mwheeler Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Got a 27 gallon cube and a sump from tenderfoot yesterday (thanks for the good deal). Here is what I have got done today. Then I started on the stand. I forgot to take pictures most of the time but here is when the stand is framed. I had allot of 2x6's laying around so I used them. And here it is skinned sanded and stained. I left some of the primer that was on the boards I used to skin it (more left overs laying around) so that it would have this look after staining. Tommorow I am hoping to get the hood built and finish cleaning out the tank,sump, and equipment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Looks great and if you ever need to you could use that as a jack stand for a semi truck that is one rock solid stand! Good work and I like th finish. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwheeler Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 This is my first tank stand so I wanted to be sure lol. And my wife was nervous about it being strong enough. So I just went for broke lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenderfoot Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Wow this is looking great bud! Keep the updates coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwheeler Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Well I got the stand and hood complete. Me and my wife did the transfer from my 40b today and she did a amazing job stacking the rocks for me. It was hard since most of them have coral on them already. The hood and stand dont match very well but its what I get for building this out of wood laying around my shop. The only things I had to buy for this were screws and sand paper. Here is it after I got he plumbing done. After we were done. Still cloudy here. Clearing up And some of the stuff that I have in it. And here is what it looks like from my chair. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenderfoot Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 That is looking great bud! transfer looks to have gone very smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwheeler Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yea everything went good. Even talked my wife into letting me get new sand. She just wanted to be the one to pick it. I think she chose well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwheeler Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 I haven't posted in a while so I figured I would post an update on the tank. Its filled out a little bit. The view from my chair. Full tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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