My 75 Gallon, Start to Finish....

[Tonyscoots84]

will def. do

 

[griMReefer]

man you coulda made a sweet fish room down there. wish i have a basement...keep the updates coming

totally, did you see that nice ceramic floor? this guy is a perfectionist!!!
hats off to ya tony!!!

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks grim.... :smokin: :icon16: :thanks:

 

[masterswimmer]

Perfectionist and smart too. Tony knows there might, just might, maybe be just one drop of water that spills. So at least it drips onto the tile, not carpet. But that one drop PROBABLY won't even spill.......right Tony :yo:

Heyfugedaboudit an dontchuworryboudnuthin, ye hea

master

 

[Tonyscoots84]

hahahaha thanks for the kind words russ....... this is yo co masta signing off....

 

[Tonyscoots84]

here are the pics of the stand me and the pops have been building.. on 2/20/06 the sides top and bottom plywoods are going to get screwed in.. the front will be cut for the doors and then trim put on and then painted.. almost done with that... what do u guys think so far..

the 1st pic is what i drew to get an idea of what i wanted to do (by the way i changed the measurments up so dont go by them.......)

 

[masterswimmer]

Looks nice Tony. If you don't mind me making a suggestion though. I'm glad I caught you at this stage, no harm done.

When you attach your bracing (you have them drawn in horizontal), attach them at 45 degrees. Top of one corner to the bottom of the opposite corner. Otherwise, the way you have it, the stand can still rack (twist).

Russ

 

[Tonyscoots84]

good idea russ i will do tom. when i do the other stuff. thanks for the suggestion...

 

[ctxmonitor]

if i could suggest something also is to try to remove the front center brace. I think you could easily add one or two 2x4 on top to make it not bow and have an open front.

its alot easily in the future if you want ot upgrade sump, equipment, etc..

 

[Tonyscoots84]

yea good idea.. thanks ctx...

 

[Tonyscoots84]

here is the skimmer running in freshwater a second time just to make sure all bad stuff gets washed away never can be too safe...


and a pic of my mag 9.5 after a freshwater test run.. (pretty powerful for a small pump...

 

[noodleman]

looks good tony...now stick it in a 10gal and tell me if it fits:sgrin:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

hahahaha will do when im getting ready for the move... ohh by the way whos comming down to help with the move....:scratchch :scratchch :lol: :thanks:

 

[noodleman]

if its after april 22 then i'll help

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ummm alvin do u actually think i have the patience to wait anylonger then like the end of this week... the answer to what i just said is hell no... i wanna get this tank up and running faster then they put up mcdonalds...

 

[Tonyscoots84]

but thanks for the offer......

 

[noodleman]

ummm alvin do u actually think i have the patience to wait anylonger then like the end of this week... the answer to what i just said is hell no... i wanna get this tank up and running faster then they put up mcdonalds...

lolz...dont your mean starbucks...mcdonalds dont pop up as often anymore l_large: :groupflip :Starwars: :fishhit:

haha look at all these new smilies

 

[Tonyscoots84]

wow wen did they add those...:givemebee :iamwithst :help: :bunnies: (hahaha this one is great)

 

[masterswimmer]

Tony, what the heck are you doing >>>> :tub:
Gotta luv these new smilies :eek2:

master

 

[noodleman]

:Thinkingo :type: :goldfish: :cyclops: whats this last one