Aquarium Bar build

globaldesigns · #1 09-01-2009, 10:41 PM

Wow, this is great looking... If I ever move, I want to do something like you are doing. Look forward to seeing more pic's

chris121277 · #2 09-01-2009, 11:15 PM

wow....lookin great man, when do you figure you will have the tank all moved over there?

On a side note, you said you were interested in a toad stool frag...how big of one did you want?

danny zubot · #3 09-01-2009, 11:27 PM

Thanks everyone. I have a lot of respect for the tradesman who do stuff like this every day. Mudding and taping truley is an art form.

The actual tank move will likely not happen for a couple of weeks yet, I need to acquire all of the plumbing parts still.

Chris, small is better right now due to the space issue in the tank. If you can hold off until I move the tank I will have pobably (accidentally) made more room in case you have a larger frag. I was eyeing them when I was feeding your fish. I think they're cool, and a good potential host for a clown fish.

globaldesigns · #4 09-01-2009, 11:32 PM

mudding and taping an ART FORM!!!! I would say so, I did the work in my server room for the data center for my company. You woulda howled.... I would start on one end with the tape, work my way across, while doing so when finishing the strip, the start would already be falling off.

NEVER AGAIN!!!! leave that to the pro's

Again great job!

muck · #5 09-02-2009, 12:55 AM

Looks great so far Danny.
Really looking forward to the finished product.

danny zubot · #6 09-09-2009, 07:40 PM

Work is coming along every day now. I've finished painting the area, as well as finished the mouldings around the top of the bar. I tiled the bar top but have run into my first real issue. All of the grout cracked, and I'm not sure why? I used a tube of grout and it was just enough to get the job done. I see now that the grout has shrunk a bit, so I'm wondering if I can add more grout? I don't want to do that until I find out what I did that made it crack though. Any thoughts?

danny zubot · #7 09-09-2009, 07:43 PM

I ran a line from where the RODI top up will enter the sump, along the under side of the base boards to the laundry room where the unit is set up. I'll need to buy about 30-40 feet of line to make it all the back though.

Pazil · #8 09-09-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by danny zubot

Work is coming along every day now. I've finished painting the area, as well as finished the mouldings around the top of the bar. I tiled the bar top but have run into my first real issue. All of the grout cracked, and I'm not sure why? I used a tube of grout and it was just enough to get the job done. I see now that the grout has shrunk a bit, so I'm wondering if I can add more grout? I don't want to do that until I find out what I did that made it crack though. Any thoughts?

What type of grout did you use? What material did you adhere the tile to? Can you get a close up of the grout joints?