Building stands for multiple tanks???

Hybridfish7 · Jul 28, 2023

Kinda scary thought, the 125s are gonna be sitting at a height pretty much on top of where the tops of the 40s are right now. no clue how I'm gonna get the tanks up there, but I've seen 125s stacked higher, and it will definitely make viewing a lot more spectacular, with the whole "in your face" thing. I am short, so my eyes are pretty much at where the top of the rack is now.

I am missing 6 pieces of wood for the redo, that I will have to buy (and paint) prior to construction. Construction begins next week.

Hybridfish7 · Aug 3, 2023

Got everything bought and painted. Basement is clean. Tomorrow's the big day. Take down the tanks in the morning, disassemble the rack, cut up some of the pieces, reassemble, set the tanks back up. Somehow have time for fishing.

Hybridfish7 · Aug 4, 2023

3 am. Working on bagging all my fish up, just got done moving the remaining small tanks off the rack. Plan was for my dad to wake me up before he went to work so he could help me move the 40s down to the floor... I tried to prolong the process of cleaning stuff and moving the smaller tanks to make it so the fish wouldn't be in bags for as long, but I may have prolonged it a bit too much... At this rate I'm definitely not sleeping.

Hybridfish7 · Aug 4, 2023

Some of the stuff I pulled out of the tanks, + the tanks themselves, in their full (empty) glory. Gives me a good guage on how moving out with these things is gonna be. Not too bad actually.

FJB · Aug 4, 2023

Finally happening. Looking good!

Hybridfish7 · Aug 4, 2023

Uh

Hybridfish7 · Aug 4, 2023

Really mad at myself right now. Just threw off the whole flow of the project. Now I'll only be able to "finish" it in two weeks. I can build 90% of it, but I cut the front vertical supports the same length as the rear ones (they're supposed to be 3.5" taller). They were the vertical supports from the previous rack. Now I gotta go buy more. I only have enough wood at home for one of them, and I still have to repaint. I am unable to finish this weekend or throughout next week. It's an easy fix, I can just put the short ones in for aesthetics and swap them out later, but I would've preferred to be completely done today. Luckily this doesn't get in the way of me setting the 40s back up.