125g setup...the wall.....shook...
 

[I]The wall had stood for over 50 years, it was straight & true. It had withstood countless owners, and then Scuba Dave entered the house, and the wall was concerned. A measuring tape appeared...and a sawzall...and the wall trembled in fear.... [/I]

I'm going to document this from start to finish with pictures
Friday the wall comes down......
This is before......

The hallway on the other side of the wall

The fish room sink area...already installed, gotta luv it..

opposite the sink area, is an outside patio, with an open area underneath, encased in concrete. Perfect spot to put a generator - already soundproof. AND the previous owner left a 50' power cable Genpack hookup!!! Woo Hooo!!

Fish sump area + frag tank..backs up to the sink, behind the other wall is the 200a main panel. I'm going to run a 100a subpanel for the generator hookup

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Scuba_Dave [/i]
[B]I'm going to run a 100a subpanel for the generator hookup [/B][/QUOTE]

Sweet!
Do you have a generator picked out?
Is it going to be auto start?

Thats going to be awesome.

Looks like a great place to start Dave...looking forward to seeing it progress forward.

score! congrats + good luck Dave

now you need one of these in your house (each fixture is 24"):lol:
[IMG]http://www.giesemannlicht.com/gallery/aqua1.jpg[/IMG]

Hey Dave,

You know if i was one of your fish id be real happy. Are you going to Buy a house for you and your wife to live in also or are the fish going to let you stay their too??

Mikrok is the Tank for real or trick photography? Where is it located in a garage?

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Groove [/i]
[B]Do you have a generator picked out? Is it going to be auto start? [/B][/QUOTE]

I bought a 5k generator before Y2k, just in case. It's not auto-start, but I hope to upgrade at some point in the future.
Mikrok, not enough wall to fit [I]that[/I] tank, maybe when the addition goes on:D
Yeah, I'm psyched to be finally starting on tank setup. Plus finding this house & the layout is great. I'm going to have a busy winter!
I'm going to try to create a page on our web page [url]http://MassBaydivers.com[/url] to document my progress
Thanx all

Platy that tank is for real...its on the giesemann website

can't wait to see the transformation of the house Dave! i figured scuba dave would have a scuba cellar...this is gonna be a good thread

125 in wall
 

Dave, I also have a 125 in the wall, I installed mirrors at 45 degree angles to the rear corners of the tank, from the display side you can view and clean all three sides of the tank. Here is a picture>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>GEBC

125 inwall
 

Here is a side view

Yes I saw your tank pics in another thread, very nice idea. I had originally hoped for a small fish room on one end of the tank, but no room. So the tank will be viewable from both long sides, and one short side. Due to the layout no mirrors possible, but I did have that in mind if fish room ended up on one of the long sides.
No work accomplished today, other then stuffing myself & starting to move stuff to new house.
Sump & pumps & odds & end sare there, hoping to move tank & plumbing stuff in tomorrow.
Tomorrow I'm cutting the wall open & see what's in there (hopefully nothing). There isn't any electric (or wall), on 2nd floor above this area. Only 1 outlet in the wall, which I forgot to check, but hoping it feeds from the basement

in wall tank
 

Dave, I cant wait to see the pictures, Inwalls rock!!!

I smell a great newsletter article Dave!! Thanks for offering to contribute ;)

Scuba Dave,

Sounds similar to my set up. Tank sits in the office/den and is framed out in the living room. I put in a center cut overflow so that it is viewable from both sides. Also had an extra hole cut in the overflow for wires for the lighting, fans, and powerheads that are in the tank.

Good Luck

[I]and the wall was greatly diminished in size....and Scuba Dave was pleased[/I]

Phase I done, 1st pic is the wall open from one side. Just my luck, the only outlet feeds from the top

wall totally open, needs header + framing. Mom is cleaning up..

wall opened up, dang electric...bottom frame installed - a 2x6 flat ways across all of the studs
You know your wife loves you , when you buy a new house, and the 1st thing you do is rip a wall apart while she cleans & stocks the fridge with beer:D

all framed up, header in place (2) 2x8's w/plywood sandwiched in between. Enough room to thread electic & then tuck it up out of the way

Oops, the picture didn't post...

base of wall, gotta love the sawzall. That's the 2x6 "shelf"

tired of the pics yet? Another view of finished framework

and the view from the hallway, much better