**UPDATED** My New Stand

[GaryP]

What are the cubicles on the sides for?

[jaded]

I was wondering the same thing. Custom nano's, maybe a couple seahorse tanks?

[z28pwr]

Looks good Brian, what kind of wood is it made out of ?

[CD]

WOW :w00t
Congrats Brian - I'll bet you can barely wait to get the tank in there - VERY nice! ...and way to go, Pete!


W. :)

[NaCl_H2O]

That's VERY nice!!! Kep the pics coming as you stain and add the tank, etc. A pic with the hood open would be neat too :D

[captexas]

So that's why Pete hasn't been online in awhile! lol

[NaCl_H2O]

ok here you go

WOW :o That stand is really big, or you are really small :P

[C.Mydas]

6' 230lbs... the stand is very BIG!!

[NaCl_H2O]

Wow, that's really BIG, the stand too :P

That system is gonna look awesome ... keep them coming :)

Now we need a picture with the bottom open :D

[::pete::]

BRIAN ... whats wrong with yoU!!!! ;)

260?

[captexas]

Looking good! I take it the tank will have to slide in from the back?

[::pete::]

Whats all that "junk" in there!!! ;)

[::pete::]

lol, I was making sure it fit :D

I was just checking ... ;) I thought maybe Alex found some new storage :D

[N5KC]

Hey what are you doing with my external in your stand??? <_<

[N5KC]

Brian that stand is awesome. I bet you are a proud owner. Hey Pete isn't that your calcium reactor??

[N5KC]

I need to get mine on order and take those other ones out of the tank. Had a long tank discussion with Pete and learned alot. I will be making some changes real soon. Might even save some money. What type Ca Reactor?

[NaCl_H2O]

Beautiful ... and I'll bet Alex's shop smells really good about now :sick

[carlinsa]

i was there when it was getting stained and it can make a store smell funny. :) and i am dreading the day that we have to move it. july 3.........i think i might be sick or something that day :innocent

[garagebrian]

That is a great looking stand....I feel like a novice with the stand I made now. Gives me something to strive for someday though, great work!

[gjuarez]

Wow, it looks awesome mako. Pete built a canopy for me and its awesome too. I will say it again, Pete you do awesome work.

[Thunderkat]

Nice stand ^_^

[TroyPham]

what's the LxWxH of your tank... stand looks good

[cpreefguy]

Lookin Good Brian!!!!

[cpreefguy]

LOL, doesnt everything? :)
That is a killer system, LMK if you ever need any help with it.

[cpreefguy]

Well done good sir.

[::pete::]

Hey there doesnt seem to be enough room for the corals ;) ... looking good!! Now finish it up and submit for TOTM!!

[falcondob]

LOL, doesnt everything? :)
That is a killer system, LMK if you ever need any help with it.

Man, I have to ditto that. Great job, Brian. Something to very proud of. You, Pete, and Dan do great work!!!
John

[brieman]

Look's really good Brian, I,m just got back from Home Depot and starting to plumb in my new dual beckett. Goodbye seaclone

Brian

[falcondob]

Yeah be prepared to visit Home Depot a few more times before you're done...Ive been about 15 times :roll :innocent

Fifteen times! Rookie! I have been there 15 times in one week. (I am the village idiot, however.)

[::pete::]

I hear you there!!! I well my wife made several hundred trips when I was plumbing my system and when they were out at one store would hit another and another ... plumbing sucks unless you have a van full of parts outside!!!

[carlinsa]

... plumbing sucks unless you have a van full of parts outside!!!




I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

[LoneStar]

when plumbing you just have to stand in the pvc isle at HD with a blank stare on your face as you run through the whole system in your head trying to decide how many and which parts to get :ph34r

[::pete::]

Then its Sunday and they close @ 6-7 and you are stuck until after work on Monday!!!

[brewercm]

After my last trip (probably 20th) the other day I just decided to by a cr@p load of extra stuff I might need and just keep the receipt. Maybe just easier that way, of course now I'll need to make a run to Lowes for something.

[carlinsa]

heres how i do it......as if anyone cares.......


when it comes to a tank plumbing i am anal about it. i draw out my tank and the sump and then draw out what i want and how i want it to look and how it needs to function. and by doing this you can cut trips down SO MUCH. my tank was a one trip job. plus yes i buy at least 6 of each thing more than i need.

[::pete::]

and .... your a plumber!!! We can tell by the crack :lol

[carlinsa]

haha no i make sure to pull the pants up before i bend. cant stand the crack plumber :D

[carlinsa]

brian look at your posts number HAHA

[NaCl_H2O]

Looks great Brian ... to this day they still hide when I go onto the PVC isle at HD or Lowe's ... and the guys a True Value cringe a little too ;)

[C.Mydas]

WOOHOO!!! Its up and running!!! The water is in, the system is running and best of all there are no leaks!!!!!!! :w00t

Now for the fun part...transfering everything over (tomorrow) :cry

[::pete::]

Glad to hear it!!

[::pete::]

Save some room!!!

[falcondob]

WOOHOO!!! Its up and running!!! The water is in, the system is running and best of all there are no leaks!!!!!!! :w00t

Now for the fun part...transfering everything over (tomorrow) :cry

Congrats Brian!

[LoneStar]

yeah lets see those pics after all the coral, fish, and all those snails are in there :pics

[garagebrian]

Looking good! Question, on your plumbing it looks like you have a flexible PVC tubing and then use regular PVC angles to attach them, did you use PVC cement to glue them together and did it work well?

B.

[C.Mydas]

Brian is no longer allowed to associate with ~Pete~ :lol Pete mentioned that he has used a lighter to burn off apstasia before so a little lightbulb goes off in Brians head and I walk in to discover this....

http://greenmako.smugmug.com/photos/29962350-L.jpg

Hopefully it works, but if not at least he had fun and got some retribution.

(BTW- TexasTodd you are on probation...Whats this I hear of running numerous stop lights??? :lol )

JK of course I love all of our MAAST friends but ya'll are crazy!!! :lol :lol

We've got fish, rock, and coral in the tank. Pete and Brian are putting the lights in now and we'll post pics later. :D :D

[SaltyJim]

that must've smelled great ! :sick

at least he still has the fingerprints on that hand....right?

[CD]

so a little lightbulb goes off in Brians head and I walk in to discover this....


ROTFLMAO - Oh girl - I can't stop laughing - thanks for that pic too. So what's for dinner - grilled aptasia? :lol

W. :)

[C.Mydas]

that must've smelled great ! :sick

at least he still has the fingerprints on that hand....right?

I was worried about the smell too, but it actually didnt smell. Then again the whole house smelled like acro so maybe we just couldnt smell it ;)

[garagebrian]

Yup I used Primmer and PVC glue, it works just like regular pvc, no problems ;)

Thanks for the response! I'm redoing my plumbing and this will save me some cash :)

B.

[LoneStar]

where did you get that hose at? HD OR LOWES??

i'm going to need 1/2" ID and 3/4" ID

[ansonluna]

that looks really nice. i'm sorry, i didn't pay attention before, what size tank is that?

[thedude]

Brian,

You worried about the Euroreef being plumbed externally and overflowing all over the place? I personally have fed something that made my skimmer go crazy and dump into my sump and would be deathly afraid that one day I wouldn't have cleaned it yet and the stupid thing would overflow smelly smelly stuff all over my floor.

PS: My skimmer is a Euroreef 6-2

[thedude]

Yeah mine overflows too quickly and with too much water pressure in the neck so the 6-2 blows water out the top like no ones business. I'm glad to hear that Euroreef solved that problem actually... makes me think I need a new Euroreef!

[thedude]

The pipe has the gateflow mod on it and is also 1.5 inches. When it's goes nuts or the valve is way too closed, some water will drain back into the tank but most of it goes out the top. Maybe the diameter of your neck has something to do with it? Who knows or maybe it's the height as mine isn't nearly as tall as yours. I also puchased this one used and is about two years old now ;)