Tin & Anne tank build thread

First of all I would like to thanks those that helped me so much in the process of building this tank. Thanks to Reef_Guru, Luna, Tangster, YellowBelly, ... many more people that help me decide.

I have a 55g tank with FOWLR however, I really want to have a fish tank that have an overflow, so i decide to go w a 75, then a 90, then a 120, then ... i found a second hand tank that fit my space, 48x24x29, however, it doesnt have an overflow but the price was right, my LFS offer to sale one of his stand that i once offered 150 for it but he wouldnt sale it, he offered it to me for 50, and i bought the tank for 150. I will drill the tank myself, and i found a reasonable overflow box from glass-holes dot com, everything work out really well. Enough talk already some start up pics.

Pictures of tank being paint and sanded.




Equipment check list,










Overflow box from glass-holes.com with great customer service, fast shipping

 

Very, very nice.

Going to be a great looking setup.

Thanks for sharing & keep us posted on progress!!!

 

OK I bought a previously owned (car dealer terms) stand as well and have a question for you or anyone else. Mine also had the notchouts at the front of the tank, in your case they appear to possibly be at the back of the stand since they are opposite the doors, but in my case the notch is only on one end. I figured that was some oddball deal the last owner did and was going to replace it with a solid board during the rebuild, but now that I see yours is the same perhaps there is a reason for that?

Can anyone enlighten me here?

 

Running cables for power?

 

i dont even know what it for until i set them up with power cord running around hope thats what it for.

 

Aren't the notches cut in the top of the stand to allow room for the plumbing of the overflow pipes (pre-drilled tank)?

 

those cut out were actually for overflow plumbing coming down to the sump, as this was set up for a reef ready tank.

 

Update

Got some more pics of what i've done in the last few days




new skimmer being broken in



tank got drilled and painted







pic of my sump w alot of stuff on it.

 

Looks like a nice setup, keep us posted with pics.

 

Look'n Great keep the pics coming. Love to see the build threads

J