Getting ready to move into a new home and want the center piece to be a 12'x30"x30" reef. After a few glasses of wine this sounded like a great idea! Anyhow, woke up in the morning after sketching out the design and started to purchase wood, screws, glue, tools, more beer, sand paper and more beer. By afternoon we contracted with a company out of Arizona to build the Titan and we started the wood working adventure your about to participate in
The stand is constructed using 2x4s and a 2x10 for the load bearing horizontal. I beefed up the number of verticle 2x4s based on the deflection values needed to support the 560 gallons of water. Another reason for beefing up specific areas was to ensure I have two 5 foot openings on the front without sacrificing structure. I'll get more into that as I go along. (all this might go into the toilet as soon as I put the tank ontop and fill it with water haha). http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-302232.html (this also references yet another thread...and so on..)
Anyhow, lets go to week one of the build and I'll make sure I keep everyone posted going forward with the progress and disasters of the house and aquarium being completed.
The stand is constructed using 2x4s and a 2x10 for the load bearing horizontal. I beefed up the number of verticle 2x4s based on the deflection values needed to support the 560 gallons of water. Another reason for beefing up specific areas was to ensure I have two 5 foot openings on the front without sacrificing structure. I'll get more into that as I go along. (all this might go into the toilet as soon as I put the tank ontop and fill it with water haha). http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-302232.html (this also references yet another thread...and so on..)
Anyhow, lets go to week one of the build and I'll make sure I keep everyone posted going forward with the progress and disasters of the house and aquarium being completed.