Thanks, and yes she does!
I let her pick the color as well. ( A little phycology at play there)
260 gallon rehab!
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I let her pick the color as well. ( A little phycology at play there)
This stand is 37". Add the tank and it's at 63". This doesn't include light rack.
The wall it will occupy won't allow more because it's in front of the stairs. I currently have a 125 there right now. This is what it looks like now.
Finally. It's in the house and done.
I finished the stand off, and my wife decided she liked the distressed white and grey look. So I went about doing the stand, light shroud, and tank trim in the same color. I figured it was a unique enough look. The light shroud is suspended by black pipe. 3/4" for the vertical and 1/2" for the horizontal. 2 braced flanges and the lights are very secure.
I called up my 2 son in-laws (my biological son being in boot camp and all) and scheduled an install date.
Exiting!
The stand it seemed, had a bit of center sag on the front end. I discovered this on the test setup in the garage.
(this explains the temporary shims in the pic) But all I did was separate the double deck and shim under the top layer of deck and wallah! Center sag is fixed.
I did decide to reseal the tank as well. Especially after finding some silicone that was loose in some spots. Better safe than sorry. I have resealed tanks in the past, but never anything this big. So I went about removing and replacing. Turned out great. After 6 hours of prep (much easier than the some of 3 days I spent on the glass polishing) I literally had the tank siliconed, smoothed out, and the tape pulled in 11 minutes and 26 seconds. Perfect in working time requirements. Then let a 5 day cure time set in. Also the tank is drilled. I don't use sumps, so I decided to patch the hole with a piece of tempered glass and silicone. I have used plugged bulkheads in the past to do this, but since I had the material laying around I figured I would use it up.
I made the lids out of 8 mill greenhouse siding. $50 vs $300 for glass. I purchased some acrylic hinges off of Amazon and Its working out good so far.
After that I got the tank on the stand and test filled (thanks Sam). No runs no drips no errors! It ran like this with a couple of filters and a wave maker for 6 days. I drained and refilled it 3 times before I was satisfied it was good to go.
I literally built my own furniture dolly to move this tank and stand and thank God I did. It made the process so much smoother and easier on the back.
The move into the house turned out to be a total family affair. With the son in laws came the kids, daughters etc! Isn't fish keeping great?
I knew the tank was big but I really didn't get an appreciation as to how big until it was against the wall. It's so big it truly acts as an accent wall.
Anyway it took a whole day to take out the old tank and move in the new one. Keeping in mind I had 30+ fish to keep alive in the process. And no, I didn't lose a single fish in the process.
I'm happy, my wife is happy and more importantly the discus are happy!
Now, on to more fish!
I finished the stand off, and my wife decided she liked the distressed white and grey look. So I went about doing the stand, light shroud, and tank trim in the same color. I figured it was a unique enough look. The light shroud is suspended by black pipe. 3/4" for the vertical and 1/2" for the horizontal. 2 braced flanges and the lights are very secure.
I called up my 2 son in-laws (my biological son being in boot camp and all) and scheduled an install date.
Exiting!
The stand it seemed, had a bit of center sag on the front end. I discovered this on the test setup in the garage.
(this explains the temporary shims in the pic) But all I did was separate the double deck and shim under the top layer of deck and wallah! Center sag is fixed.
I did decide to reseal the tank as well. Especially after finding some silicone that was loose in some spots. Better safe than sorry. I have resealed tanks in the past, but never anything this big. So I went about removing and replacing. Turned out great. After 6 hours of prep (much easier than the some of 3 days I spent on the glass polishing) I literally had the tank siliconed, smoothed out, and the tape pulled in 11 minutes and 26 seconds. Perfect in working time requirements. Then let a 5 day cure time set in. Also the tank is drilled. I don't use sumps, so I decided to patch the hole with a piece of tempered glass and silicone. I have used plugged bulkheads in the past to do this, but since I had the material laying around I figured I would use it up.
I made the lids out of 8 mill greenhouse siding. $50 vs $300 for glass. I purchased some acrylic hinges off of Amazon and Its working out good so far.
After that I got the tank on the stand and test filled (thanks Sam). No runs no drips no errors! It ran like this with a couple of filters and a wave maker for 6 days. I drained and refilled it 3 times before I was satisfied it was good to go.
I literally built my own furniture dolly to move this tank and stand and thank God I did. It made the process so much smoother and easier on the back.
The move into the house turned out to be a total family affair. With the son in laws came the kids, daughters etc! Isn't fish keeping great?
I knew the tank was big but I really didn't get an appreciation as to how big until it was against the wall. It's so big it truly acts as an accent wall.
Anyway it took a whole day to take out the old tank and move in the new one. Keeping in mind I had 30+ fish to keep alive in the process. And no, I didn't lose a single fish in the process.
I'm happy, my wife is happy and more importantly the discus are happy!
Now, on to more fish!
Beautiful job, love the sand. I know the stress of upgrading from one large tank to another. It’s a ton of work to do in one day. I like the stand a lot, color looks great. You’ve given me some inspiration to finish my stand.
Thanks. The sand is a mix of pool filter sand and super naturals "moon light". I had the moon light sand in the previous aquarium. Just recycled it for the BB and the look.
