Looks fantastic!

definitely looks like that tang belongs there! And I suspect it will belong there forever now :biggrin: Man, you make me want to set up a new tank..

*Tang=Tank

Haha...thanks! Next is finalizing the plumbing and finishing my fish room so that the sump can get in there.

Holy crap! Been watching for what seems like years. Very impressed.

- Brad

Looks amazing... Very professional.

Wow, what a difference lighting makes to your phone pics
I didn't realize until now what wood you are using

Looking fabulous :smile:

Thanks everyone...yeah I have an older phone so pics aren't spectacular, but my wife just got a new Galaxy S3 and so I'll steal it for some pics shortly. :)

gotta love building a tank with a house. everything fits together so perfectly!

Yeah, although timing seems to be out of my control...so you trade fit/finish for timeliness.

Got some of my plumbing finally in...funny how difficult it was to get some of this stuff in Canada.

Here's a TrueWye, 2" with graduated reduction to dual 1" pipes for less head pressure.

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...2-07111251.jpg

And here are the expanders that I will use to bridge between some fixed slip pipes already in place. They extend up to 3" and were cheaper than unions.

Mostly Collapsed:
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...1-28103028.jpg

Extended:
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...1-28103017.jpg

Kool parts
Hurry up and get it wet already :razz:

OK, I gather it'll still be awhile ... but we're gettin' antsy

What's your move-in date, and any anticipated water-testing soon ?

C'mon c'mon c'mon, stop teasing us :wink:

Jeez, if I lived up there I'd be volunteering to plumb it :mrgreen:

haha...I wish there were more of you around! Gonna try moving in on the 19th if Murphy doesn't have anything to say about it. I will continue to plumb things when I get back on Friday. The fish room is dependent on my contractor...I need the floors finished and he's also putting laminate on the bench holding my sump. We were waiting on the HRV to get fixed (circuit board was DOA) so that we could suck out the ugly fumes from the floor epoxy.

Well the big move to the house is tomorrow...at least for most of my furniture. My 70G tank is staying at the old house while I try to get this one going. Got lots of plumbing still to do and my sump isn't moved or plumbed yet either.

Thought I would fire off a pic of the boards in place that will run my LED. I have to "reconnect" all the wires now that it's up. Hidden nicely if I do say so. :) They roll out for working on them on drawer slides.
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...2-17153148.jpg

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...2-17153229.jpg

that tank has such a presence with the massive cabinetry all around it.

I was thinking the same thing! Such a focal point. It has, "I'm the BOSS" all over it.

Well put noob =)

The politically correct terminology is "Junior Member".

Haha...so what happened to your post count? Did I miss something?

Thanks for the compliments on the tank by the way. You wouldn't believe how true what you say is. So much so that my builder felt he needed to beef up my fireplace and my entire kitchen in order for the tank to not completely overshadow them from a feature perspective. Cost me lots of extra dough and time in the end because of that.

Hi my name is Mark and my brand new house with a bangin' view had to be upgraded because it didn't look as bangin' as my new monster tank install. Pity me! #FirstWorldProblems

Brad turned on some feature to stop counting useless posts (ie, buy/sell, lounge, etc) in our post counts. As a result this is what I'm left with.

Seriously, from day one you've practically built your entire house AROUND the tank :lol: And there's nothing wrong with that!

I was such a spry young lad then.

I can just imagine that conversation.. "so Mark, we have a problem with the build. No, not the tank, the house. I grossly underestimated its awesomeness. The tank is just so awesome that we will need to balance things out a bit more. I propose me make the fireplace more awesomer. As a result, we will also need to make the kitchen even more more awesomer. Thanks for understanding and sorry for the inconvenience."

Haha....it totally went like that!!! Except he added in there somewhere that he hoped my wallet could take this kind of intense pain. I'm still struggling with it.

It's almost going to be a bit of a shame to see water get put in there because it's such a clean build. Think of it, the obligatory water stains, diatoms and slimes along the way of a tank cycle .....

..... "almost." In the end it can't help but be epic. :)

You must be happy that the wet phase can't be too far off now!

I'm thrilled...if I survive moving the family. After all this time working on the tank...it's my last priority at the moment.

A better question is...why do people move after having children? Or maybe even better is...why do I have so much crap?

I have two kids and I keep asking myself the same question... why so much crap???

Well, we are in the new home...and exhausted. My fish room got the floors epoxied and I should be able to walk on them tomorrow. Got the closed cell foam for under the sump and will put them together tomorrow when I have help to move things around.

I know there should be pics but I'm too pooped for much right now.

I'm pretty sure we'll all forgive you :wink:
Hope everything went well enough ... have a good Christmas in the new digs

What a great time to move into your brand new house. First Christmas in the first week.

Also means the finishing of your tank setup is just around the corner.

Everything looks fantastic so far.


Mike

Congrats on the move Mark!!!! That must feel good after such a long wait!

The Christmas season has been crazy busy...but I've got my sump in place and I've started to un-pack some of my equipment. Here is the latest picture of my efforts.
http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...226_155114.jpg

Mark...what skimmer did you end up with?

I ended up getting an Octopus XP-5000 cone at MACNA 2011 when they were clearing out the booths. Got a crazy deal on it! I also got the neck cleaner...but haven't unpacked it yet.

Easy access to everything you're going to love it. What did you finish the floor with?

A heavy duty epoxy for commercial garage floors. We got a great deal on high gloss stuff (guess not too many shops want that wet look) and it came out pretty good. I still have remove the painters tape on the bench legs.

Mark, that's an awesome fish room! (I'm so jealous) My fish room is a closet and part of the garage.

AWESOME!:jaw:

Good thinkin putting a lock on the door to keep the kidlets out...and for peace and quiet in there! :lol: Great thinkin keeping the sump off the floor, although you will lose the cooling capacity of the concrete.

And the floor looks AWESOME! :D I've actually been drooling over modern designed kitchens and living rooms that use a similar looking product on the floor to make the super high gloss white floor. So modern, so schmexy.

Yes lock on door is good but....... Keep the key or spare key near by dont lock yourself out in case of emergency. It happens.. Keypad entry would be a good thing


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