My DIY aquarium desk

[oakengineer]

Finally finished my scratch built aquarium desk last week. I posted it on reddit, but I thought I would post it here as well.

http://imgur.com/a/gRZE4

 

[j tavares]

Beautiful Job, enjoy it!

 

[subzero101]

Ohh wow that is a nice setup

 

[slief]

That is VERY cool! I love it!

 

[woodnaquanut]

Very nice. I really like the shell port cover! Great detail.

 

[muttley000]

Very nice work! I always enjoy out of the box ideas! How are you getting the moisture out of the tank and sump compartments?

 

[AquaJazzed132]

That's such a nice desk. They say that you should your tank where you a lot of the time be able to enjoy it! Well now you will certainly want to work at you computer more if you already don't!

 

[Yodeling]

Needs glass top.

 

[oakengineer]

Very nice work! I always enjoy out of the box ideas! How are you getting the moisture out of the tank and sump compartments?

Well the fact that I live in New Mexico take a lot of the moisture out. Its dry as a bone in there. But I also built in a 120mm exhaust fan if I need it.

 

[johnike]

Very nice, I'd have a hard time getting any work done at that desk!

 

[iced98lx]

Very Cool, why the heater in the tank and not the sump area though?

+1 for glass top though that would be a huge engineering task to make it have a good view (Ideally submerged glass, which would be tough to do etc). I enjoyed your comment about the clowns- I have a pair and thought similarly until I watched them for a bit, they are a hoot.

 

[Redman88]

Well the fact that I live in New Mexico take a lot of the moisture out. Its dry as a bone in there. But I also built in a 120mm exhaust fan if I need it.

where in NM.

 

[oakengineer]

Very Cool, why the heater in the tank and not the sump area though?

+1 for glass top though that would be a huge engineering task to make it have a good view (Ideally submerged glass, which would be tough to do etc). I enjoyed your comment about the clowns- I have a pair and thought similarly until I watched them for a bit, they are a hoot.

That was why I didn't do a glass top. I didn't think it would look good without a submerged pane, and I didn't care that much.

I bought more heater than I needed, and it won't fit. And none of the chambers are large enough for a 12" heater anyway. So it went into the DT. I might change switch that up later.

where in NM.

Albuquerque

 

[Redman88]

Albuquerque

i get up that way every once in a while. mostly to Rio Rancho, to visit a cousin.

 

[IPT]

nice work man, very well done.

 

[dson78]

That is really cool. Great job.

 

[iced98lx]

That was why I didn't do a glass top. I didn't think it would look good without a submerged pane, and I didn't care that much.

I bought more heater than I needed, and it won't fit. And none of the chambers are large enough for a 12" heater anyway. So it went into the DT. I might change switch that up later.

I agree on the glass top, large PITA. Heater wise the Finnex Titanium tubes are shorter than traditional glass heaters, if you're looking for one.

FOWLR?

 

[DeepSeaBeauti]

How cool is that! I did a similar but opposite desk from my tank. I put the tank on top and made it so a desk pulled out just under the tank. I still need to finish the frame around it to finish my office.

 

[oakengineer]

I agree on the glass top, large PITA. Heater wise the Finnex Titanium tubes are shorter than traditional glass heaters, if you're looking for one.

FOWLR?

Thanks for the tip. I'll check that out.

Yes, it will be a FOWLR. I might do coral later on when I have a little more experience.

 

[iced98lx]

Cool, post more pics as you stock it!