Just throwing this out there for the 2.5g nanos

[ingg]

Not sure who had seen it/remembered it, there is this pico salt tank in the articles section. It has this neato tiny stand and canopy set, makes that tiny tank look like a big huge tank!

I plan on making one of those stand/canopy sets for the 2.5 gallon setups we're about to do the contest with.

I have a table saw, with dado blades, and a router and new router table to plug my router into. Also have a compound miter for cutting wood to size for it, and finish nailgun(s) for putting it together. Palm sander or two for edging it out.

If there's anyone who'd want to make one (or two, heh) like it, it is just as easy to set up the dados and router for multiple pieces as it is for one - assuming we all agree on a wood thickness, 1" boards'd make an awful lotta sense.

Let me know if you'd want to, you'll have to bring your own clamps and wood. I should have all the other tools here, and it isn't a lot of glue, so that shouldn't be a concern.

Stain/finish'll be up to you afterwards, of course.

We can set up a day/time to run them through in an assembly line bunch if a few folks are interested.

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0

That is the tank I'm talking about. That is just too cool!

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

I'm in for two.

[neilanh]

I'd be interested in getting in on this. Where are you at?

[Aaron]

That looks like a neat little project. I'm going to have to pass though. My 2.5 only ever gets setup for the contest and then it goes back into storage. Such is the life in an apartment.

[ingg]

I'm in Mt. Airy, MD, which is about 15 miles or so east of Frederick on rt 70.

I'll start making a master plan for the piece cuts, and we can set up some weekend to run them through. That will give us a wood piece list; not that it'll be expansive, 10-12' of lumber should more than do it.

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

If you don't mind purchasing the materials for me, I'd rather go that route
and then just reimburse you for the cost. It may be more efficent that way.

[ingg]

If you don't mind purchasing the materials for me, I'd rather go that route
and then just reimburse you for the cost. It may be more efficent that way.

That isn't a problem, I think I'll be doing it in poplar, a bit more expensive, but a lot nicer than pine - also easier to work with in small pieces. I can pick up either that folks'd want. (Can do oak, too, but then it actually does start to cost money.)

[neilanh]

I agree, if ingg doesn't mind doing it that way. Otherwise, I can get the stuff for both of us Ghaz, that works for me too.

[Aaron]

It looks like the guy who did the reef tank used oak. Personally, I think the large grain of the oak isn't suitable for such a small stand.

I agree that poplar is a much nicer choice.

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

Poplar is popular.