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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-30-07 10:15 AM
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8. It is tricky! It takes a while to have the water set up.
Someone told me about 6 months or so. We were thinking of doing a saltwater tank until we realized how much work they really are. You have to keep a constant check on the waters levels. However, saltwater tanks are the most beautiful!! Good luck with it!!
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  -Attention engineers or carpenters or brainy people. Droopy  Sep-30-07 09:47 AM   #0 
  - I'd go shopping at an aquarium supply place. See what they use.  GOPisEvil   Sep-30-07 09:54 AM   #1 
  - Well, I'd need something a little more specific  Droopy   Sep-30-07 10:01 AM   #2 
     - It doesn't have to be fancy.  GOPisEvil   Sep-30-07 10:04 AM   #3 
  - Obviously I am not a brainiac, but how many gallons of water is the aquarium?  Shell Beau   Sep-30-07 10:04 AM   #4 
  - 270 gallons  Droopy   Sep-30-07 10:07 AM   #5 
     - That is a big ass tank!!! What kind of aquarium will it be? Saltwater?  Shell Beau   Sep-30-07 10:10 AM   #6 
        - Yes, a reef tank  Droopy   Sep-30-07 10:12 AM   #7 
           - It is tricky! It takes a while to have the water set up.  Shell Beau   Sep-30-07 10:15 AM   #8 
  - Personally, I would just build a stack of cinder-blocks to the required height,  petronius   Sep-30-07 01:12 PM   #9 
  - I have no idea if this site is worthwhile, but why not take a look?  hedgehog   Sep-30-07 01:50 PM   #10 
  - cinder blocks  libodem   Sep-30-07 02:01 PM   #11 
  - For 2500 lbs, I'd get some square steel tubing and break out the welder.  dicksteele   Sep-30-07 02:06 PM   #12 
  - I'd weld up some angle iron. n/t  cloudbase   Sep-30-07 04:34 PM   #13 
  - More like 3500 pounds, Droopy  jmowreader   Sep-30-07 05:11 PM   #14 
  - 270 gallons of salt water tank? I'd plan on at least 3000 pounds.  Rabrrrrrr   Sep-30-07 05:20 PM   #15 
  - i'd use 2x4s, and 1/2 in plywood  KG   Sep-30-07 06:03 PM   #16 
 

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