my 215 gallon build

here is my reef octopus extreme 250

 

i decided that i didnt want a lot of flow in the sump, so i bought a new eheim 1260 pump, thought the tank does have 2 overflows i am only going to utilize one of them.

 

its taking a little bit but hopefully i will get those pics of the tank up soon!!!! and i just started making the stand today!

 

so i made about 3/5 or so of the cuts for the wood last night, unfortunatly being extremely accurate consumes a ton of time! i am hopeing that by the end of tonight the structure will start to show.

 

ok so the stand isnt going as fast as i hoped, i didnt have enough clamps twice which pushed me back two days, becuase i had to glue in sections and it took up alot of time, but this is what i have for the frame, i am planning on building the "skin" of the stand and the 2x4 section of the stand in 2 segments, then slipping the "skin" of it over the 2x4 part then securing the two together, then i am going to put veneer over it so that it will paint much better.

 

i picked up a 75 gallon tank for a sump last night, it was used for freshwater so i am going to fill it with regular water and put some muratic acid in it, then give it an RO water wash down.

 

i amde a board for the RO unit so its no longer a PITA to bring that to the hose and back everyday!

 

here is the tank that i bought, i still have yet to give it a cleaning so hopefully i will do that in the next couple days!

 

so the stand and such are taking alot longer then i had expected, the following pictures are the inital build for the stand