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03-24-2006, 03:09 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Carrollton
Posts: 28
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I'd Like to introduce myself
Hey everyone my name Is Nick and i have been in the saltwater hobby for about 9 months now with a 20H reef tank. Being in college has been problematic for my tanks but i now live in a house at school where i can finally keep stable conditions so i bought a new tank today 
30g oceanic cube, now i was wondering who locally will drill this tank, i am home from spring break and i live in alpharetta, please let me know as soon as possible because i head back to school on sunday, thanks Nick
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03-24-2006, 03:51 PM
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A Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Atlanta (Doraville), Ga
Posts: 415
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is that a jeep?
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taking a sabbatical from reefing 
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03-24-2006, 04:05 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Carrollton
Posts: 28
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yes that is my 1945 Ford GPW WW2 Jeep
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03-24-2006, 04:06 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Smyrna, GA
Posts: 264
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Capuccino Bay drills tanks. They're great people.
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03-24-2006, 04:09 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 871
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beauty of a tank, welcome to TRT!!! cant help ya with the drilling question tho, but if cap bay does it, I'ld go there, they are great people and have wonderful selection of corals.
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03-24-2006, 04:13 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Canton, GA
Posts: 210
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The bottom is tempered on the 30 cubes so you won't be able to drill the bottom. You will have to drill the back. I have the tools to drill holes for 1" bulkheads but, as you will find with others, I can make no guarantee that the tank will not break in the process. Hole drilling is typically done at the tank owners risk.
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03-24-2006, 04:21 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Posts: 789
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I have had several tanks drilled with no problems. The last one I had drilled was at the recommendation of the Avairium by some guy in Gwinnett. I appologize but it has been some time ago and I can not be more specific. It was a little scary, but the endresult was a perfect hole with no damage to the tank. I think the key is just taking it slow, proper coolinng/lubriication and a little skill.
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03-24-2006, 04:25 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,610
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Welcome to TRT Nick
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03-24-2006, 04:34 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Carrollton
Posts: 28
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I called up Capp Bay, they want $25 a hole but i think it might be well worth it for the peace of mind of not doing it myself so the tank will go to them tommorow, im still debating how many holes i want to drill, i know 1-1" in the center of the back for the overflow and i dont know about the CLS, can anyone help out?
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03-24-2006, 07:03 PM
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Aquatic Equestrian
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 328
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Nick -
Welcome! Where are you going to school?
Margi
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03-24-2006, 07:25 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Carrollton
Posts: 28
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Going to the University of West Ga, im a junior there
i really need to join the club, im too much of a procrastonator!
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03-24-2006, 08:44 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Carrollton
Posts: 28
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So i just got an email reply from First class aquatics and am going to order my overflow from them, also i am inquiring about their eurobracing CSL Top. Heres a pic of it.
Im going to go with 1 1" hole in the center for the overflow and another hole near the bottom for the intake of the CLS |
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03-24-2006, 09:38 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Posts: 2,995
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Originally Posted by DeltaChiNick
Going to the University of West Ga, im a junior there
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Awesome! I'm a West GA Alumni myself. Spent 5 years at UWG and graduated in the spring of 2000. It was called West GA College my first year, then changed to SUWG, but I guess they didn't wanna be called sewage anymore. 
I miss that place!! Eat at the The Border and party at The Mansion for me!! Good times, good times. 
What are you studying?
Nice tank btw. Let us know how the drilling works out for ya and DO join ARC when ya can.
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03-24-2006, 09:56 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Carrollton
Posts: 28
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oh boy, u need to come back and visit its crazy, 13,000 students, football stadium being built, huge new student center, possible greek row in 2 years, liquor stores now are legal, new bars opening up, new bar called rum runner run by Ace from the real world, its unreal, Party time in carrollton and people are actually staying in carrollton on the weekends.
oh yea im studying political science
We are not the Braves anymore either we are the West Georgia Wolves
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03-24-2006, 10:07 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Posts: 2,995
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Wow- that's amazing! Huge changes- I used to hate the weekends there- I'd be one of the few left. Good to hear great stuff happening over there- very cool! Can't believe they sell liquor- u just can't have a dry college town and maybe those locals realized that. Took 'em long enuff.
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