its being built by Atlas Custom Tank's in Canada. They just started marketing in the US and I found them thru Tim at Aquatics Elite. Their prices are very good and they are one of the only builders that offers a piece euro brace. There's three partners and 2 of the three have been building tanks for 10 yrs now. I am very anxious to see it.
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My 280g build....
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I got in touch with the movers that Trop uses and have hired them to do it. The tank will be delivered to their docks in Eatontown and then they will deliver it to me.
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Thoes guys are awesome. They really know how to move the tanks..
Are you missing your 180 right now?
Thanks Rich! They had to flip the tank in order to get it down the stairs. These guys were truly amazing, so exact with the movements and each one of them knew exactly what they were supposed to do when they started to move from one spot to another.
I placed my order for the tank a week before thanksgiving and the holidays definitely added some down time in the production of it so I would think that it could have ony taken 2 months if I had ordered it not so close to the holidays. Overall I am pretty pleased with the quality of the tank and seams. I love the single piece eurobrace on the top of the tank and I am very happy with the external overflow which I will post more pictures of later. In the end, I probably should have just gone with the marineland 300 DD tank and dealth with the internal overflows since the price difference is about half. I've just hated having internal overflows in my small tank and didnt want to deal with them on the big tank. Personal preference I guess.
I placed my order for the tank a week before thanksgiving and the holidays definitely added some down time in the production of it so I would think that it could have ony taken 2 months if I had ordered it not so close to the holidays. Overall I am pretty pleased with the quality of the tank and seams. I love the single piece eurobrace on the top of the tank and I am very happy with the external overflow which I will post more pictures of later. In the end, I probably should have just gone with the marineland 300 DD tank and dealth with the internal overflows since the price difference is about half. I've just hated having internal overflows in my small tank and didnt want to deal with them on the big tank. Personal preference I guess.
Three to four Apollo’s mounted with their long axis perpendicular to the length of that tank would sure look good! 
And I would have liked to see a video of them getting that tank through the Bilco. Four of use moved a 180 up a Bilco, and we broke our cojones.
Looking good!
And I would have liked to see a video of them getting that tank through the Bilco. Four of use moved a 180 up a Bilco, and we broke our cojones.
Looking good!
Three to four Apollo’s mounted with their long axis perpendicular to the length of that tank would sure look good!
And I would have liked to see a video of them getting that tank through the Bilco. Four of use moved a 180 up a Bilco, and we broke our cojones.
Looking good!
Now thats funny Paul!!!!!
I have to tell you that I am intrigued. The higher par levels over the AI can be explained by the number of leds each unit has...imo. AI's have 24 led's and the apollo has 55 from what I can tell. Apollo is saying that all I would need is 3 of them which would be a huge savings over what my current lighting plan is with the custom fixture from sfiligoi which I am having some production issues with after having waited 3 months already. Once they got to the doors I had to walk away and not watch. These guys dont fool around!
My goal is to have water in this within the next 2 weeks.
