Hello everone,
I've been lurking here for a while and chime in now and then. I thoght I'd start a build thread to track progress here. Some history: I've had an SW aquarium every day since 1999. I started with a 29 gal in college, upgraded to a 55 in college, got a 90 post college, and bought a 220 about a year and a half ago, and this is when I first started keeping corals. Today, my tank is mostly SPS, but my fish are pretty atypical for a reef. I have two triggers, two angels, two tangs, and two clowns. Here are some progress shots:
Here is my old 90. Yeah, I know, I shouldn't have had my tanks in there:
Here is my 220 after I got it home. It was a guy's in-wall tank, so I had to make some changes to the stand:
Here it is filled up with water:
Then, I had a guy build a walnut skin for the stand and canopy. The cabinet face is held on with magnets so I can remove the panels to get to business.
This is what it looks like in context with the whole room:
I've been lurking here for a while and chime in now and then. I thoght I'd start a build thread to track progress here. Some history: I've had an SW aquarium every day since 1999. I started with a 29 gal in college, upgraded to a 55 in college, got a 90 post college, and bought a 220 about a year and a half ago, and this is when I first started keeping corals. Today, my tank is mostly SPS, but my fish are pretty atypical for a reef. I have two triggers, two angels, two tangs, and two clowns. Here are some progress shots:
Here is my old 90. Yeah, I know, I shouldn't have had my tanks in there:
Here is my 220 after I got it home. It was a guy's in-wall tank, so I had to make some changes to the stand:
Here it is filled up with water:
Then, I had a guy build a walnut skin for the stand and canopy. The cabinet face is held on with magnets so I can remove the panels to get to business.
This is what it looks like in context with the whole room: