Sorry it's been almost a month since my last post. Had to do a bathroom remodel to keep the wife happy so that took a couple weeks of time that I was unable to work on the fish tank.
Tank has been completely cycled for 2 weeks and I moved all the Geo's (7) and Silver Dollars (4) over to the big tank a week ago. They look tiny in the new tank but luckily they are able to find the pellet food when it sinks to the bottom. Here's a couple pictures of them in the tank. I need to get some curtains on the windows to get rid of the glare in all my pictures.
Last week I secured the front façade and installed the doors. I might need to get 1 more door hinge per door because they are a little heavy for only 2 hinges per door and sage some but it's not very noticeable. Also need to put one final coat of paint on the front, you can see where I filled all the nail holes. Once all the painting is done I'll put some tall trim around the top and sides to clean up all corners and hide the exposed wood at the bottom of the tank.
I also started insulating the stand with 2" thick sound dampening foam which keeps the stand/sump super warm and it seems like my heater doesn't have to turn on very often to keep the tank at 79 degrees F which is nice. Once I get the apex system moved over to this tank, I'll work on my cable management.
I used rare earth magnets to hold the MDF board to the steel stand around the back side. This is very helpful for when I need to work on something under the backside of the stand. The panels come off very easily.
