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04-03-2008, 01:08 PM
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Hi there, thanks for the input.
The pond liner has since been relocated. It runs up the wall about 8 inches now and I will be running more peices down and over lapping the bottom pce. It's hard to explain but when I am done the stand it's self will hold water. The edges of the liner will be siliconed to the floor thus not allowing any water under it. I did this with my 55 and it works awesome. I designed it so that the cavity under my tank can hold more then 55 gal as I didn't want to drill a floor drain in the floor where my tank currently sits. I have NUMEROUS plans to keep water from ever hitting the floor and if it should it will be directly into a floor drain, filter sock and back into the sump. My 55 has been up for 4 months and I have yet to spill a single drop of water on the floor around it. Knock on wood!! I thought about removing the 2x4 top but I already have all the lumber and it puts my counter top 3.75 inches higher then the 2x6's, giving a person a little more room for their legs under the tank and it gives me a nice straight line across the front to attach my oak trim. I am buying a second hand tank so I am not sure where it was built or buy whom. It is being sold by another forum member.  Yes, the sump tank is in the basement below the tank. I just finished building everything done there and I couldn't be happier.
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04-04-2008, 03:56 PM
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Thanks, I can't wait to see it finished either, I love building this kind of stuff. My only sorrow is that this will probably be the last one of these I will get to build. LOL That is if I want to stay married.
It will be nice to finally have a properly designed system that I can just leave be instead of upgrading things all the time but I will miss all the DIY stuff. Once it's all done I will be knocking out the wall to the left of the tank, opening up the kitchen on the otherside. :-)
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04-04-2008, 04:35 PM
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WOW that stand could hold up your entire house. LOL
Looks Great can't wait to see more J
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04-04-2008, 04:43 PM
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04-06-2008, 03:49 PM
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I think I have finally decided on a plan for the rest of the cabinet. Took some major calculating to get all the dimesions right and have everything balance out. I had to change my original plans because I am going to be building a dry moat around the bottom of tank now to deal with any over flows or leaks.
 Pics of the moat to come. I will be building it today.
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