Dual In wall Planted Aqaurium Build. Completed *Load Warning*

[nfored]

The stand.

As you can see I forgot about the steel foundation beam, and couldn't attach side support on the end.

Here is a side shoot of the stand support.

Cutting the Hole in the wall.

1" thick board for the top.

Front view.

Drilling hole for plubling.

Water testing.

Sump 10 Gallon tank.

Mech Filter holder.

Bio filteration holder.

The whole sump.

Rio 3100 900 GPH pump modded for inline.

Return jets.

full plumbing.

Lights 2 dual 48" 32watt T8 Light strips.

Finished Projec, minus staining the trim and painting the room.

 

[Hot Slime]

Nice setup it looks great.

 

[jcardona1]

very nice!

 

[duke33]

Right on! You've spent some effort on that setup.

 

[pdbrady]

Looks great! Where in MO are you?

 

[nfored]

Kansas City Mo, Thanks for all the comments, I have redesigned the return lines and the drains so many times before I got it to work. I would like to note that the 1" pressed board saved the project, I had some huge leaks and 1 broken tank tht would have destroyed anythig thinner. The board got soaked and did chip away a little bit but has held together now that its all fixed.

The lesson I learned was, never over tighten a bulked unless you want to loose the tank :-(. Instead use silcon and only snug up the bulkhead.

 

[oregonian]

good build. sorry to hear about the busted tank/wet wall but as long as it all came out alright.

 

[The Amazonian]

Looks great!

 

[BDaddy1984]

looks good, sweet project!

 

[RexFish]

That looks nice, good work.