642642 180G In-wall

[642642]

Well I finally got around to putting the tank back up. The wall that it is going into sits between the living room and the garage.

Living room


Garage


I concern about the stand, instead of the tank sitting on the back of the stand its going to sit where the blue line is. The gaps are 16in wide.



Theres going to be either 3/8 or 1/2in thick plywood between the tank and the stand. My question is do you think ill need to add extra support between the gaps?

I had plans of building a sump that takes up every bit of room under the tank.

[pwhitby]

i would do 3/4 ply for the extra strength. Should be fine.

[642642]

I would like to go bigger but when I made the cut to the wall I only gave it a half inch more room (tank measures 25.5 tall cut is 26) So do you think 3/8 plywood would work?

[pwhitby]

i would say that its a little thin, personally.

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

off to a good start.

[642642]

Well I got the back and both sides of the tank painted today.



Tomorrow its going on the stand and there will be more pictures to follow.

[642642]

Today I put the tank on the stand, put the trim up, and hung the lights. Everything turned out pretty nicely I think. All that is left to do is: hang the RO/DI machine, build the sump, clean the front of the tank and start adding the water once UPS drops off my IO salt.

[vest0830]

that is going to look great!

[642642]

Thanks vest0830.

Heres a running down of my filtration and circulation

ASM G4X skimmer
Mag 12 return pump
2 tunze 6000's w/multicontroller
4 stage RO/DI
Azoo powerhead 660gph
100lbs of rock

Lighting:

Sunlight Supply 48" Tek Light: 6-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
3 -- ATI 54W 11000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent
2 -- ATI 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent
1 -- ATI 54W Actinic 03 T5 HO Fluorescent

[liv]

Hi, sure will look great,
what paint did you use on the tank ?

[642642]

I used Rust-Oleum (high performance enamel) Sticks well to glass and fast drying.

[LoneStarSA]

Looks like a neat setup. Do you think the lights from the tank will cause a glare on the tv? I have a window on the opposite wall from my tv and when the sun is blaring, it causes a heck a glare and hard to see the screen sometimes (especially on video games).

[Julio]

Looks great so far!

[642642]

Today I transferred the rock into the tank from the two 29G tanks
and added about 60G of water. Im thinking order another 55lbs of rock but I dont want to make a wall of rocks.

LoneStarSA - The glare isnt bad at all.

[Chelsey]

pics?

[Rodan]

Wow that is looking great!

[642642]

I haven't aquascaped yet, the rocks are just laying in the sand.

[tabndust]

pics

[642642]

I got the rocks stacked up earlier today. Tell me what you think

Full shot



Right side



Left side

[NexDog]

It's a great start. I think you need more rock personally.

[bromanzier]

Is that yellow water line in your tank the waste-water line from you RO/DI?

[642642]

I agree NexDog, I think im going to order another 50+ after Christmas.

Yes that is the waste water line from the RO/DI. I was pluging in the light, pumps, etc so i just put the lines in there to get them out of the way. (The wife snap these pictures before I took them out) No waste water was pumped into the tank.

[jman77]

Nice setup....where did you get the stand from ?

[642642]

I had the stand built at Southeastern construction in Mulberry, FL. I use to work there so I got it made for a pretty good price.

[642642]

Here an update picture of what the tank looks like. This picture was taken with the garage door open and no lights. I think it looks pretty good this way




The only thing left to do is hook up the skimmer but Im waiting on the parts to do the recirc mod.