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Left side after tank was first set up:

This was the first full tank shot I took:

also took a pic of some action through the side window:

Same view, but with a peek into the fishroom:

Here is what the room looks like from the perspective of the stairs (notice the window giving a small glimpse into the happenings on the left side of the reef):

A little closer in:

This is what the tank looked like after placing the livestock in the tank.

Lastly, here is what that same overflow box looks like from the other side, to give you an idea of where things terminate on the other side of the overflow box. The Wavebox can also be seen in this pic, and that horribly long stretch of primered PVC will be replaced as soon as I can find a...

This is how the back side of one of the overflow boxes is plumbed: there are 3x1" bulkheads through the bottom of the box, and 2x1" bulkheads through the sides of the box. One of the bottom bulkheads has a 1-1/4" Durso attached to it, another has the suction line for the closed loop running...

Here is the return pump area of the sump. That stub you see is where the Iwaki MD55RLT will receive it's feed water from. It's not the most ideal location, but when I'm putting this tank together for as little as everything will set me back in the end, I can't complain. (The sump has since been...

This is the calcium reactor, it's effluent chamber, and the 20 lb. CO2 canister sitting in their spot in the stand. You can also see the Iwaki MD70RLT closed loop pump and the sump in the background.

Here is a shot looking down the length of the tank's stand. You can see most of the plumbing in this shot. And just because I got the purple primer almost everywhere doesn't mean I'm a bad plumber, just a sloppy one! The good thing is I only had one leak and it was a threaded connection...

This is how the tank room looked from the perspective of coming down the stairs before the side wall was built. No, I didn't have a Cheech & Chong moment, but all of that "retro" tile, shag carpeting, and dark paneling gives everything in the family room a nice brown or yellow tinge. (We've...

This shot is of the right corner overflow. Inside is a 1-1/4" Durso Standpipe that drains through a 1" bulkhead, and there are two other 1" bulkheads through the bottom of the box. One of them is 1/2 of the closed loop intake. You can see the inlet for that intake plumbed through the side of the...

Here is the "obligatory internet message board tank progress thread, pre-plumbing project" photo.

Here are a few pics of the livestock when it was held in the Rubbermaid tubs during construction:

The tank was moved into place this past Monday (4/4). Originally, I had laid 1/2" styrofoam beneath the tank, but in four seperate sheets (as that was the only way I could get enough foam from Home Depot). Unfortunately, each sheet of foam compress a little differently from the others, so I had...

Here's a closer look at the stand.

Here is what the back side of the fishroom looked like after the wall was framed and the drywall went up. Notice the cripples added to the stand. I should also mention, that I couldn't start working on the shorter side wall until the tank was in place, because there wasn't enough room to move...