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It is hard to see but there are two returns on the top on each side.... Thanks! I have more pics and will post them tonight.....

Hey Kevin! 96 x 30 x 30 Yes the openings are rounded over inside and out. :D I am still debating on cutting openings for external overflows. Other people have done it with success so that may be the way to go. Internal boxes are unsitely and with the 5" border around the top they will be...

Made some more progress on the tank..... Will be routing the excess this weekend and then rounding everything over...

Thanks Krish! Here is a pic of the top of the sump. The top was designed to keep noise down and salt creep in..... :D Oh, it is also designed to cut down on algae growth by limiting the amount of light entering that side of the sump...

Thanks Charlie! Are you going to be at Jean-Paul's on Saturday?

Made some more progress this weekend.. :D The top is now on.... Next weekend we will glue the on bottom. The following weekend the tank will be flush trimmed and then given a 1/8" round over. All the edges will them be hand polished.....

What size tank do you have?

Hey! The intake is on the bottom. It just opens individuals outputs by rotating a drum. The drum can be configured to open one or more ports at a time. I will have 4 open at a time, two opposing each other. It should amount to about 1100 gph through each line from the Hammerhead pump....

A generator is nice to have. I also have that on the "things to buy" list. The battery back up is only good for short outages and to give me time to return home to start up a generator. Below is a pic and link to the company that makes the converters. I have still have to determine the...

The Neptune Systems Aqua controller pro has some cool features such as sending you falt condition messeges over a pager/text message or e-mail. It has a built in server you can access from any computer in the world. It will allow you to monitor and adjust the perameters remotely. It is really...

Hey Guys! Well the 3/4" acrylic was purchased about a year ago and cost me just under $1300 and that was at wholesale prices. So unless you know somebody it will be considerably more. I haven't been working on the tank its self very long. I believe I started about a month ago and I only work on...

Hey! Microsoft Paint and a lot of patients.... lol

The work really isn't that bad. The worst part is ensuring that the joints are square and smooth for proper adheasion....... The best part is the bragging rights... :D :D

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone...... I must mention that Brent has played a big part in the tank assembly. So I must give him a big THANKS for making the project possible.... I was hoping to glue the top on this weekend but I am scheduled to work 12hr shifts and don't know if the...

Here is the last of the progress... The top is completed and will be attached next weekend......

The finished template..... and more work.

Next step was to get the top finished and ready to glue up..... Lots of cutting and routing.... What a mess..... I also needed to make a teplate for matching openings....

Next was to flip that over and to attach the front panel......

Thanks Dude!

After lots of work making the pieces the same size the side panels were glued to the back.....