Xrod 280 gallon living room peninsula
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Thanks Mark your giving me good ideas! Wonder size of pumps i need to move this. I got like 2 meters up then 6 mtsacross the living room. Maybe use waterblaster 16.00o?
cincyreefer1234
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Looking good I love watching big builds. Can't wait for more updates
Thanks! It is strong as a mamoth!
Awesome. Ill put as many pics as i can
Thanks Chappy
Sure thing!
You are Correct, vertically that stand will support a small house, let alone WHATEVER size tank you would sit atop it.
My earlier concern was lateral support to prevent "racking" or sideways failure. This article addresses some of my concerns,
http://www.structuremag.org/article.aspx?articleID=597
It talks about earthquakes, or equipment at sea rocking, and rolling. In the case of a home reef tank, it could be any family member bumping the tank, a drunken brother in law leaning on it, (my problem, not yours :lmao: ) or you working under it and bumping it on the way out. A tank weighing several tons suspended three feet in the air is a lot of force should it get bumped, or leaned against. I am sure I am overly cautious but that's just me.
Please keep posting I am enjoying your progress, and good luck.
So today we were going to start placing the cabinet structure but something was not measured correctly so they did not fit in from one side. All was taken down and returned to the workshop. Well anyway. This has to be perfect so it is better to wait a couple more days. So i took some photos of it being built, but as i said, i am back with the original wooden support stand only
OK but here is something i need some advice on: Originally they were going to be wooden colored and texture. Is to say some sort of brownish color for the cabinets, But talking to both, my brother and father who are architects, they said, that doing it in a dark color would not look so nice because my area is relatively small so it would darken it all. They said it would look nice, just not as nice if i did something more modern like gray or white. so i went around looking for some white cabinetry on aquariums and i found 2 that i really liked. I would like to copy the style from it:
The famous apex one
And this other one:
So what you guys think on this? whiteish or wooden finish?
OK but here is something i need some advice on: Originally they were going to be wooden colored and texture. Is to say some sort of brownish color for the cabinets, But talking to both, my brother and father who are architects, they said, that doing it in a dark color would not look so nice because my area is relatively small so it would darken it all. They said it would look nice, just not as nice if i did something more modern like gray or white. so i went around looking for some white cabinetry on aquariums and i found 2 that i really liked. I would like to copy the style from it:
The famous apex one
And this other one:
So what you guys think on this? whiteish or wooden finish?
dave.m
Active member
I agree that your space is small, but I don't think a strong white like the second image you posted is the answer. This would be just as stark and domineering as too dark would.
What if you went with something more neutral, say a beige or ecru colour? What would blend in with the colours of your other furniture and the rest of the room instead of standing out?
Dave.M
What if you went with something more neutral, say a beige or ecru colour? What would blend in with the colours of your other furniture and the rest of the room instead of standing out?
Dave.M
For running your plumbing outside, digging and breaking the cement seems pretty excessive. How about just along the floor where that baseboard is a create a box as small as possible to cover it so in essence a fat baseboard. Or bust out the bottom foot+- of drywall along the wall and drill some holes in the studs and feed your water lines through the holes and patch it all up?
Right On Dave. That is exactly what i am looking for. Like a beige something in the tones of the wall. I agree white is to dominating and too clean
That is what I would like but i dontk now if you saw the 3rd image on the first page. There is NO straight wall from the tank to the outside sump. So i dont think that is possible if I understood you correctly. So its basically.
Under the floor
Over the ceiling
Below the tank
thanks! Still trying to decide if I should do the underfloor, over ceiling or undertank. Need more imput
