mlreef 450 gallon mixed reef build

Here are some pics of the wood work that will be wrapping the steel stand and canopy.

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That is some serious wood work. Looks awesome. Can't wait to see it filled!


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DanSreef said:
Wow! That is awesome!
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Thanks Dan! Fingers crossed I should have the entire tank pretty much up and running this weekend. My RODI has been working overtime and I am desperately trying to fill the approximate remaining 200 gallons of water that I need to finish filling the tank and sump.
 
Kevin Says said:
Wow. This was meticulously planned out. What do you guys do for a living again?
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Thank you so much. My wife and I are both public school educators. One thing that I learned is if you plan everything out the best that you can, you end up saving both time and money because you don't end up doing things twice.
 
Hey Mike, do you or your wife work in a high school? If so, do you know one of the school's debate coaches? Hersey could use some more allies. :D
 
My wife and I currently work at the elementary level. I worked at Lake Zurich District 95 a few years ago, I might be able to see if they wouldn't mind helping you guys debate.
 
Well, I finally got the stand and canopy in my living room this weekend. I wanted to take some pictures just with the stand because I still need to add the rest of the rock work. Once all of the rock work is in and the sand is in place I will put the canopy on.

The canopy lights should hopefully be finalized this upcoming weekend. I can't wait to play with the 17 par38's that I ordered from Prestige Led.

Enjoy!

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I'm jealous. . . :( I want a tank that big! LOL Great job everything is coming along nicely! Gonna have to go see this bad boy for myself once you have it up and running!
 
Looks awesome mike. Suppose to get my tank on today (as long as my buddies show up)... Can't wait to see ur rock work. Since u have sooooo much room
 
Thanks everyone! I'm really enjoying this build, I know that a lot of you think that I am insanely slow at getting everything up and running, but honestly I'm just taking my time not to overlook or forget anything. I should have the canopy up on the aquarium later this week. I will post some pictures of the filtration later tonight in action.
 
I wanted to post some pics of my handy electrical skills.

Here is the canopy in action.

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hopefully it should be done tonight! If not them Tuesday night.
 
wow! you sure do know electrical, what bulbs are you using? man u must have saved at least 1,200 doing that yourself, great job.
 
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