And so it begins again

gmoney243 · Feb 24, 2016

Going to be tight getting cycled and rdy by swap time

renwah · Feb 24, 2016

That wood is gonna look good stained. Nice grain to it

fishdoc11 · Feb 24, 2016

gmoney243 said:
Going to be tight getting cycled and rdy by swap time

I have had the 30 going for 2 years so it's technically an upgrade and should be ready to go the day I transfer all the rock and corals. I have some new rock cycling that I will add as well. I did want to have it setup for a few weeks before the swap though. A few is turning into a couple. I would REALLY be getting nervous if I was starting from scratch

gmoney243 · Feb 24, 2016

fishdoc11 said:
I have had the 30 going for 2 years so it's technically an upgrade and should be ready to go the day I transfer all the rock and corals. I have some new rock cycling that I will add as well. I did want to have it setup for a few weeks before the swap though. A few is turning into a couple. I would REALLY be getting nervous if I was starting from scratch

Yea why i started at end of the year hopefullu be all rdy by then [emoji1]

cee · Feb 25, 2016

You gonna paint or stain the stand? If staining you might want to pre-treat the wood since you have a mixture of what appears to be maple and pine in there. They will both absorb the stain differently.

fishdoc11 · Feb 25, 2016

cee said:
You gonna paint or stain the stand? If staining you might want to pre-treat the wood since you have a mixture of what appears to be maple and pine in there. They will both absorb the stain differently.

Birch plywood with pine stain. Not sure but I am leaning towards stain at the moment. I will keep that in mind, thanks Dave!
Chris

cee · Feb 25, 2016

Ah, birch and pine should stain similarly. I thought the ply was maple. Let us know how it turns out.

fishdoc11 · Feb 25, 2016

I meant pine trim, not pine stain. But I think you got that

I will post pics of the progress. Got holes puttied and started cutting out the top for overflows. Realized I need to finally break down and buy an oscillating tool, oh darn

kingrl2 · Feb 26, 2016

fishdoc11 said:
Realized I need to finally break down and buy an oscillating tool, oh darn

Dang, I hate when that happens

fishdoc11 · Feb 26, 2016

renwah said:
That wood is gonna look good stained. Nice grain to it

Thanks, I hope so. I did my last one in oak. Wanted something a little more subtle this time

fishdoc11 · Feb 28, 2016

Tank fits, always good when that happens

Got myself a new oscillating tool too.

fishdoc11 · Feb 28, 2016

Looks like I have everything that I can think of that I need to plumb it. I guess saving the 32 bazzilion PVC fittings I have saved all these years finally came in handy.

gmoney243 · Feb 28, 2016

Nice work

kingrl2 · Feb 29, 2016

Looking good

fishdoc11 · Mar 5, 2016

3 coats on the inside today and got the doors made. It's about at this point in all these projects that I seriously question my sanity.

fishdoc11 · Mar 10, 2016

Put the final coat on the stand today. I think it turned out pretty well. I'm going to wait to put the doors on till I get it setup in the house. Hopefully I will have the tank and sump filled with fresh water with pumps running this weekend for leak testing.