In-wall tank build

[winereef]

this is how I put my 100 gallon tank in the wall.

before putting it in the wall

I chose a to put it in the wall in my living room with the back side of the tank would be hidden inside a closet.
after measuring the living-room and finding the exact middle spot i made a paper cut out of the tank and taped up on the wall. I glad i did that because I found out that the normal hight of the tank would have been way to low and would have looked very bad in that room. (so I eventually raised the tank aprox. 1 foot using wood "I-beams")

We all know what the inside of a closet looks like so, This is the closet with some work in progress. stage 1: cutting the sheetrock and the studs.

I also at this point put in 1 "I-Beam" so I could make my measurments and also put in a "rail" over the cut studs.

Sure enough, I ran into a hot wire, so I re-routed that around the tank and made a couple extra outlets inside the closet.

 

[winereef]

Next, cut the sheetrock all the way

then I put up a wall to cover the studs and made the electrical outlets.

 

[winereef]

then I put in the 2nd "I-Beam" and some cross 2X4 to rest the tanks stand onto.

 

[winereef]

Then I put in the tank. it didn't quite go as simple as that but with a file and a lot of determination it went in. Then a made the wood frame to cover up some imperfections.

 

[winereef]

and the wife is all happy now!

You can see that the wall tank would have looked really bad if it was 1 foot lower. like this, it is centered in the exact middle of the wall lert to right AND top to bottom.

 

[Reef Bass]

Looks great! Nice job. :thumbsup:

Are all the mechanicals are on the other side of the wall in the room behind that wall?

You need some sps in there! :lmao: I've got some frags for you if you're interested.

Most importantly, it looks like you've scored a high WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).

 

[winereef]

 

[Reef Bass]

That's what I talking about! Thanks for sharing.

 

[shaneh]

dude this looks good i never saw the pics...good job. What is the height of your tank to the floor?

 

[winereef]

it's think it's about 45 inch from the floor. I measured the room height & width and tried to put the tank in the center of both.