Rick's 300 Gallon Baltimore Build

rfrankle · Mar 9, 2018

1WildBill said:
I’m a painter/drywall finisher, can I come over and watch!

Haha ... Where were you when I started? Having never hung or finished drywall before, this DIY’er should could have used your expertise! ... I probably would already have had water in the tank by now!

1WildBill · Mar 9, 2018

rfrankle said:
Haha ... Where were you when I started? Having never hung or finished drywall before, this DIY’er should could have used your expertise! ... I probably would already have had water in the tank by now!

Probably sitting on my couch watching my tank with a cold brew.

rfrankle · Mar 13, 2018

Did some tiling around the tank this week ...

1WildBill · Mar 13, 2018

Nice. Looking good.

scott11106 · Mar 13, 2018

rfrankle said:
I've been delayed a bit in posting photos as I feel like I have been perpetually covered in tile cement, grout, and drywall mud all week. Here are a bunch of photos to chronicle the progress of the fishroom construction.

Holy subway tile, you did great

scott11106 · Mar 13, 2018

as i am building my new setup i really enjoy watching your build come to life, keep up the hard work, its paying off!!

i may have missed it but what are the tank dimensions?

Also may have missed but have you picked/purchased your equipmen

Fudsey · Mar 13, 2018

Following along.... Man that's a TON of work you've done, Bravo ! !

rfrankle · Mar 13, 2018

scott11106 said:
as i am building my new setup i really enjoy watching your build come to life, keep up the hard work, its paying off!!

i may have missed it but what are the tank dimensions?

Also may have missed but have you picked/purchased your equipmen

Thank you ... and good luck! I am so ready for H2O!

The tank is 10’ x 2’ x 2’ ... it was put together from scratch. There are some photos of that earlier in the thread.

The sump is an old 120 that I had. I jazzed it up a bit by covering the plastic wood grain with some of the tile that I used on the floor.

C-Reefer · Mar 16, 2018

Wow looks amazing! Just read the whole thread, what a journey! This tank is going to look so cool. I love the fiber optics!

nstuber3956 · Mar 18, 2018

Looks amazing!

rfrankle · Mar 18, 2018

nstuber3956 said:
Looks amazing!

Thanks for the nice feedback.
The floor tile came in ... so that fun begins tomorrow.

siggy · Mar 20, 2018

@rfrankle , Nice work. I wish I had your energy.

rfrankle · Mar 21, 2018

The glass sign board that I ordered arrived today in the middle of the snowstorm. I'm going to use it to track parameters in the fish room.

Wrangy · Mar 21, 2018

rfrankle said:
The glass sign board that I ordered arrived today in the middle of the snowstorm. I'm going to use it to track parameters in the fish room.

That's an over-the-top but unreal idea! I love it haha I just have the old trusty whiteboard next to mine

lol