Fish room under way

mfief · May 17, 2014

Well we have started the conversion of the formal living room in to the fish room. Carpets out and we are currently painting. Next is crown and tile. I will be driving to The Reef Shack this week to get my 75 drilled and pick up the overflow he is building for me. The far wall will have a 75 gallon display tank on the left and my 55 gallon will become a frag/grow out tank on the right with a 20 gallon refugium in the middle. We will probably put some different algae in there and a seahorse or two. I am going to build two separate stands and trim them to look like one wall to wall built in stand. There will be a qt tank under one of the stands and a trigger systems sump under the other with the ATO tank as well. I will post pics of the tanks and progress as we go.

skinz78 · May 17, 2014

Very nice, keep the pic's coming!

mike007 · May 17, 2014

Following along keep us posted.

mfief · May 17, 2014

Tile and crown starts tomorrow tank pics too

Ok painting is complete with the exception of trim, crown, and the stands. I picked up the materials tonight for most of that though. I also have a couple pics of the 75 that I snagged up at a price I couldn't pass up. It looks rough but it is mostly clean now and I have painted the back and oak colored trim black to match the other tanks.

mfief · May 20, 2014

Grout tomorrow then shoe and tank stand time. I have to get to the LFS to pick up the overflow and have the tank drilled as well. Where does time go? I know where the money goes.

Reefing Madness · May 20, 2014

Carlb · May 20, 2014

nice paint

mfief · May 20, 2014

Thanks my wife picks all of the colors and decor. The stands are going to be a color between the two we have on the wall

mfief · May 25, 2014

Well the room is ready. Some of the furniture will be here this week. Hopefully I can tackle the tank stands next weekend. If I can get that done we will move the tanks I have in there. It all depends on where I can squeeze the time for the stand build.

DaveMorris · May 26, 2014

Its looking nice so far.

mfief · May 26, 2014

DaveMorris said:
Its looking nice so far.

Thanks

SaltCube · May 26, 2014

Sweet. Can't wait to see the following updates man.

Chetrod · May 26, 2014

Nice tile. It's looks like a fun project.

mfief · May 26, 2014

SaltCube said:
Sweet. Can't wait to see the following updates man.

I will keep you posted as it goes things are going to slow down a bit though. Vacation is over and the bank needs to recover. The tanks is being drilled and having the overflow installed now though.

mfief · May 26, 2014

Chetrod said:
Nice tile. It's looks like a fun project.

The room face lift went pretty well. Those tiles are anything but fun, I have installed quite a few floors over the years but they were 12 or 16 inch squares with 1/4 or 3/8 grout lines They are fairly easy. These with 3/32 grout lines and being 4 feet long proved to be a pain in the bum. Unsanded grout is a different animal and the narrow lines were tough. It turned out nice but I won't be doing too many more floors like this one.

fishroomlady · May 26, 2014

love the room! Love the colors your wife has chosen - she's got quite the talent! and how lucky are you - your wife supports your hobby so much that you get to devote an entire room in your house to it! looking forward to the updates! oh, and your daughter is darling!