Fish Finder 220 closet build

[Fish finder]

After a couple months of prep and research it's finally time to start my build. First I must say thank you to all the help here. This is my first aquarium of any kind, I went big right out of the gate. I've been told that if I go small I'll want to upgrade. My tank is a 220 that I got from a friend getting out. It's 24x24x84, predrilled.

Now for the build.... me and my girlfriend just bought a house and both decided that a tank would be good. Her only stipulation is that it can't have a big bulky stand around it :hmm5: she said, "something pretty like in the wall" :lolspin:
Hahaha so I waited for her to go to work and started building. The house has an open plan with the dining and kitchen together so this wall looked good View attachment 369745 had a little issue with not being able to center the tank in the wall but I'll work around that View attachment 369750

She didn't want a big stand.... this wall just so happens to have a closet on the other side :lmao: and the carpet is already pulled up to be replaced :lmao: View attachment 369751 the only problem is the closet won't fit a 7' tank and she is only at work for 5 hours, oh well gotta do it. She said in wall right? View attachment 369752 closet is now framed out 2' longer.
And she's home.... we'll continue tomorrow!!!

 

[NaClH2O Getaway]

Looks awesome. Gonna be watching to see how this one turns out

 

[Fish finder]

Back at it this morning.... I built the stand, all done with 2x6 and 2x8. Just need to cut the plywood top for it View attachment 369817

After that I decided it was time to cut the big hole... :bounce1:
View attachment 369818 lol it's a lot bigger in person. I had the move a couple outlets and change them to GFCI. Then spent the rest of the day hanging drywall View attachment 369819
Now the bedroom is back to normal. With the exception of a bigger closet and a giant hole in the wall. I'm getting excited to set the tank and plumb it all up. But I have to finish in the drywall work and paint first :facepalm: maybe another week or two:fish1::fish1::fish1:

 

[BigBearMD]

Cool. Going big. If I started to reframe a closet without my wife's 100% consent I would be in more trouble than I would know what to do with. Can't wait to see where this goes.