Fresh Water Test

[NEWSALT]

Did a Fresh Water Test this past weekend on my 120g and 55g sump. Everything worked out pretting good. Some minor adjustments but nothing major. Thanks to Steve68 for helping out with the test. Here are a few shots.

 

[Edwardw771]

Looks good. Got any pics of the new stand?

 

[NEWSALT]

Looks good.  Got any pics of the new stand?

Here's a two shots of the cabinet. One is of the unstained unit completely assembled. The other is of what has been completely stained so far.

 

[cmsurfr22]

WOW that is very nice...are you some kind of furniture maker or something?

 

[NEWSALT]

...are you some kind of furniture maker or something?

No, I'm not a furniture maker. I just read alot of maganizes and watch The New Yankee Workshop whenever I can. I'm an engineer by profession, I guess that doesn't hurt.

I saw a similar design in a magazine called "Family Handyman". One month they featured a similar unit with the exception that there was a plasma TV instead of the aquarium. So I figured if I modified the design I could make it work for an aquarium. The best thing about the unit is that is completely modular. It comes apart in sections to make moving it easier. Steve68 will confirm that since he helped me move that stained portion into my Family Room.

 

[Reefbone52]

Very nice stand!!!! What are the dimensions of the base unit?

 

[NEWSALT]

The base is 102"x20"

 

[steve68]

yes the stand came out SWEET!!
pictures dont do it justice, mike u did a great job.
cant wait to see it all up & running.

 

[Jcurry@wesketch]

The stand looks great very well done. Was the pump temporarily plumbed withe 90 elbow? Sometimes having an elbow on the intake can cause the pump to cavitate and create micro bubbles in the impellor housing and thus in the display tank. If you can't striaghten out the intake maybe bump up the pipe diameter to 1 1/2 or 2".

 

[Marcelog]

That's one nice looking setup. Can't wait to see it filled up.

Marcelo -