I'm very excited to FINALLY be doing another in-wall build. This is going to be a bit of a teaser, because I'm not going to do much more with the tank until we get the basement finished. We bought this place in March this year. It's kind of a wreck, but we've made a lot of improvements so far and have some big plans. Luckily my girlfriend is willing (and almost as excited as I am) to go along with my crazy ideas. So, after finding a steal of a deal from a local reef club member on the 220gal, the building has begun.
When we bought this place, we tore down the back half of the house and rebuilt because it was so shoddy. I had the builder frame in an opening for an in-wall tank while the construction was going on.
When I was prepping everything to get the stand moved in, I had another of many surprises we've had in this place - in the basement, where the tank is going to be, there is about a 6'x12' area that is not concrete slab...it was just 2x4s laid on sand with subfloor over it. So, I tore up the small section around where the tank is going, and poured a new slab. I'll finish the rest of the room later.
Once the floor was cured, I moved in the stand. I had to do some modification to shorten the stand to align it with the window. I also needed to build an extension to slide the tank forward. The stand is right up against the house footing, which comes up about 20". I built a second stand section on top of that, level with the main stand, so the tank would slide right up against the back of the wall.
It still needs some leveling and shimming, but tank is in place!
So, no more work on the tank until we get the basement sheetrocked and somewhat finished. Eventually there's going to be a bar in front of the tank, so the tank will be the backdrop to the bar. The area behind the tank will also get enclosed into a fishroom to house the QT tank, filtration, etc etc.
When we bought this place, we tore down the back half of the house and rebuilt because it was so shoddy. I had the builder frame in an opening for an in-wall tank while the construction was going on.
When I was prepping everything to get the stand moved in, I had another of many surprises we've had in this place - in the basement, where the tank is going to be, there is about a 6'x12' area that is not concrete slab...it was just 2x4s laid on sand with subfloor over it. So, I tore up the small section around where the tank is going, and poured a new slab. I'll finish the rest of the room later.
Once the floor was cured, I moved in the stand. I had to do some modification to shorten the stand to align it with the window. I also needed to build an extension to slide the tank forward. The stand is right up against the house footing, which comes up about 20". I built a second stand section on top of that, level with the main stand, so the tank would slide right up against the back of the wall.
It still needs some leveling and shimming, but tank is in place!
So, no more work on the tank until we get the basement sheetrocked and somewhat finished. Eventually there's going to be a bar in front of the tank, so the tank will be the backdrop to the bar. The area behind the tank will also get enclosed into a fishroom to house the QT tank, filtration, etc etc.