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  1. T-4 days until the glass arrives

    by , 11-22-2010 at 12:53 PM (T.I.B.E.T (The Incredibly Big Expensive Tank))
    So its another nasty cold winter day here in town, we have some beautiful blowing snow, and some -30 weather. We kept busy, and warm, this past weekend by making one last trip to the dump, cleaning up the floor, getting all of our insulation into the tank room, and getting our blue board up. I also realized this morning that I forgot to buy a door for the tank room. I to buy one sooner rather then later I think.

    The glass arrives on Friday, it will just be the tank glass for now. ...

    Updated 11-23-2010 at 07:20 AM by michika (Adding in photos)

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  2. The Marineland 400g is level

    And like that, the tank is now level. I ran up to Home Depot and bought some 2" flat aluminum stock. An 8' stick was $17.50, and I cut it up into 6" sections with a jigsaw using a metal-cutting blade.







    The aluminum is 1/8" thick. ...
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  3. That quickie picture today was merely a teaser

    Today, when I went out to the garage to work on getting the wall insulation installed, I was greeted with a big wet spot coming out from under the garage door. I thought I'd gotten this taken care of last night, but it turns out that I was wrong.



    Here's that faucet, a simple one with a quarter-turn to shut it off quickly.



    The leak ...
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  4. The 400g Marineland tank unveiled

  5. Working around the Marineland 400g tank

    Now that the tank is here, I'm able to get more of the fishroom completed. You'd think the tank would be in the way, but without it on site, it is nearly impossible to finalize the room that surrounds it.

    Last week, more wiring was completed. Then the 265g water container was brought in so the last wall could be studded up.



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