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The 400g has landed in Fort Worth, Texas
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, 11-05-2010 at 05:50 AM (15250 Views)
As you knew, today was the day my new reef tank was to be delivered. By 5 p.m. I had a number of friends waiting with me for the semi truck's arrival. Prior to that, I did get a little more work done. Sheetrock on the ceiling over where the tank would be, at least.
The flooring was cleared out and a couple of spots were whittled dow a bit to get things smoother.
A 3/4" sheet of plywood was cut to size to fit on top of the stand and was painted with flat black exterior paint.
This double stick tape will hold the plywood in place during the tank's placement on the stand.
With the wide opening, we brought in the powdercoated stand that has been waiting on the back porch since September.
The tape was applied to the surface.
The red film was removed and the plywood was adhered to the tape.
As we waited...
At last, around 6:30pm the truck pulled up. Temperature outside was 55 F.
The crate is my tank. The forklift on the back of the truck was somewhat fascinating to us, both how it was offloaded from the truck and how easily it handled the aquarium move to my garage door opening.
The crate was easily disassembled with two cordless drills, removing a couple of hundred screws.
This video is As Is, as I couldn't get it to load into Vegas Pro for some reason.
And the tank is in place. It was pretty heavy, but the eight of us were able to get it on the stand.
The pink foam was re-secured to the walls to keep the cold garage air out of the living room. Now that the tank is in place, it will be easier to get the rest of the fishroom construction completed. Without the tank, it was guesswork for where to put wiring but now it is much easier to get things set up the best way possible.
This is a Marineland 400g custom tank: 84" x 36" x 30" with an external overflow at one end.
Criss-cross euro-bracing reinforces the top perimeter.
A big thank you to everyone that was willing to come out, brave the cold wind and lift this beast with me. I'm very appreciative of your assistance, and could NOT have done it without your help.
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