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A while back I had given it some thought into two access holes for it. But, I really just want a nice clean trimmed out appearance.

What about some nifty thing that fits on the wall but flips up or folds down to give you a walkboard? I've used the step ladder occasionally, but I L.O.V.E my walkboard for anything more than feeding.

No, I plan to just use small step ladder

Will you have access to use the walkboard from the front?

Looks fantastic. I can assure you that tank is twice as heavy as your estimate. Mine weighed in at 1158lbs on the pallet.

awesome awesome awesome! that deep sand looks great!

Blake, I ordered mine awhile back, they have a crazy turn around on them so it is best to order yours now and that way you will get yours as soon as they come in. The guys at Premium Aquatics are awesome.

The sump is being built by Marc and he said it should ship today or Monday. I have the stuff ordered for most of the plumbing and the light rack. I still have to figure out how I want to hang the rack. I have to get my AC guys to move the mister slim unit from the old house to this house as the ambient temp in the garage is nearing 85 daily. My temp tank is getting up to 83.5 f daily when it should be staying at 79.1.

I have 200 gallons of water cooking in the poly and when that has settled down I will throw that in the 300g so I can make another batch. i guess I should be able to get away with just having a Vortech on the 300g to keep the water from getting stale.

The sad news is that my wife (teacher) is not set up for a 12month pay cycle so we are going to have to pinch pennies over the summer til she goes back to work. This is her first year back to work after having the kids and she didn't realize she had to set up the 12month thing through the bank in NC now. They do not offer the 12month pay here anymore. However since I already have most everthing the tank should not be affected, just adding new additions will be affected.

Awesome...where'd you get the reef flakes...every time I look at premium aquatics they're out of stock

YES! I am getting excited for you I can't wait to see what happens next I have turned my attention away from watching Hatfields and McCoys to now watching your tank progression on the edge of my seat and throwing out pictures of beer with the tank just makes me thirsty, lol. so what is your timeline for completion? are you just waiting on the sump to hook up the plumbing and get the cycle started or do you still have lots of equipment needed?

things are coming along great very cool to see it come together !

lol, I will see what I can do.

so I am crossing my fingers that every day for a little bit something new happens so we get more progression pictures

I am very excited for you MidNight!

Awesome...well except for the chip. Hopefully someone with more experience will be able to say that chip isn't a problem.

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Awesome! Remember, lots of pictures for those of us that can only dream of a tank that size.

I got composit shims at Home Depot.

They actually fully silicone the black teeth panel into place. But even if they didn't I would not worry about something like that for two reasons. First, I would think the initial p[pressure of water on that panel would not allow large debris to get in there. Second, if there were water flowing through there then as long as there is flow is is just a dark refugium.

Curious on how that black side panel is attached? Only by four edges? Water will eventually displace between the two pieces. As water goes through teeth into overflow, do you have a concern that once debris works between it and glass that it will cause problems with all the things that can grow in our overflow?