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. she said, "something pretty like in the wall" :hmm4:
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 had a little issue with not being able to center the tank in the wall but I'll work around that

She didn't want a big stand.... this wall just so happens to have a closet on the other side and the carpet is already pulled up to be replaced 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? Hahaha the closet is now framed out 2' longer.

And she's home.... we'll continue tomorrow!!!

 

[WatDatThing]

Following. Congrats on the new house and tank. My wife would freaks if she sees me cut the drywall.

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[JonezNReef]

Following along...Congrats on your new home and tank! My current build is a in wall as well but only a 180. Luckily this isn't my first tank build and at this point my wife just shakes her head when I start cutting drywall and usually says "it better look better than it did before you cut it up" LOL

 

[mystikal]

Awesome! Can't wait to see more.


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[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
After that I decided it was time to cut the big hole... lol it's a lot bigger in person. :eek2: I had the move a couple outlets and change them to GFCI. Then spent the rest of the day hanging drywall View attachment 369824
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 maybe another week or two
:fish1::fish1::fish1::fish1:

 

[Zoahoarder]

Wow sweet build. Following along.

 

[Fish finder]

Stuck at work for the next 2 days. Not more progress til Monday

 

[eg8r210]

Wow, this is turning out great!

 

[Zoahoarder]

hey hows this coming along?

 

[Fish finder]

Wow it's been a while. It's finished and looks great. I have to remember how to post photos. Anyone remind me?

 

[Zoahoarder]

I usually host them in a 3rd party website and link over the image. Love photobucket but now they want to charge ya an arm and a leg. Flickr is the next big one I believe.

 

[hoover86]

If you use Tapatalk on your mobile device you can access your own photo library which makes it really easy.

 

[Fish finder]

Here's some pics of where I'm at now. Quite a few LPS just getting some sticks. A couple tangs through quarantine. More in QT right now. I'll get some coral pics tomorrow


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[Fish finder]

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[Zoahoarder]

Wow that looks awesome man. Great job. Love the aquascape.

 

[WatDatThing]

Man, that is beautiful. Once you add more colors, it will be stunning.

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[MrsReefK]

Looks amazing!! Nice work!


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