screamincamaro
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Ok I've been kind of quiet the last month of two but have been busy. I sold the wife on how nice the tank would look if it was on the other side of the wall as an in wall tank. I dont' think she thought I was serioius until she saw the hole.
I got a great deal on a 210 gal from Faois and was able to pick up a 125 gal tank for a sump from someone local. Here's a couple pics of the progression. The deal I made with the wife was i had to refinish the room before I could finish the tank so here it is.
The room started out builders white and I chose to paint it blue/light blue.
So I painted the room. Pulled up the carpet and started to cut out the area where the tank would be.
It ended up being a little more work than anticipated and it took me a little while to figure the multiple 2x4 was a sheer wall and not load bearing. I ended cutting the boards off and mounting a header above where the aquarium would go.
Starting to frame out the stand:
Cut the hole in the wall and lifted the tank up on the stand with the help of some great local reefers.
You can see the new tank behind my current one.
Floated some flooring with my helpers.
I made use of the water barrels. I have almost everything plumbed. I have a brand new blueline on my old tank that I will steal for water changes once I take it down. I plan on running PVC up into the attic and to the new tank for convenience.
The top one is full of RO already. I plan to use the pump to circulate the salt mix in the lower one, pump it to the aquarium, and possbily an ATO. I will run another PVC from the tank to a drain using the tank pump.
Ok, so now back to the tank. I have the sump in place and starting to fill the tank with RO last night.
Came home today and not even half full. This is going to take a while. I threw a couple of bags of sand in also that is why the water is cloudy.
I got a great deal on a 210 gal from Faois and was able to pick up a 125 gal tank for a sump from someone local. Here's a couple pics of the progression. The deal I made with the wife was i had to refinish the room before I could finish the tank so here it is.
The room started out builders white and I chose to paint it blue/light blue.
So I painted the room. Pulled up the carpet and started to cut out the area where the tank would be.
It ended up being a little more work than anticipated and it took me a little while to figure the multiple 2x4 was a sheer wall and not load bearing. I ended cutting the boards off and mounting a header above where the aquarium would go.
Starting to frame out the stand:
Cut the hole in the wall and lifted the tank up on the stand with the help of some great local reefers.
You can see the new tank behind my current one.
Floated some flooring with my helpers.
I made use of the water barrels. I have almost everything plumbed. I have a brand new blueline on my old tank that I will steal for water changes once I take it down. I plan on running PVC up into the attic and to the new tank for convenience.
The top one is full of RO already. I plan to use the pump to circulate the salt mix in the lower one, pump it to the aquarium, and possbily an ATO. I will run another PVC from the tank to a drain using the tank pump.
Ok, so now back to the tank. I have the sump in place and starting to fill the tank with RO last night.
Came home today and not even half full. This is going to take a while. I threw a couple of bags of sand in also that is why the water is cloudy.
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