Very first tank build with sump

[ph96ers]

Hello and welcome

After looking through some threads and thinking of ideas of what i could do to get my 130 up and running i came up with some ideas.

More like got inspiration from others by looking at there pics,(im a see it, understand it, build it kinda guy).

First i bought a tank with a cracked bottom and put a whole new piece inside it, siliconed the bottom and edges then build a stand and put an old 30g underneath for the sump.

 

[ph96ers]

top picture is just to see what i had to do to make a top with enough room that if i had to climb in i almost could, with a large open front for a single door that hinges and opens horizontally.

the rest of the pictures are just from the sump, i have desided to sink the sump into the back wall of the stand deep enought that i could run a pipe straight down. So as it sits it is currently sitting 3.5in out the back(width of a 2x4 shown in pic).

let me know what you think of my ideas.

also this is the goal for the end result.

 

[Conor1148]

dont really know much about sumps and such, but that wood-work is VERY nice!

if you dont mind, what is an general guesstimate on what you've spent on the cabinet? aside from tools and labor of course.

 

[ph96ers]

havent finnished the cabnet yet that was just a picture to that everyone could see what i had a vision for, im gessing around 500cnd all said and done

 

[Nate77]

Looks like a good start.

 

[RedTailKinG]

keep us posted