Wish I was closer...I could donate some counters to the store and move some Granite and Quartz left overs out of my shop!
93 Cube for under a grand. It can be done... I think. UPDATED GRAND TOTAL! :)
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Lowell, you are awesome! I wish you were closer as well but not for freebies my friend.
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I don't mind at all. I'm always up for trying new things.
I'm loving the Reef Nutrition Chroma line. My fish go absolutely nuts for it. Haven't tried their frozen products yet.
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@Lowell Lemon don't forget to get me those numbers we discussed please.
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Where did you place the order? What is the projected delivery date? Also curious if you ever contacted Lowell?
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I placed my order with a Canadian company, delivery date currently unknown and I'll be honest, I did not contact lowell. I have a rather specific project outside of the sump itself as well and I wanted to work with someone who I know can put my visions into reality (Not that Lowell can't) and to be able to support a Canadian company with it was also important. There are a couple other reasons but those are the bigger ones
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It is quite okay as we are busy with lots of counter tops right now. I will get to the estimate today for sure!
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So lighting a large freshwater system with LED can be a challenge. Using non-commercial lights usually won't have enough power or take a bunch of them making them cost prohibitive and a maintenance nightmare.
Using commercial ones requires copious amounts of money and usually poor aesthetics.
So, I decided to build my own for the 240 and customer plant tanks that I will have.
The 240 only needs a couple of these because it will be hard scape and fish only. Just want it to be lit nicely and have shimmer. The customer tanks will have a ton of live plants in them and will require 3 of these each.
these will be mounted in aluminum rails that have been painted black and suspended by wires.
Incredibly inexpensive and a ton of light in a small package.
Should work out well.
Using commercial ones requires copious amounts of money and usually poor aesthetics.
So, I decided to build my own for the 240 and customer plant tanks that I will have.
The 240 only needs a couple of these because it will be hard scape and fish only. Just want it to be lit nicely and have shimmer. The customer tanks will have a ton of live plants in them and will require 3 of these each.
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these will be mounted in aluminum rails that have been painted black and suspended by wires.
Incredibly inexpensive and a ton of light in a small package.
Should work out well.
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So I told Katrina and Tim about this and it lessened the sting of how stupid I was.
In my rush to get work done, I never paused and measured the doors to the outside of the building.
The shark pool is 8 foot diameter by 2 foot tall. What's the dimensions of a standard commercial entrance door? Anybody? Anybody? 7 foot x 3 foot. DOH!
There is a solution. If you look at the front of the building, they closed off a door. This is being replaced with a window soon. I am going to open it up all the way to the brick to frame for the glass. The rough opening will be 8 feet x 3 feet 4 inches! TADA!
So that shifts gears for part of this weekend because I am getting a deal on the pool if I pick it up saturday and I don't want to leave it outside anywhere and I am pretty sure Sherry would hurt me if I tried to bring it in the carport and leave it in the way. ;Hilarious
In my rush to get work done, I never paused and measured the doors to the outside of the building.
The shark pool is 8 foot diameter by 2 foot tall. What's the dimensions of a standard commercial entrance door? Anybody? Anybody? 7 foot x 3 foot. DOH!
There is a solution. If you look at the front of the building, they closed off a door. This is being replaced with a window soon. I am going to open it up all the way to the brick to frame for the glass. The rough opening will be 8 feet x 3 feet 4 inches! TADA!
So that shifts gears for part of this weekend because I am getting a deal on the pool if I pick it up saturday and I don't want to leave it outside anywhere and I am pretty sure Sherry would hurt me if I tried to bring it in the carport and leave it in the way. ;Hilarious
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The opening is ready for the pool to go in the building. Just plywood and two by bracing blocking it off until help arrives.
It only took me an hour to get it all opened up and the majority of the mess picked up.
It only took me an hour to get it all opened up and the majority of the mess picked up.
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