxy..

Take pieces of my 35g's glass top, and cut them at 5" long, then silicone them in the back corners of the tank, making an isosceles triangle and a place to mount my korallias.

Now I just need to get the glass cut. I think I will go to the Ace hardware and see if they can do this for me. If I was out by West Bend I could borrow my Mom's stained glass tools to do this.

I will have all the sand, and some live sand in the tank tomorrow, and hopefully at least 1/2 the tank filled with saltwater.

 

awwww man looking great. I can't wait to see this thing with water in it.