Danik Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 so i finally closed on the house and started my 300gal in wall build. the tank is 96" long 30" deep and 24" tall made by midwest custom aquariums it's 3/4" acrylic. this was part of the 4th car garage and got converted into a room. wall came down and all the brick came off. i had to put a access door to the room and had to re-run my sewer pipe from upstairs bathroom. first part of the framing was done and tile got put in. i put in a emergency drain that leads to the garage. also ran water and connected to the sewer for the utility sink. before tile got put in, the floor was reinforced with 4x4 beams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 had a electrician run 3 more 20amp circuits into the fish room, that gave me total of 4 20amp circuits. sheet rock got put up. look from the inside of the room. i had 4x6 construction and had to convert part of it to 2x4 so the tank didn't sit too deep in the wall. all ready for some texture spray and primer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrd Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Very nice! Are you doing the construction part yourself or contracted out? The wall I woud need to use at my place means I need to demo the fireplace in the L/R-(laugh) Wife is not going for it-YET Keep posting its coming alone nicely-I looks like you added the recessed ceiling light s as well-add some blue bulbs and wella giant moon lights-J/K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanareef Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Looks great - how are the walls in the fish going to be finished? Paint? Plastic wall? Do you have a vent in there for the heat? That drain in the floor is nice but but another one near the sump for WC's would be convent. More pix's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 WOW I'm jealous, I'll bet your jaw dropped when you were looking and walked into that family room!!....perfect setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Very nice! Are you doing the construction part yourself or contracted out? The wall I woud need to use at my place means I need to demo the fireplace in the L/R-(laugh) Wife is not going for it-YET Keep posting its coming alone nicely-I looks like you added the recessed ceiling light s as well-add some blue bulbs and wella giant moon lights-J/K most of it done by my self, except texture spray and electrical work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Looks great - how are the walls in the fish going to be finished? Paint? Plastic wall? Do you have a vent in there for the heat? That drain in the floor is nice but but another one near the sump for WC's would be convent. More pix's the room is will be primered and painted with mold/water resistant paint. i will have a vortech type fan sucking the humidity out side. this room is just adjacent to laundry room and will have a wall vent for heat. I will be installing a utility sink just for the water changes and washing equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 room is painted and utility sink installed. i'll have to do some final paint touch ups and than can move in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Very nice bro! No access from the front huh? You are a brave man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Very nice bro! No access from the front huh? You are a brave man! Mike I would never do a inwall without a access from the front. I'll have about 12" for access and it will have a cabinet style access. I can't amazine cleaning that sucker without front access Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Wow, great build thread. Having the in-progress photos is great. Very jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrd Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Mike I would never do a inwall without a access from the front. I'll have about 12" for access and it will have a cabinet style access. I can't amazine cleaning that sucker without front access Good idea, I was talking to my wife about those in walls that have no access-good luck when the magfloat seperates while cleaning the glass-(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadReefer Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Wow! Very nice setup you've started. Thanks for the great pics. I hope I can do something like this someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Steve had the cleanest tank known to man, and he had no front access, it can be done! Looking sweet. How are you going to suspend your lights? That will play a huge part of how easy or hard that sucker will be to clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 the tank got put in today and started to fill with water, it will hake about 3 days to get if full. next is plumbing and lights. here is a reference picture, my friend is six feet tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Steve had the cleanest tank known to man, and he had no front access, it can be done! Looking sweet. How are you going to suspend your lights? That will play a huge part of how easy or hard that sucker will be to clean. i will have the light rack suspended for easy tank access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 This looks awesome. Good job so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Time for another photo update or you are going to be DQ'd from your own thread....lol...come on....don't keep us in suspense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 well the water is filling for two days already, just setting up everything for plumbing ( and trying to get sleep in between, i don't like working graves) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Excuses...Excuses....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep503 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Looking great! With all that extra room how long do you think you will make it before you take it out for a bigger one? (laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean In a Box Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 This is too cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Looking great! With all that extra room how long do you think you will make it before you take it out for a bigger one? (laugh) probably never(wife)(wife)(wife) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason7504 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 awesome tank danik!! can't wait to have my own fish room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonH Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Wow - very cool. Thanks for taking the time to post pics. You seems to be moving along at a great pace. Clearly, you have some carpentry/plumbing skills. So, you put the stand directly on the tiles/ Do you worry that the weight of the stand might break/crush the tiles? Would it matter? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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