spspirates 150 gallon build

falconerr · May 26, 2015

Isn't Jim running them in some of his tanks. If so has he seen any stress?

kschweer · May 26, 2015

Looks great man! Really seems like the colors are coming back. Everything is filling in nicely.

KoleTang · May 26, 2015

Hey Andy, looks like the tank is coming along nicely.

I saw earlier in the thread you were talking about using a color stain on the stand, did you end up using something else?

TJ's Reef said:
Andy, great job on stand and paint color chosen. You could always do a little glazing on the trim pieces and applique for that added touch. there are some nice and easy metallic glazes that would really set off the Key-lime Green.

Cheers, Todd

Todd, do you know what name this product is sold as? Sounds interesting.

SeahorseKeeper · May 26, 2015

Looking great!!

spspirate · May 26, 2015

falconerr said:
Isn't Jim running them in some of his tanks. If so has he seen any stress?

Not too sure.

spspirate · May 26, 2015

kschweer said:
Looks great man! Really seems like the colors are coming back. Everything is filling in nicely.

Thank you! Colors are slowly coming around but still have a little ways to go.

Fin · May 27, 2015

Tank is still looking great. I was looking back through this thread again this evening. Really love the tank and that sump. I am about to bite the bullet and order a 125 from Reef Savvy. Do you know if Aquabox is still making sumps? I tried going to the site that I had visited before and it said the site had "expired." I was wanting to talk to them. Keep up the good work.

spspirate · May 27, 2015

Blue Heaven Tenuis

spspirate · May 27, 2015

Flame Thrower Lobo

spspirate · May 27, 2015

Lobo I got from Craig Bagby.

spspirate · May 27, 2015

ATL Shades of Fall

falconerr · May 27, 2015

Wow things are looking much better. Btw sorry missed your phone call the other day.

spspirate · May 27, 2015

My little zoa garden.

spspirate · May 27, 2015

falconerr said:
Wow things are looking much better. Btw sorry missed your phone call the other day.

Thanks Bobby. Was seeing how your reef was doing.

spspirate · May 27, 2015

Fin said:
Tank is still looking great. I was looking back through this thread again this evening. Really love the tank and that sump. I am about to bite the bullet and order a 125 from Reef Savvy. Do you know if Aquabox is still making sumps? I tried going to the site that I had visited before and it said the site had "expired." I was wanting to talk to them. Keep up the good work.

Thanks bro! Aqua Box is at a stand still for the moment. If you go with Reef Savvy then you would be making a wise choice. Felix can make a tank!

spspirate · May 27, 2015

KoleTang said:
Hey Andy, looks like the tank is coming along nicely.

I saw earlier in the thread you were talking about using a color stain on the stand, did you end up using something else?

Todd, do you know what name this product is sold as? Sounds interesting.

I never did go with the stain though I think if I didn't go with the Key Lime color I would have went and did the stain. It was like a Nantucket red color wood stain. This is what I ended up using.

spspirate · May 27, 2015

spspirate said:
Going to go a different path with the stain color than the traditional natural wood color. I think Im going to go with the fruit punch stain for this stand. It gives it a more tropical feel. Plus I can further enhance it with some really cool knobs from World Imports.

This is the color I was going to go with. Minwax (fruit punch)