Go Big OR Go Home! Construction of a 1000 gallon System!!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6402253#post6402253 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Shawn, I wrote that "certain" things are cheaper at Lowes/HD. The flexible PVC tubing certainly is not. In fact I own a marine business and can by that wholesale, and it is still cheaper from SavKo. But, as I said, you will find better prices sometimes on ball valves, unions, and other PVC fittings. They just don't carry enoughg to do an entire job of course.

I need more BHs and will place another order with Savko this week. Since I found out the Rubbermaid ones are crap!!!
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jnarowe, I was not trying to say your post was wrong or anything... I was just saying from what I have compared... I was just giving the flex tubing as an example, but almost everything that I have compared with Savko to HD/Lowes, Savko has been a good bit cheaper...
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6455103#post6455103 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scrmbld33
any news??? how many lbs of LR are going in? id like to see the delevery of 1000lbs plus to my door
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Well, I am lucky to live 20 minutes from Premium Aquatics. So, I save a but load on shipping. I already have about 250 lbs of rock. I will problably get about 200 - 300 more..

I have all the drywall up taped, mudded, and sanded. I will prime and paint on monday. Then I will start plumbing this week into the weekend. I hope to have water in it some time this month!!
 
Well,

Here are some updated pictures of my fish room. The drywall is up, and painted. Now I can finish the electrical for the lighting, install the ballast, and install the rail system for the canopy. After that I will start the plumbing and then start the long process of filling the system with R/O water...

Here are the pictures, I hope you like to color!

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I do like the color. That will be good for your tank as well as easy on your eyes. You really should change your user name to "Plug King"! I really like how you placed the plugs over the tank. That should make lighting runs much easier.

The walls look great.
 
Very nice work! Great idea with the plugs above the tank for the lighting. And under the stand and all over the walls LOL
 
I like the color alot too. And yes, is sure makes all those outlets stick out. It's good to get them in while you can! It would be a lot harder trying to add them later if you didn't get enough in, in the first place.
 
Looks like it is comming along great. Its hard long work and you are doing a great job.


hail to the plug king. :lol:
 
its soo nice to get off the other sad forums like the one that says my son saw a nemo and wanted one so i decided to start a 2.2 gallon tank and house dory and nemo!!! It enthuses me to see that there are a few people out there that do things responsibly Very nice job.....!!!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6523434#post6523434 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cutsupremetrib
its soo nice to get off the other sad forums like the one that says my son saw a nemo and wanted one so i decided to start a 2.2 gallon tank and house dory and nemo!!! It enthuses me to see that there are a few people out there that do things responsibly Very nice job.....!!!
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Thank You!!:)
 
Bstone,

Did you use regular paint, or did you use some kind of epoxy, marine paint or some thing else?

I have been trying to decide what I wanted to use. My walls will be green board, and I guess I figured with adequate ventilation a regular semi-gloss paint would be fine?
 
Great palnning and progress so far. This may be a dumb question so feel free to laugh accordingly. Could I use window tint, like the stuff used on cars, on the back and sides of my tank. That way I could see in from the back and sides but yous couldn't see through from the front? At least until the coralline took over. It is a limo grade tint so very dark looking in but high visibility looking out. It would obviously be on the outside of the tank. I just noticed looking at your tank that it resembles tint.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6537050#post6537050 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Cathy8424
Bstone,

Did you use regular paint, or did you use some kind of epoxy, marine paint or some thing else?

I have been trying to decide what I wanted to use. My walls will be green board, and I guess I figured with adequate ventilation a regular semi-gloss paint would be fine?
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If you have good ventilation then I would go ahead and use what I did which was a semi-gloss paint, but I put a good primer down first to help with sealing the drywall. Also, my tank room is not in a basement, its on the ground floor so I don't have the humidity problems that a basement would.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6537701#post6537701 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AllenFord_SC
Great palnning and progress so far. This may be a dumb question so feel free to laugh accordingly. Could I use window tint, like the stuff used on cars, on the back and sides of my tank. That way I could see in from the back and sides but yous couldn't see through from the front? At least until the coralline took over. It is a limo grade tint so very dark looking in but high visibility looking out. It would obviously be on the outside of the tank. I just noticed looking at your tank that it resembles tint.
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I see no problem using the tint. In fact the back of my overflows are tinted with the plastic.
 
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