I sort of understand what you're saying. I'm sure a picture is worth a 1000 words here. My concern was if leaking water (say from a ruptured line or sump) were to get to a height in the room that it migrated towards the stand, what would prevent it from getting into your living space. I will have carpet in the living space, so I certainly don't want water wicking into it. It's probably less of a concern for you because I recall that you went with the underlayment below the plywood for your subfloor... not to mention that you have a floor drain and your floor is pitched properly unlike my 70 yr old floor. I'd have to contain the water and shop vac it since I don't have a floor drain.
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Yes there is a drain and pitched to the drain, along with the room is surrounded on 3 sides by tile, and the 4th side is a utility room with its own drain. Past the tile is the underlayment that slopes back towards the drain. I wouldn't want to test it, but I think a complete tank blowout would leave the carpet wet possibly closest to the tile from the initial surge, but then it should all drain away in pretty fast.
I shot some fast photos of some of the panels going up today. Keep in mind none of the finish work is done and that chip board above the tank is just a spacer and will be pulled out for the proper insert.
I should have put a coke can besides the tank to give it some dimension.
I shot some fast photos of some of the panels going up today. Keep in mind none of the finish work is done and that chip board above the tank is just a spacer and will be pulled out for the proper insert.
I should have put a coke can besides the tank to give it some dimension.
chrisqueenz
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Sure is! Yea, whats the stock list?
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Chainsaw5vent: Wait till I get the floor polished and finished. It gleams and the silver veins look like they pop right out 
It took about 3 days to lay that floor. Well, 4 if you figure a day for leveling, but it wasn't a full work day.
As far as stocking goes its going to be a mixed reef. I think I can pull off mixed sps and lps because I'll have monster filtration and I'm planing on target feeing a few lps's and letting them grow into monster colonies. If it becomes too much of a pita it'll switch to a sps mainly tank. There will be no zoos, xenia, or star polyps or anything that can spread out of control. I do plan on keeping some rarer zoos in the frag tank though.
As far as fish go, this tank was built with tangs in mind. Hence the 10 feet I'm still mulling over the tang list. I also would like a pair of onyx clowns (Rod is local to me) and with a tank this big I might be able to get away with a second set of clowns on the other side. I also love Anthias, so a school of those is on the list. My wife loves dragonets so about a year after the tank is running and pods are going well one will be added. Thats about it right now, I know its a small list but those are the general guidelines.
It took about 3 days to lay that floor. Well, 4 if you figure a day for leveling, but it wasn't a full work day.As far as stocking goes its going to be a mixed reef. I think I can pull off mixed sps and lps because I'll have monster filtration and I'm planing on target feeing a few lps's and letting them grow into monster colonies. If it becomes too much of a pita it'll switch to a sps mainly tank. There will be no zoos, xenia, or star polyps or anything that can spread out of control. I do plan on keeping some rarer zoos in the frag tank though.
As far as fish go, this tank was built with tangs in mind. Hence the 10 feet
I'm still mulling over the tang list. I also would like a pair of onyx clowns (Rod is local to me) and with a tank this big I might be able to get away with a second set of clowns on the other side. I also love Anthias, so a school of those is on the list. My wife loves dragonets so about a year after the tank is running and pods are going well one will be added. Thats about it right now, I know its a small list but those are the general guidelines.joshallan86
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This looks like it's going to be really nice once it's all finished. Are there any updates on the project? Can't wait too see more pics, I'm tagging along.
Josh
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Well, as far as water I'm not sure. I wanted to get as much trim work done on the tank as possible then I'm going to go back in and paint some more exposed wood and do a bit more caulking. After that I'm going to start to build the shelves that will hold the water storage vessels, the shelves that will hold the frag, fuge, and quarantine tank, and the support for the sump. I then need to either put a utility tub in with a workspace next to it, or a larger workspace with a smaller undermount sink. Not sure yet.
On top of all that this Thursday I'm going to start on the panel work in the pool table area. The cabinetry for the bookshelves is supposed to arrive tomorrow, and next week I plan on getting the utility shelving behind the bar put in.
Then I need to start the plumbing. I'm thinking water will be in, I hope in about 6 weeks realistically.
I'm going to go mostly with dry tonga, and shelf fiji to eliminate the possibility of hitchhikers on a tank of this size. I'll seed with live rock that I've quarantined, and the sump and fuge will all have live rock.
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This looks like it's going to be really nice once it's all finished. Are there any updates on the project? Can't wait too see more pics, I'm tagging along.
Josh
I'm trying to post the updates as they come along. Its prety much up to real time right now. The only thing that's not up is some more trim work that was done today. Plus some the oak doors had to come off and be cut down slightly because I realized they would not swing over the carpet pad + carpet when its installed.
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I've really enjoyed this thread thus far. And you haven't even gotten to the tank build!
That basement is going to be an amazing place to relax, entertain and watch your reef. Congratulations. I'm always on the lookout for your next post with updates and pictures.
I love the tiling in the bathroom too. My wife and I are considering redoing our master bathroom and I would love to do something like that.
Best, Itay.
That basement is going to be an amazing place to relax, entertain and watch your reef. Congratulations. I'm always on the lookout for your next post with updates and pictures.
I love the tiling in the bathroom too. My wife and I are considering redoing our master bathroom and I would love to do something like that.
Best, Itay.
Great thread, I have been following since the start. I am in the planning stages of an inwall project myself.
Couple of questions for you:
How do you have the paneling attached to your steel frame?
Is the vinyl baseboard attached directly to the backside of the paneling?
I was orginally going to frame up a knee wall in front of my stand to attach panels, insulate, soundproff, and waterproff. However, yours is a much cleaner look.
Thanks
Couple of questions for you:
How do you have the paneling attached to your steel frame?
Is the vinyl baseboard attached directly to the backside of the paneling?
I was orginally going to frame up a knee wall in front of my stand to attach panels, insulate, soundproff, and waterproff. However, yours is a much cleaner look.
Thanks
Ok The frame of the tank is steel as shown in the move in picts. Its steel is squared tubular. What we did is take 3/4" waterproofed chipboard (Stuff weighs like 180 lbs per 8x4 sheet.... good god, or you could use a high quality 3/4" ply) and put 3 coats of Drylock on the side that is to face inward. That chipboard was then glued to the stand with construction adhesive. It might sound like its not "on" well without screws and we were planing to frame around the frame to add more rigidity to it, but after gluing it, there is NO WAY its ever moving. I tried to rip it off and I couldn't. It wont budge. We then used finish nails with a nail gun and attached the paneling to the chipboard.
I did not use the vinyl edge around the bottom of the stand or the part of the stand the faces out towards the tile. Instead between the chipboard and the stand I blew a layer of the foamy insulation (The NON EXPANDING STUFF!!! This is important.. the expanding stuff would warp the board) and on the seam on the inside of the stand I caulked.
The other long and short sides that are in the fishroom closest to the inside of the fishroom, the inside seam is caulked, and the "outside" of the seam was filled up when we level poured with concrete.. it goes up almost to the top of the steel. I then caulked that little part that is left.
If this is confusing I can take pictures and outline each part... just let me know.
LoneStarSA
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Forget the coke can for a reference....put a case of beer in there! Then we will really see how big that tank is!
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