Tank Entry

hello i thought i would update everyone on my build progress.

my sand came in today i ordered 75lbs of fiji pink from carib sea, yesterday i finished my plumbing up and i filled the closed loop intake line up with water to sorta leak test it so far so good we will find out for sure when its running. and right now my tank is being filled up with ro water it should be done some time tomorrow and ill start heating the water and testing the closed loop then ill get my salt mixed in. ...

Major construction finished, I'm moving on to fit and finish. Next up is electrical. Last iteration of this tank had a power strip velcro'd to the inside of the stand and lighting on an analog timer. That was not going to fly for the revised version. I started by installing outdoor grade PVC conduit. I installed a double gang box for outlets and a single gang box for a switch that would control one of the two outlets.


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As I continued my rebuild, I wanted to change the stand to hide the additional plumbing that was being added. I had extended the base of the stand to provide extra room for the sump, and that needed hiding as well. I had an idea that it would be possibly to add a vertical board to cover the sides. This would necessitate extending the canopy as well, which was not going to be an easy task. I would need to change how the canopy was hinged. Here is what I came up with.

I extended the ...