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Well as most of my local reef club know. I have been changing around tanks over the last year. I had a established 180 that I ended up selling due to selling my home.
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I started a 75 gallon reef to keep myself in the hobby as I had my house for sale and a 75 would be easy to move. Here is a pic of stand I was built for the 75

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Well long story short we ended up not selling the house and deciding to stay. So my wife wanted a place she could sit and view the tank from so I built a bar

Before
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After
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Well a few months later my wife tells me she really does not like the tank and that she misses the 180. So now here I am again changing tanks. [emoji37] it's been a roller coaster of ups and downs in the hobby the last few months as I seen I have spent more time working taking stuff down just to put it back together. Well now that you know my reef life story here is my build thread

For my lighting I found a 10 bulb ATI fixture that I really like. I was trying to find a spectra light but they are so hard to find. So for now ATI it is.
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Now for rock work I really wanted to do something way different than what I was use to. I wanted a floating style reef with Tonga branches. I feel as it will be a good look with mostly SPS. So I just started putting the rock work together
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I'm placing everything together with zip ties and then cement and epoxy.

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Well cut all zip ties and added some more pieces and move things around (after dropping the structure [emoji24]) what a pain it is to glue and epoxy this stuff together. So I think this is what my final look will be
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Ah yes, the things we do for the women we love right? Haha

Looking forward to this build
 
Thanks

Well I ran into a problem with my build. I want a synergy overflow but ran out of space behind the tank. So talking to wife about moving bar but she wanted to cut wall [emoji15] so here I go
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Well as most of my local reef club know. I have been changing around tanks over the last year. I had a established 180 that I ended up selling due to selling my home.
b7ce45a46c865f5c7440c0641ca26eae.jpg


I started a 75 gallon reef to keep myself in the hobby as I had my house for sale and a 75 would be easy to move. Here is a pic of stand I was built for the 75

094db3003f705f4aae7364a5ee00c285.jpg


Well long story short we ended up not selling the house and deciding to stay. So my wife wanted a place she could sit and view the tank from so I built a bar

Before
a584137112652740e95126b7dd18806f.jpg


After
1fadfdacfb5de66629e26d705f0388f4.jpg


cfc07ac5c18d0c0e5b075d8c1575d0ea.jpg


Well a few months later my wife tells me she really does not like the tank and that she misses the 180. So now here I am again changing tanks. [emoji37] it's been a roller coaster of ups and downs in the hobby the last few months as I seen I have spent more time working taking stuff down just to put it back together. Well now that you know my reef life story here is my build thread

For my lighting I found a 10 bulb ATI fixture that I really like. I was trying to find a spectra light but they are so hard to find. So for now ATI it is.
62369b9d1149c9e1392a81aff26906d3.jpg


Now for rock work I really wanted to do something way different than what I was use to. I wanted a floating style reef with Tonga branches. I feel as it will be a good look with mostly SPS. So I just started putting the rock work together
796e287d7034f072dfee2c570414a2ac.jpg


I'm placing everything together with zip ties and then cement and epoxy.

88fc3928218ff9ce3e06252f5af873dd.jpg



Well cut all zip ties and added some more pieces and move things around (after dropping the structure [emoji24]) what a pain it is to glue and epoxy this stuff together. So I think this is what my final look will be
019bcb994bb969a39a15643aa9c6fb6e.jpg

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I like this! I haven't read the whole thread, but what cement are you using?
 
I'm using hydraulic cement, JB weld 2 part epoxy and 100 tie straps to hold together while glueing
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%

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