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So i am on my way downtown Connecticut today to pick up a 400g tank and my previous biggest tank was 125 so i need some recommendations on Skimmers, pumps, calcium reactors, Bio pellet reactors etc for a tank this size...... its 72x36x36 fyi.

Hey so I have a question I need some help with regarding floor support for a second story tank. I am curious peoples thoughts on max size of a tank that can be kept on a conventional framed floor. My house is about 5 years old and I plan to put a tank in my bedroom which is over the garage. The tank will be spanning multiple joists and will be against an outside gable end wall. Any thoughts on the max size I SHOULD put there WITHOUT any additional floor supports in the garage underneath. I have ...

Well I sat down with my receipts and came up with the cost so far for this build. I have spent more money then absolutely necessary, but I wanted to experiment with some things, I had to buy some tools, and I bought some items in bulk because I know I will be building more of these. So I am just basically going to give you the break down of all the things I have used on this project.

Tools:
Soldering Iron Adjustable from 20W to 50W $20.99 Radioshack
Electrical Pliers ...

I've been wicked busy lately so I havent been able to work on the LED pendant much. But the last couple days i made some progress so here are a couple pics and a video!


Here is a prototype cap for the fixture. Im using an eye hook and 1/16" cable to hang the pendant. I have a double pole rocker switch in the cap that turns the LED and the fan on together so they are either both on or off. I thought about separate switches but figured when am I ...

Here are a couple of pics of the paint job I did today.

This is the housing paint job and the hasps I painted as well.

Shot of the business end painted.

So i still have to finish the end where the hanger and the cords are attached. I am not real confident in the paint job. I feel like it will scratch very easily. Wondering if I could spray some polyacrylic or something on as a topcoat.... maybe even clearcoat ...