wooohooo

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: That is so exciting!!!!

What will you do with your old tank??

Could just be the angle, but it looks a bit bigger :lol:

A wee bit bigger...any guesses the dimensions?? :lol:

Clue - its gonna weigh a lot full of water. Took four of us to carry the tank alone!

In regard to old tank - probably keep for a another few months yet to transition fish and things. Also thinkin about keeping a a back up 'fish only' tank cause I've got a wee mate that is an emperor angel. Sometimes they think a reef tank is a buffet just for them But then again might sell as a marine set up to recoup a bit of the outlay for the new tank.

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A wee bit bigger...any guesses the dimensions?? :lol:

Hmmm, looks like a 4ft flouro on top, so I'd say: 220 x 60 x 70.

Could also just be the perspective, but looks like a bow-front, though the base of the stand appears straight.

1.8 x 600 x 600 at a guess. I was going to say keep the old one for a fish only tank but i think it would become to small very quickly.

Congrads on the new tank anyway :bounce:

Pretty good guess Bubbles.

I didn't realise what wifey meant by"an inch or two makes all the difference" until I added a few inches to my fish tank :lol:

The 'old' bowfront to the side is a four footer - thought it was quite a good size until I put a few bigger fish in it and a bigger tank beside it.

The new tank is 2 metres long, 700mm tall with depth of 600 mm front to back at ends with a further 180mm at front centre of bow. I think the tangs will like the extra swim room.

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wow nice size tank

Very nice, please post more photos as you progress

So thats just over 1000 Litres.... Wow!!! :lol:

nice sps tank Rossco......

I didn't notice it was a bow very nice tank good size:hail:

nice sps tank Rossco......

Yup...now I wonder who had one of the main tanks that I got the inspiration from...

Was it a pre-built tank (what brand), or did someone make it for you?

Nice tank, will be watching this one

Ended up getting Greg Kingston (in AK) to make it for us. Real pain to me and wallet getting tank made with a custom made bowfront. He made a great job of it.

Did he curve the glass for you?

No, you have to get one of the main 'manufacturing' glass companies to do it for you (usually via one of their agents). Thats where the pain and the cost comes in. Also various restrictions as to what length and degree of bow they can do. Quite a few regularly do them for bowed windscreens for things like boats.

All to get a result some people (including some reefers) don't even like! :lol:

A nice bowfront is allway sweeeeet IMO, looks wicked, nice job

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Very Nice

Bowfronts are great with the extra depth you can get without the tank taking up too much space.

Very nice, most impressed. Look forward to seeing the progress.

Thanks for all the great feedback.

Especially in the middle of my freakin 'plumbing' weekend! The sump and stuff for the tank is the next room over, through the wall, behind the old tank. Rossco has been busy going under the house to do the underfloor pipework as well as coping with Rossco overlooking essential pieces to make the loop! Also little things like 1.5 metres of rigid pipe is really hard to get down a hole in the bottom of a 0.75 m tankstand. (someone shoulda put it through top of tank before he glued the bulkheads in!)

Since the tank dominates the room a wee bit I am trying to hide as much of the functional stuff like pipework as much as possible.