The Shiro Tank

[ryno212]

I have slowly have been putting together a nano in my spare time over the last 6 months. It is a ADA style stand that is white with red accent. I started to paint the stand and then went in a totally different way of covering it. I bought acrylic to skin the tank, which is something I would have never done, but I liked the challenge and look of something different. I will post pictures of what I have done so far and will update when ever I finish a step in the build process.

First the base frame

Next was the box part of the stand

I then coated the inside with truck bed liner and painted it white

Here it is with the doors

 

[ryno212]

Then I took a old 20 gallon sump and cut down the glass to make it shorter and painted it to go with the theme of the tank.

 

[ryno212]

next up was the tank itself. I used 3/8" acrylic and built the tank with a overflow notch on the side of the tank. I still haven't sanded and flame polished it yet until everything was fitted with the overflow box

I made a red overflow box to stick with the white and red colors

 

[ryno212]

here is a few shots of the tank on the stand, I have gotten most of the skinning done except for a few front panels and the doors. This is about where I am now with the tank. Next will be to get the sump fitted in and lay out the route of the plumping...

 

[kylebeano]

Very cool idea, and well executed. Nice DIY work. Are you going to do a white background on the display tank? I think it would look sharp.

 

[kylebeano]

and, one of the new reef octopus skimmers (red and white) would go well in that sump

 

[JasonBJones]

Very cool start. What are your plans for the tank?

 

[ryno212]

Very cool start. What are your plans for the tank?

I'm taking down my 60 gallon cube a putting as much as I can in the nano and selling the rest.

 

[tpallas]

This is awesome. What are you doing for lighting? Bubble King mini would go great with the color scheme....

 

[ryno212]

I'm going to be using a AI sol blue for lighting and a color modified bubble magus skimmer

 

[ange062]

Awesome looking build! Great DIY work! Look forward to more progress.

 

[ssminnow81]

very cool

 

[E.intheC]

I like this. Incredible potential here. :thumbsup:

 

[ryno212]

Thanks everyone, I'll keep you guys posted

 

[ryno212]

Not much progress
Got the holes done for plumbing and put the sump back in to see how to run the pipes.

 

[kaserpick]

I am loving the setup! The drain overflow reminds me of mine setup, except way better! The colors scheme is a great idea as well!

 

[pompeyjohn]

Wow, I love that overflow. Makes me think about doing that to my drop lipped solana.

 

[ryno212]

Mocked up the plumbing today, don't mind the dirty sump.... Now that I have done this I can now sand the top edges and weld the over flow box onto the tank.

 

[ryno212]

And with the AI mocked up before I drill holes

 

[ange062]

Lookin sweet, hurry up with it!! I wanna see this thing get wet!!