Muttley000
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Amazing pics Alex!
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Ryan Marriott
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Just finished reading this thread from start to finish! You have sold me on the plywood tank. This system is put together amazingly! It takes a lot of skill, determination and patience to accomplish such an amazing build. I will be modeling your system in the future.
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AlexG
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Thanks @Ryan Marriott. This aquarium system has been a labor of love. I am very happy with the plywood tanks and how they have turned out. I am sure in the future I will be looking to build more DIY tanks. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I am always learning something new about this system which helps me to plan for future builds.
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AlexG
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After traveling for over almost a month for a vacation and work I am home once again. This is the first time that I left my aquariums this long without being around to perform some standard maintenance. During my vacation I had the LFS owner stop by every couple of days and other than a calcium reactor adjustment being needed the tanks were fine. When I came home there were a couple of frags that were knocked off the rocks but that is nothing out of the ordinary. During my work trip my wife maintained the tanks without any issues. I learned that video calls help out a lot when you want to inspect how the system is running while you are away. I did some rearranging on the LPS side of the tank and spread out some frogspawn frags to help fill in the garden. My orange shoulder tang also decided not to be camera shy and I managed to take a really nice picture.
Plazy21
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It took a little while but I just went through this whole thread and will go through your videos on YouTube soon! Very Inspiring build. I'm just starting out in the salt world and am loving all the possibilities! One day I will build something as grand as you but for now I'll stick with my little tank to learn with 
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AlexG
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Now that I have been back from my vacation and I got some time to make I video I wanted to talk about being away from my aquarium for almost 3 weeks in January. While the aquarium system did well while I was out of town I did have some lessons learn from this trip.
4FordFamily
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Very cool setup! Thanks for sharing!
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AlexG
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Its been a crazy month and it was time to make an update video. After I got back from vacation I did a bunch of maintenance and made some new additions to the aquariums. There are new corals and fish in the tanks. The monster bubble coral I picked up is doing great. I also got watch my dog face puffer and clown trigger eat some long spine sea urchins. The mantis also put on a great show taking down a silverside on the feeding stick.
Muttley000
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Great update Alex!
crusso1993
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I managed to get a great shot of the dragon face pipe fish. This little guy is constantly on the move looking for pods. My tank is like an all you can eat buffet with pods.
Very nice!
jsvand5
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Pretty amazing build. Just made it through this whole thread.
One question, how much does your wife think this whole thing cost? My standard rule is to divide every price by 3 when I get the cost questions.
One question, how much does your wife think this whole thing cost? My standard rule is to divide every price by 3 when I get the cost questions.
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