300g Shark/Ray aquarium

**glarior** · 05-03-2012, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by ScottishFish

For your own piece of mind it would maybe be worth it to put some batons across the middle from left to right, so dividing your 3 open top squares into 12 smaller ones and thus spreading the wieght a bit more? I still think it looks darn sturdy though

What is a baton? I googled it but what I saw is not what you mean....

**Surfdog** · 05-04-2012, 05:27 PM

I had a steel stand for my 300, it alot of weight. I had a roll out cabinet (shell) for looks. As to baton, i believe its additional cross members making more squares and helping distribute the weight...its a lot of weight!! Grats on getting it going!

**glarior** · 05-04-2012, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by Surfdog

I had a steel stand for my 300, it alot of weight. I had a roll out cabinet (shell) for looks. As to baton, i believe its additional cross members making more squares and helping distribute the weight...its a lot of weight!! Grats on getting it going!

Steel would have been nice.

Yea, I was thinking about doing that.

Update: picking up the tank today. Have friends coming over Sunday to bring it in the house...

**ScottishFish** · 05-04-2012, 07:57 PM

Sorry I never realised you replied asking what a baton was, just another big hunk of wood, like you've already got going from front to back. Was just an idea for extra weight distribution

**glarior** · 05-07-2012, 04:03 PM

Tank was moved into the house yesterday! Took 4 friends plus me to move it in. I am going to add a few more 2x4's to the stand.

I won't be working on the setup much this week as I need to prepare for a land speed race this weekend.

Post more info/pics soon.

**Surfdog** · 05-08-2012, 03:22 AM

Looking forward to seeing this progress. BTW, what did u end up paying for the Tank alone?

**glarior** · 05-08-2012, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Surfdog

Looking forward to seeing this progress. BTW, what did u end up paying for the Tank alone?

750 and gave them some old fish tank stuff I had collecting dust since I am to lazy to post on CL

The tank is the cheap part.... all the stuff to make it work is what adds up!

**Hpimichael02** · 05-08-2012, 04:50 PM

The tank is the cheap part.... all the stuff to make it work is what adds up!

isnt this the truth, i just bought two 55G tanks with a stand for $100, to get them up and runnings is a few extra $$, i cant even imagine a 300G tank,the cost of everything.

**glarior** · 05-08-2012, 06:40 PM

Installed the tank... took 5 people and knocked 2 small holes in the wall lol. I had to crop the tank photo. I used 5% tint for the back glass since I did not want to paint it. I am amazed how well tint works. My 120g reef uses it and looks amazing plus if done right there is no salt creep.