reef tank over top of fire place

[steve fedyk]

Is it possible to biuld a reef tank over top of a gas fire place insert. Has anyone done this before or heard of someone doing this.
A link with picture would be good.
Dose anyone know the codes for a gas fire place insert. Like the distance, and clearances needed.

[lastlight]

What if it leaked? Saltwater, corrosion and gas pipe lines in the same area...I dunno. Never seen it done and seen many builds! Also unless you have a fan installed in the unit it will COOK the tank. I think even with the fan quite a bit of heat goes UP.

[Bloodasp]

I saw one somewhere where he replaced a wood fireplace with a tank Used the chimney to install a solar tube. not sure about putting it on top of a working fireplace though those things get quite hot.

[DiverDude]

Anything is possible -but is it smart ?

Aside from the potential issues from a failure of some sort, how would you get at it to clean and tend to it ? Working on a step ladder would be a bitch.

Where would the sump go ?

etc.

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If it's *that* desirable to you then I'm sure you could pull it of. Personally, I'd suggest that you can find other places that are almost as nice but far more practical.

[steve fedyk]

My wife and I were thowing the idea around.
The new tank plan for the sump is to be in the basment.
The problem would be the heat from the fireplace. If we used industial matrial to insolate the back of the fireplace that would stop the heat from ther aquarium. We don't use the fire place to often, its more for show then for heat. The front heat form the fireplace would be the problem.
The aquarium would be no more then 24"-27" deep so it would be lower then the one I have now.

[lockrookie]

invest in a chiller just to be safe