Thebrinc
Community Member
Hey Guys
So we finally moved away form the city, got a house in a small seaside town with lots of space and so follows the mandatory tank build
Dimesions are 10ft x 3ft x 30" tall, starfire front and sides, all DIY style.
I had the sense to have the stand professionally welded on the mainland out of 2" steel. Being a fan of building my own stands out of wood in the past, this was quite a change but getting a 10ft surface perfectly level out of wood (on an uneven wood floor) would be too much for me. I would probably run out of talent half way though anyway and end up with a floating lounge in a couple of years.
Got the glass panels delivered straight to the moving truck, and offloaded in my new garage! No chips that I can see so far:
With the help of a couple of borrowed furniture dollies we got the stand in the house. The thing is deceptively heavy! We got it through the front door with 1/2" clearance!
Tight, like a tiger
The original position for this tank didn't end up working out. Structurally it would have been in a bad place, sitting over the finished basement suite we were hoping to rent out. It also would have made getting in the front door a bit troublesome ;p
So we went for option B! Pretty sweet.
I didn't initially want the fish too close to the living room with TV and noise, but in retrospect it's probably one of the quietest places in the house, and most importantly, over a well reinforced crawlspace. Besides, any leaks and it runs straight out to the deck! Hopefully not :/
I'll board up the window behind and maybe use it to vent out some of the humidity.
So we finally moved away form the city, got a house in a small seaside town with lots of space and so follows the mandatory tank build
Dimesions are 10ft x 3ft x 30" tall, starfire front and sides, all DIY style.
I had the sense to have the stand professionally welded on the mainland out of 2" steel. Being a fan of building my own stands out of wood in the past, this was quite a change but getting a 10ft surface perfectly level out of wood (on an uneven wood floor) would be too much for me. I would probably run out of talent half way though anyway and end up with a floating lounge in a couple of years.
Got the glass panels delivered straight to the moving truck, and offloaded in my new garage! No chips that I can see so far:
With the help of a couple of borrowed furniture dollies we got the stand in the house. The thing is deceptively heavy! We got it through the front door with 1/2" clearance!
Tight, like a tiger
The original position for this tank didn't end up working out. Structurally it would have been in a bad place, sitting over the finished basement suite we were hoping to rent out. It also would have made getting in the front door a bit troublesome ;p
So we went for option B! Pretty sweet.
I didn't initially want the fish too close to the living room with TV and noise, but in retrospect it's probably one of the quietest places in the house, and most importantly, over a well reinforced crawlspace. Besides, any leaks and it runs straight out to the deck! Hopefully not :/
I'll board up the window behind and maybe use it to vent out some of the humidity.
