inwall system start

[magnar]

Hello everyone...my name is Magnar and I want to share my inwall multi tank project with you....bare with me and my english, I am from Norway.

This is not really a start of the project ...but then again it is not finished ....there is alot of pictures.
Hope you enjoy.

Here is my aquariumroom in the garage.

This is the tank I started of with...a 320 liters tank with 110 liters sump. This is the wall that I will have five tanks...two display and three sumps/refuge/frag/fry etc tanks. All is to be build in to the wall.

This is want I wanted to do....the text is not translated but you get the idea....or ?? heheh

 

[magnar]

The day has come

The day has come

OK....Here we go....we got alot done this evening and night.....A fellow reefer and friend came to help me. I have alot of pictures and a memory of my arms that got longer and longer hehehe.

Here is the second display tank....55mm hole for a 40mm bulkhead.

Here is the carpenter...Kristian
He is preparing the wodden plate for both of the display tanks to sit on. It is 253cm x 51 cm

I was a little bit paranoid when it came to measuring

 

[magnar]

It is time to get the water out

It is time to get the water out

It is time to fill these 25liters cans with tankwater so that we can move the tank away from the wall

Kristian is removing the sump

oooooppppss ...this actually happend two times, water all over the floor , a good thing it was not a wood floor. hehe

Kristian is measuring so that the first "beam" is in level

The tank is half full now...I did not like to expose my corals to the cold air..not only one time but two times since we were going to fill it up while the bench was beeing made and then drain it again before we lifted it up to the bench again.

You all have to exuse my english heheh

 

[magnar]

I am still nervous...

This is how the tank looked two minutes before we lifted it up and carried it four meters away from the wall....It was very heavy. My yellow tang was unhappy with the waterlevel.

It was time to fill the tank again with water....atleast so that the highest corals was covered.

PAIN

 

[magnar]

OOOPPPS

OOOPPPS

Sorry about the miniature pictures...it will not happen again

 

[magnar]

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Well..the water is in the tank again and it is time to get to work

Me smiling ...things are in level so far

We are now ready for the bench

The bench is beeing placed firmly

It is time to place some stands

 

[magnar]

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We used 2" x 1" stands ...we doubled them so they are actually 4" x 1" some places.

The temporary sump is in place. This tank will be housing a returnpump to the two 320 liters tanks later on.
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I am making a hole in the bench , it is for the pipework coming from the right tank.

One hole done....we can now focus on the tank again.

Things have really gone really well so far.....a beer came out of the cooler by it self.

 

[ihopss]

I like the tank,stand you have now.

 

[OnlyCrimson]

Looks like you know what you are doing. Tank looks good. good luck!

 

[Pulp Fishin]

Must say it looks great!

 

[magnar]

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Well ....we drained the tank again...no spilling on the floor this time hehe

We have moved the tank into position...now it is just some heavy lifting that remains. I was worried because it wouldent be easy
to hit the hole in the bench with the bulkhead sticking out 3" from underneath the tank.

YES !!!We did it....my arms really feels heavy at this point.
A beer with Kristians name on it came along as well.

I have to put the pipe in place again so that we can fill the tank back up again. I really almost started filling it up without the pipe in place hehe

It was a pain in the a## to get everything together again because of shells and stuff like that had grown on the pipe and fittings.

 

[magnar]

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This time it was alot more fun to refill the water because I did it in the sump

The corals are again covered in water

I used the oportunity to catch some **** floating around

The clock is now 0200 in the night....Kristian is going to work in 5 hours heheh....and on top of it all....he is going to use his bicycle to get home....he is by far my neightbor.

 

[magnar]

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Thank you all for kind words.....I hope you enjoy....there will be alot of pictures.


Now it is time to consentrate on the second tank.....here you can see that I have installed and glued a chamber.

The bulkhead..40mm

I have made the second hole for the new tank

Have a look at my beautifull light...really homemade 250w HQI.
I have also began to place the electric cords.

 

[magnar]

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I have started to think about the three tanks that is going to be used as sump (or what ever ??). I found out that the largest sump was leaking....I removed the old silikon and redid it.

Here you can see that I have smeared all the aluminium in silikon.

Here is some of the rock that is going to be used in the new display tank. The tank will then be used as a sump.

 

[magnar]

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I am starting to drill the holes for the connecting bulkheads in the tanks. I used a cheap ebay drillbit....I have drilled maybe about 15 holes and the bit is still going strong.

I had to practice a little bit first

 

[magnar]

hhhmmmmm ???

hhhmmmmm ???

My gallery is full.....am I corect if I asume that if I delete a picture in my gallery the picture will disapear in this thread to ??????

 

[daleKW]

sign up for a photbucket account... you can upload pictures there and link them here.. You get a lot more space that way..

Looking good so far.. Looks like you are having fun doing it too which is the name of the game right ...

Keep it coming.

 

[magnar]

ok....

ok....

Thanks for the tip....and yes....to stand in rain and storm drilling holes in tanks for 4 hours and still have a good time IS the name of the game heheh.
I asked Kristian what the #### we where doing and we both laugh while our shoes where full of water.

Glad you like what I am doing.....more pictures will follow.

 

[magnar]

more fun

more fun

It was now time to drain the sump so it could be drilled.

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The bulkhead sits just fine.

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The tank has an air driven internal skimmer and a heather as well because the sump is being taken away for drilling....this is the last tank that needs drilling.

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[magnar]

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The sump is empty and ready to be drilled...I was a little bit nervous here....was it on the last hole I would crack it ??? hhehe

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The glassdrilling maestro is done (and wet )

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It is time for placing two of the "sumps" where they should be.

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And there you have it...two tanks connected with a bulkhead.

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