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When it was delivered the FedEx driver should have known not to leave it on my front porch. It was so badly packaged that it was in pieces. I immediately called FedEx and they sent the driver back to pick it up and return it.
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This does not have a solid top as shown in the picture. It has a large hole for predrilled aquariums offset in the top, on the rear left 5.5"x23", which would prohibit putting any tank that doesn't match the dimensions of the stand. I couldn't find any other pictures of this cabinet, let alone any that show this large hole.Description states "large rear ports for electrical and filtration routing." There is only one 1.5" hole in the rear of the cabinet, which I assume is for electrical access. So in order to plumb my tank to the sump (as my tank is drilled on the back, not underneath), I'm going to have to create a cutout for plumbing access. Deep Blue's website also describes the presence of rear access ports.
This is the 36"x18" stand, and the front appearance is more like the Series 2 cabinet except solid black, with two smaller doors about 1' wide, and a 1' wide permanent panel in between, making access to the sump more difficult than the picture would lead you to believe.
There is indeed a door on the left side of the cabinet to get the sump in, which is good because a decent size sump clearly wouldn't fit through the dinky little front doors.
Cabinet appears sturdy and seems to have a good finish, but because I need to modify it, I haven't been able to use it yet.
Pretty disappointed that I need to do significant modifications on a product supposedly designed for use with a sump.
I have e-mailed Deep Blue; we'll see if they change their stock photos. If I had a smaller tank I would have to send the sucker back as it would be unusable with the hole on the top. The current picture is blatantly inaccurate.
It is 28" high, or 29" including the little feet (which are not visible in the picture either not sure whether this is a good addition or not).
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