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Tomorrow I'm getting injections in my spine to hopefully help heal up the damage in my neck and upper back. It's been awful, and you'll hear a bit about that in the next podcast that is long overdue.

On Thursday, we'll pull the sump out of the fishroom and into the living room. When that is done, it will be replumbed to the vats. The angled tank will be set up on a temporary bridge over the sump, and the LR barrel will be plumbed in as well. I want to get everything tied together. ...

That seemed like an appropriate title for this entry. Today, I wanted to tear down the wall that made up the old tank stand. The platform was pulled out that was built almost exactly six years ago. It took a lot of muscle, as it was built to last. My son provided that need.




While the stand and walls had to come out, I wanted to keep the wooden walkboard that the manifold is supported by. Additionally, ...

David posted this funny video on our club's site today, and I had to share it over here.

The Carrier Crab.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/...b_carrier.html

I drew up some artwork to show you what I have now and what is to come.

Here's the basic layout with the entry doors.


This is a very simple rendition showing where everything has been for the past few years.


And here's the new layout.


The room will ...

In Stage One, I discussed ordering the new tank: http://www.reefaddicts.com/entry.php...18#comment5018

Stage Two is ordering the stand. It took a while to get the welder over, but he and I discussed the entire plan and he's going to get back to me with a quote. I'm buying it for sure, I just hope I can afford it. The stand is welded powder coated steel, and I've asked him to incorporate a method to set up a temporary walkboard for the front or the back, ...