Tank build

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Sorry not that many photo's family were taking the piss and the fact i had glue and camera in close proximity roughly 34 metres of wood (38mm by 89mm)

got to start somewhere

basic supports in place

main supports being glue'd n screwed

all the corner supports in place

tidy up for bed

some close ups

[Tangman]

A nice strong stand there m8 what you putting on it as it is sure strong enough and by the time you get the ply screwed on it will certainly stiffen it up. I would only do half depth of the sheet on the back to let the sump breathe, plus it will stop it twisting and when the ends get screwed on it will be really stiff and strong. Twiggy

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Hi Twiggy

Tank is 58" by 24" by 24" once i get pipework sorted :) still got a couple of struts to add, have wood for 6 more :D and yup 20mm ply being done today, needed to measure up (just incase my design was out ;) ) and offering sump up.

Simon

[reefergeek]

Great start buddy good start on the stand, Looking forward to see this one, if you get stuck for any parts pm me sure i can point you in the right direction

kev

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Cheers Refergeek

Got the first of my leds coming in 7-14 days (20w 12k plus driver) so will certainly be harassing you with that ;) can't believe how difficult heatsinks are to aquire lol

Simon

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Sigh of relieve sump tank fitted now off to get ply and board to finish off.

and front strutts think 2 should be okay :)

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marking and cutting for base top

base in, cat happy!

back on, gap in far right rear is because phone line comes in there.

all done for now, as soon as pipe work is done i'll be able to do sides and front fascia, which will be mdf :)

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might have to sort a blind for front door looking at how those pics have come out, camera phone has no flash so pics a tad misleading.

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The wife wanted some of the lounge back so had to put tank on stand, sticker on bottom of tank says seabray always put tank on polystyrene, here's hoping 12mm thick of the stuff is okay :D

[Tangman]

Yes 12mm is thick enough for the polystyrene some tanks that have floating bases dont use polystyrene as they are built different to ordinary tanks. Fit Filtration tanks have floating bases which is instead of the side panels sat on the base they go around the outside of the base so there is no pressure on the base sheet of glass. Twiggy