Custom 75 Gallon Build

[BellycrawlerJaws]

This setup has been over a year in the making, and I can honestly say I'm really happy with the progress (and almost finished product).

Tank - 75 gallon

Stand - Solid oak custom built (4x4 oak structure with oak veneer on the sides, solid oak doors)

Wood - One piece of malaysian driftwood, soon to have more large rocks, still working it out.

Substrate - Quickrete all purpose sand from Fishman09

Fish - Oscar, HRP Male (dominant over the oscar who is twice his size, go figure), and a rogue female Cutteri who has proven herself.

Here's the beginnings of the stand from my GF's father.

adding the veneer

painted the inside flat black

the tank sitting in the living room empty with the wood in it, just begging to be filled

Next step coming in the next post...

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

Next step...

raised panel doors (also built)

Then the finished product (stand alone)

The trim

In the van to come to long island (from Rochester)

Empty tank on stand

Filled (without substrate)

Added substrate (milky color)

Next morning (lights off - cool shimmer)

Lights on, currently how it stands (again, more rocks to come, driftwood on the left is going to disappear. Looking to do a rock pile on the left side).

 

[archers]

thats a beautiful stand, what did that stand cost you if you wouldnt mind me asking.

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

thats a beautiful stand, what did that stand cost you if you wouldnt mind me asking.

Thanks!

He only asked for the cost of the wood, which was $200, I gave him $240 because 200 was highway robbery


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[lix.ma14]

nice!

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

nice!

Thanks! More updates coming this week


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[lp85253]

you will LOVE the aqueon tank...cheap and well made...

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

you will LOVE the aqueon tank...cheap and well made...

Very true, I do already, got it for $75 brand new at Petland when they did their $1 per gallon sale.

 

[Dispatch273]

Man that stand is absolutely stunning Like the wood too!

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

Thanks! The wood is probably my favorite part of the tank. I'm trying to get some rocks in the tank, here's my first draft of an idea for what I'm moving towards (a rock pile on the left side), and the wood on the right will probably disappear soon, just tough to get rid of because it's concave so my raphael and cutteri love it.

Oh and ignore the particles in the water, the oscar just ate freeze dried krill, so it's everywhere (feeds the HRP though!), and I've just stirred up some of the particles in the quickrete which will probably take a few WCs to clear up completely.