So it begins...

[rickztahone]

I can just imagine your wife, "Why are you yelling so MUCH?!?!" lol.

Luckily for me, I made a spray bar on my return and that acts as a siphon break.

 

[Johnseye]

I'm sure this is just an illusion from the picture and all that dust floating around, but is the tank level?

 

[alexkharden]

Yes, it's an illusion. The water level in relation to the top trim seems to be within a 32nd of an inch. I doubt it could get much better than that.

 

[alexkharden]

The big water reveal!!! Ta da!!!

So here we are at the end of it all. The fines have almost completely cleared. I added another 40# bag of sand (washed this time). Here it sits at ~1.0253 sg, and at about 78 degrees, on it's way to 79. All that remains to the "build" portion of this is some caulk and paint on the trim.

So I think I'll close this chapter. This forum is "builds and journals" right? Well it seems appropriate to close the build chapter and open a journal one. Thank you everyone who followed along, and I hope you enjoyed the show. Stay tuned for the next chapter, soon to begin!

 

[dt204]

Nice build! Doing a fish room is a lot of fun. I've done a couple wall tanks before, they sure get a lot of attention!
How did you make out with your water line? Hard to make out in the pic. I've learned from my own mistakes of putting on trim before knowing where the top of the water will be. Having the trim come down far enough to hide the line looks great. Ends up looking even bigger when you can't see the edges! I've done mine with a drywall finish.
Great thread btw. I'll follow that journal when you get er goin!

 

[alexkharden]

With the width of the owning between tank and wall, the rough edge of the wall, the space between water line and trim, and the width of the tank trim itself I couldn't cover everything from wall to waterline without the trim being like 6". I didn't want the trim to be that big because I thought it would take away from the tank, so I stopped the trim about halfway through the trim. It framed the inside of the trim and created a look like a matted framed picture, and I think it ended up coming out really well.

 

[alexkharden]

Owning = space. Damn auto correct.

 

[rickztahone]

I know this is my OCD kicking in, but I just have to mention it, it would drive me crazy that after all the work that went in to the build and you can still see the trim of the tank. I would have shortened the framing vertically and gotten the top and bottom framing to cover the trim more. That is just me though, either way it looks good, but I think with that it would really clean everything up. YMMV

 

[alexkharden]

Actually that would be impossible, if I understand what you're saying. The tank actually is inside the wall, so there's ~5" of structure extending over the tank.

 

[rickztahone]

Actually that would be impossible, if I understand what you're saying. The tank actually is inside the wall, so there's ~5" of structure extending over the tank.

So the framing around the tank could not be moved to cover more of the trim? Lets say you removed the side framing which I take to be aesthetic and not structural, could you not move the higher and lower framing inwards?

 

[alexkharden]

No, I don't think so. I'll take a couple of pictures when I get off work so you can see what I mean.

 

[rickztahone]

No, I don't think so. I'll take a couple of pictures when I get off work so you can see what I mean.

ok. I think you understand what I mean, it may just be that it can't be done but I can't see it due to the pictures.

Either way it looks good, but the trim is something my eyes would keep pulling towards.

 

[dt204]

Here's a pic of my drywall finish tank for reference for you guys

Not the best pic, but could take better lighted closer pics for anyone interested. I just ran the drywall past the framing, and returned it with a half inch L-Bead. Just a basic clean painted finish