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Old 07-23-2005, 09:57 AM   #1
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DIY stand, hood, etc. Check it out!!!


I have attached a few pics of my tank which i have had set up for about a year. I thinks its pretty good for a low budget teenager who loves fish. Actually im going to Eckerd college for Marine Bio. My senior year in high school In my woods class i built the stand and hood. The stand is solid oak, has panelled sides, panelled doors, and two pull out drawers, and the tank is inset into the stand. The hinged board on the hood is very warped but im going to replace it soon. Also, in the hood I took an old computer power supply and some computer fans and did some electrical work and put the fans in the hood and now i have fan-cooled lights.

Other tank specs, 6 powerheads (diff sizes) a large protein skimmer (on the left), 2, 24in flourescents, 1, 4ft flourescent, a hang on filter. All the pumps are kind of ugly, i tried building a large sump that was to go in my closet but that failed.

Fish- maroon clown, 2 striped damsels, blue tang, and a bannerfish. chocalate chip star, 5 small hermits, and other random snails.

I had a cool angler fish but i moved it to my other tank after it ate a damsel. in that tank there is the angler, large damsel, and some hermits, anenome, cleaner shrimp, ad coral banded shrimp, and a starfish.

So anywho, I'd greatly appreciate advice, compliments, feedback from you guys. Thanks for you time. oh sorry about small pic size.
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Old 07-23-2005, 10:15 AM   #2
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You are welcome and I wish the pictures were bigger. Looks very nice
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Old 07-23-2005, 12:50 PM   #3
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The stand and canopy looks really nice!!!

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Old 07-23-2005, 03:56 PM   #4
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From the small pictures it looks fine.
didn't you post this a while back?

found it..
did you do any more to the tank?
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Old 07-23-2005, 04:16 PM   #5
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It's hard to see everything is to small but without using a microscope it looks good.
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Old 07-23-2005, 05:47 PM   #6
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Good job on the wood work!
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Old 07-23-2005, 06:35 PM   #7
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Looks Great!!
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Old 07-23-2005, 10:26 PM   #8
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Thanks for the compliments. yes i did post awhile back but the thread got cancelled for some reason and i didn't get to read any of the replies. anyone got advice?
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