2Quills, 120G Re-build thread. - Page 5

Thanks, Gemmy! 

I know how it can be a bit of a drag living in an apartment.  We actually live in a townhouse and unfortunately I've had to turn the dinning room into my workshop for the time being.  Luckily we have a little fenced in yard where I take my saws and do the cutting.  Thanks again for dropping in.

Hey, Meow!

Yep, it's coming along nicely.  Can't believe how much of a difference it makes with the tank finally sitting ontop and the canopy starting to come together.  There's still lots of work to be done but it feels as though progress is being made. :)

Thanks, Al!

Indeed, I am going to put overflows over the bulkheads, just haven't gotten around to that yet.  I haven't decided if I want to make them or just order them pre-made since they're not very expensive and can save myself some time.  But then again, I've done so much work on the tank and build already I may just go ahead and make them.  There's a certain satisfaction that comes with being able to say that I've pretty much made and done just about everything on this project.

You're not breaking into the thread so feel free to ask whatever questions that you may have.  Drilling the tank was alot easier than I had anticipated, so if you wan't to do it on your sons tank than I say go 4 it.

Thanks again, guys!

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Originally Posted by acrylic51 

Looks very good!!!!! I like the color choice, I'm still partial to a bit more red....The one sample you is pretty close to the custom cabinet/workbench I did in the garage!!!!!!!! I'll have to look and see what the name is on the stain I used on the cabinets......

Thanks!  I believe the color you are refering to is probably the Cabernet?  Kind of like a wine color.  The other color (the water base one) of which I didn't really post a picture of is the Sangria that I had mixed.  The Cabernet was both my wife and my second choice...it was close.  I've just used so much of the red mohogany in the past I wanted to do something a little different/

Sent you a pm btw.  Got questions lol.

No, it doesn't quite match the rest of the house.  All our other furniture is pretty new and everything in the living room is of a a darker color with a redish tinge to it, like red mohogany, from our tables to our shelves, picture frame, clock and even our other aquarium stand.  But since we'll be getting new furniture in the dinning room before long anyway I wanted to go with something different in there.  I'm really leaning towards a richer/warmer golden brownish look. 

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Originally Posted by Gill again68 

Wow I need to check in more often. The build is looking great. Is that a pecan or walnut stain? I like it. I think you should post more pictures lol.

 Thanks!   The stain is called English Chestnut.  I'll try to post extra pics in the future lol.  Wasn't able to get anything done to it this weekend with the addition of the new pups that we got yesterday, still trying to get them all settled in. 

I made up my mind and decided that I'm going to build a DIY LED array for my light set up.  I'm going to have to make a couple of slight modifications to the canopy frame to incorporate them.  Not a big deal, basically just going to take out a couple of the 45 degree braces that I have on there so that I can mount the lights approx. 8" above the water surface.  So I'll probably be switching gears a little bit here and doing that and then I'll come back to working on the stand and canopy once the lights are done.
 

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Originally Posted by JAXFishGirl 

That stand is pretty sweet!!!

Thanks, I can't wait to get everything finished so we can start enjoying the tank again.  There's still lots of work to be done, but over all I'm pretty happy with it so far.
 

Yeah the areas on the sides are going to be cabinets with the doors on the side as well.  The plan is (at least on one side) is to mount all of the drivers and controlers for the lights and the fans in there.  It will all be sealed up with the urethane enamel paint of course to water proof everything.  Then I'll run the wires from the controlers to the fixture in the canopy and incorporate some quick disconnects for the wires.  That way I'll be able to unplug (disconnect) the wires going to the fixture so that I can easily slide the fixture out of the canopy for maintenance when need be while leaving everything else inside the cabinet intact and away from the moisture.  It should also make the fixture a little bit lighter and less cluttered.  That's the idea, anyway...we'll see how it goes lol.

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Originally Posted by meowzer 

I can not wait to see both of your projects completed

Me two, Meow...me two!!!

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Originally Posted by spanko 

Will there be fans in there to dissipate any heat from the electronics?

Yes there will.  The drivers themselves, which, will be mounted in one of the side cabinets on the canopy don't put off a lot of heat but I probably will at least install a vent on the top of each of the side cabinets just to let whatever heat that does build up dissipate up and out of the cabinet.  The important thing is pulling the heat away from the LED's themselves.  The LED's will be mounted on the heatsinks, the heatsinks help to dissipate the heat from the LED's so there will be fans mounted on the heatsinks themselves.  And since the fixture will be mounted so close to the top on the inside of the canopy there will be probably 2 long vents/grills for the fans to push warm air out.  As well as a couple of fans on the back of the canopy to pull some fresh/cool air into it.