My new 140g

[txfatcat]

Well please forgive the pictures but here we go. Picked up the new tank from Derek last friday and have been busy ever since.  First couple of pictures are the frame. Yes its overbuilt but I hate having to redo things and made it a little wider to accomodate a 24 inch wide tank. Picture show it coming along and the top, sides and bottom being skinned. I have not trimmed out the front, doors or edges yet as I have to get this thing going.  

Plumbing in a drain and a return for the ehiem 2260 on the bottom center. I raised the drain side a little higher as not to draw in sand.   I will be hiding this with a few pieces of  well placed holey rock.

I will be also adding a rena fx4 to water polish as its still a little cloudy right at the moment.

The lighting is the T-5 unit. I decided to stay away from pendent lighting or a serious halide system because this tank will only be here for so long until it goes to the new house. The light that I picked up tonight is more than enough and has the timers fans and all so is simplifies everything.



This will be the new troph tank and want to thank everyone for all the help and input so far

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn270/txfatcat/?action=view&current=30b56f49.pbw

Tell me what ya think.

[J-WS6]

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nice work chris. keep us updated as things come along. chimbas are looking good too

J

[armthehomeless]

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Looks nice so far! Congrats on your new setup. Looks like a very sturdy stand.

[CichlidFan]

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Outstanding job on the stand, and the tank looks just like mine, I love it.... :)

Do keep us up to date on the progress over the days ahead.

CF

[Zulaab]

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Chris,

Glad I could turn you on to this awesome tank :)  I cannot wait to see fish and rock etc in the tank :)  I know you will be amazed by the fish that are going in there :)  Again Congrats on the awesome looking tank :)

[supaflyz]

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Impressive!!! Wish I know how to build stuff like that.

[Delock]

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damn bro.....your stand is awesome.

Petros would look nice in thier lol.

[eklikewhoa]

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Looks like you're off to a good start!

[rrocket2002]

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Great Stand!  Off to a great start.

[geoff_tropheus]

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I'd like to place a order for a stand, what a really nice stand! :emtthumbs:

I wish I knew Derek had a cherry Oak 140, kinda looking for one myself.

I cannot tell from the photos, but I sure hope you have put yourself some kind of isolation between canister and the tank.

What stain did you use?  It looks really nice.

Geoff

[jetchanic]

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damn that stand looks heavy as hell.  very nice looking though.  like you said better to overdue it then underdue it.  let me know when the new fishies come in i would like to come and see them.

[txfatcat]

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Geoff,  
Good call. You must be referring to a shut off valve on the drain and return. I thought about this after and have come up with a plan to put one in before I load with fish. I am going to thread a cap in from the top long enough to drain the lines and put the valves in.
I currently have about $75 into it. It’s stained with cherry and sealed with plasti-cote. I have built other furniture in the past and the stuff is impervious to water and will not spot or leave rings. After trimming out the front, I will probably have about $125 into it or so.   Oak is stupid expensive.

You guys are correct in that it is overbuilt but I have children running around and I wanted to make sure that under hurricane conditions I could hide under it…

[J-WS6]

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soo..which trophs are you puttin' in here?

[finfan]

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love that stand, are you taking orders?

keep us posted with progress

[Zulaab]

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I wish I knew Derek had a cherry Oak 140, kinda looking for one myself.

Geoff.. the tank was the 140g ADG tank from the warehouse.  You saw it when you went there for the garage sale... unless you didnt ask Derek where it was.  (it was back where the eheim 2213/17's where at)

I just told Chris about it because he was looking for something around 5ft/6ft range that I recalled this tank didnt sell, and I figured that Derek could still sell it, as long as the tank was still available.