START 210 GAL. BUILD THREAD

[RICKY81]

Nice! Good to know we have some good carpenters. Did you choose the design or did they just figure the shelves would serve good purpose?

My dad knows a carpenter he hires to make our cabinets and our desks but I don't know if it's the same guy. I think that guy is near HWY 35 going down Saunders... I THINK it's near by Sam's Liquor Store.

But good to know... I'm thinking about getting a bigger tank. You've motivated me. lol Until I get my own place though. Hopefully by then I'll be able to put things together without a problem. By that I mean all the tubing.

well i went through a company to have my stand made (didn't want to have any problems with anyone). I chose the design, and color of the stand, i took them a picture for them to customize it and they were suppose to have made it the same but they lacked some stuff in the design, but over all i was very happy with the end results, you can't really appreciate the job, material and cuts that were made through pictures... Well as far as the tubing i pretty much learned how to do it myself,it took me a long time but that is how you will learn, cuting here and there, then no too long/short and making several trips to home depot/Lowes. after you know exactly how your water is going to flow and what equipment you will be using then it should be better to figure it out.

well yeah everyone pretty much change their tanks more than once, they either upgrade or downgrade. as for me i upgraded, but still plan on maybe upgrading even to a bigger tank later in the future... well since there aren't too many of use "reefers" here locally in Laredo, you can always count on me for any help. if not here in maast there are alot of nice, talented and knowledgable people that are always willing to help. just ask many questions and you will learn by asking. everyday there is something new that comes up.

[txav8r]

That stand is really impressive! I'm sure it looks better in person. The side cabinet is and awesome idea. Did you come up with that?

[RICKY81]

That stand is really impressive! I'm sure it looks better in person. The side cabinet is and awesome idea. Did you come up with that?

honestly the quality, cuts, and paintings of the stand look bettter in person. i was very impressed with the end product. you know how in some you can see where the wood is not really that smooth and the corners are just not right, well in this one its almost hard to find the edges and were the wood is joined..... as far as the side cabinet i got the idea off another picture of some stands, that i saw in the internet, the stand had drawers under the bottom portion of the stand, but you could see them through the front, and that is what i didn't want, and since in my kitchen i have one cabinet just for my fish stuff, i figured well why not make one as part of the stand so when i spoke to the carpenter i asked him if it was possible and well now you see it there....

[blindside]

nice build! that stand and canopy came out nice! nice add of the storage compartment on the stand too.

[RICKY81]

nice build! that stand and canopy came out nice! nice add of the storage compartment on the stand too.

Thanks for the compliment

[mabel_photo6]

Thanks Ricky81, I'm really glad to have found another "reefer" in Laredo.
I'm guessing you know how to frag as well?
I'm totally new to all of it and I've been trying to learn how to frag before I actually do it.

I can't post it on it's own thread but I have a Finger Leather Coral that's growing like crazy! I'm about to give a piece away to this other local reefer but I hardly know him. Gabe or Gabriel? A friend of mine said it was his brother in law.

[RICKY81]

Thanks Ricky81, I'm really glad to have found another "reefer" in Laredo.
I'm guessing you know how to frag as well?
I'm totally new to all of it and I've been trying to learn how to frag before I actually do it.

yeah i have fragged a few stuff here in there but still learning with the zoas/palys, have picked up a few tricks from MAAST members... it's pretty cool. So yeah when ever you want just let me know and i can help you..

Gabe and myself are good reefer friends, he has helped me out alot when my 75gal tank crashed and half of my coral died.... we help out eachother by giving eachother small frags to get it going in our tanks, this past sunday he gave me a very nice, medium size coral, and i gave him 3 small frags of sps...so it's always good to have reefer friends, to help eachother out.

[OrionN]

The tank looking good and coming along fine. I would really try to take that damsel out of the tank.

[mabel_photo6]

Good to know. Well I have that Finger Leather coral as I mentioned before that had been pushed off the rock. Thing grows pretty fast! I think there's another piece about to be shoved off the rock. They're very selfish with the light. lol

The day that my boyfriend and I visit your place, I'll take that coral with me to hand it over to Gabe.