Office version 3.0

[Steve_C]

4 years ago, there was office version 1.0. It was my redo of the basement office with the 265g tank that leaked like an SOB.....it was a year long project. Last year was office version 2.0....it was the 240g acrylic tank, which has been up & great for a year now. But now, this will be....office version 3.0!

Picked up a pair of 120g 4x2x2 tanks today from Keeler with a pair of Ehiem pro 3 filters. Plans are to redo the office where there is an L shape 8ft of tanks side by side one way then the 240g 6ft tank the other. Pic is tonight as it starts (koi needed a winter home for the time being)

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Then in this pic, that 75g tank will be moved and 8ft side & side tanks will take its place

 

[Steve_C]

This project's start was slowed down for a bit due to a big rush of rod orders that had to be done before Christmas for customers. Now that Christmas is pretty much over I finally have some free time to get started on this now

The new 12 cup Cuisinart coffee maker I got for Christmas just finished brewing it's first of many pots of coffee so time to grab a cup and get started on this project. Hope to have lots of progress on this thread over the next month or so.

 

[Steve_C]

Got a decent amount done yesterday. Got the upright cabinet moved and broke down the 75g bleekeri & spotted silver dollar tank and was able to get that moved over into the rock wall where the Jag tank use to be. The bleekeri tank with the 3D background looks really nice mounted in the rock wall since I made them both pretty much the same colors even though they were not going to be together at the time when I made them.

Probably start moving the things off the wall that the tanks will go up against today and then start measuring and marking out exactly where the tanks will be going in relation to the big 240g tank. Then comes to fun job of moving both 120g tanks again.

 

[twentyleagues]

Well that rock wall is pretty cool! Is that carved foam?

 

[Steve_C]

Thanks , yep I did it all out of foam same way I do the tank backgrounds.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Tank looks awesome in the rock wall. I have always dreamed of doing something like this. I was inspired by trips to rainforest café when I was young, and I still want to have a jungle-themed room in my house when I own one. I want mine to have a giant pond with a large viewing window, but this is closer than anything I have seen in anybody else's house

 

[Steve_C]

Thanks Swami. I actually had got somewhat the idea from that way as well. Back about 3-4 years ago we went to Sea Life at Great Lakes Crossing and directly across from Sea Life was a Rainforest Cafe. After standing in line at Sea Life I kept scoping out the decor at the Cafe and got the idea to make my basement office/fish room somewhat of a jungle them.

This was the first incarnation of the office about 4 years ago with the jungle theme wall. It took about a year of work but the 265g tank was built into a room dividing rock wall (there is a hidden door in the pic just behind the trout statue you can see the seam for the door if you look). That rock wall use to divide the office in half. After two leaks and reseals on that tank I got so frustrated with it I ended up taking a sledge hammer to the tank to get rid of it and blew the rock wall out so it doubled the office size to what it is now.

I still have nitemares about that leaky 265g tank and the year of wasted work lol

 

[Gourami Swami]

That setup looked awesome too! But does sound like a nightmare with the leaks, nothing worse than a huge leaking tank. Glad you didn't give up on the jungle theme after the first time, and I'll be watching to see this room finished!

 

[Steve_C]

First of the 120g 4ft tanks and stand is in place and leveled. Next will be starting the stand build for the 2nd 120g tank to butt up next to this one.

 

[twentyleagues]

Thanks Swami. I actually had got somewhat the idea from that way as well. Back about 3-4 years ago we went to Sea Life at Great Lakes Crossing and directly across from Sea Life was a Rainforest Cafe. After standing in line at Sea Life I kept scoping out the decor at the Cafe and got the idea to make my basement office/fish room somewhat of a jungle them.

This was the first incarnation of the office about 4 years ago with the jungle theme wall. It took about a year of work but the 265g tank was built into a room dividing rock wall (there is a hidden door in the pic just behind the trout statue you can see the seam for the door if you look). That rock wall use to divide the office in half. After two leaks and reseals on that tank I got so frustrated with it I ended up taking a sledge hammer to the tank to get rid of it and blew the rock wall out so it doubled the office size to what it is now.

I still have nitemares about that leaky 265g tank and the year of wasted work lol

Oh cool your in michigan. Didn't realize that until you said great Lakes xing and sea life.