Shrimpchips's 100g (Live!)

[superduperwesman]

Wow! Looks like you're going to have a very nice system

[DCDN]

Can't wait to see it

[sweet ride]

so far so good, any updates?

[shrimpchips]

Yep, I've made some decent progress. My acrylic things should arrive on Friday (a member of a local forum is making them for me), and I'm still waiting on plumbing from a local mail order store. Other than that, I'm just waiting on having a new 15A circuit installed behind the tank, and it's ready to go.

I built the stand in our living area (of a 600 sqft condo), so I had to cut everything at my parent's place and bring it over to assemble.

Here's the stand progression:
2x4 frame:


There's no screw strips for the uprights - instead they're pocket screwed into the base and top rails:


Everything was glued and screwed together:


I got it all skinned (1/2" ply for first layer, 3/4" for the finishing layer). The doors were just mocked up to see how it would look all together:






Now it's down in the garage - it just got two coats of Kliz (white) for the interior tonight, and I'll do a coat of black stain on the exterior before work tomorrow and after work to finish it off.

Tank got delivered today too


Custom angled overflow:


Sump tank (25g):


All nekked!




I was hoping to have it running by the end of the month, but I guess not. Hopefully I'll have it wet by the second or third week of November.

[kien]

Originally Posted by shrimpchips

I was hoping to have it running by the end of the month, but I guess not. Hopefully I'll have it wet by the second or third week of November.

You still have 3 days, including a weekend coming up! Get to it!

Great looking stand and tank! This one is going to be a beauty.

[reefermadness]

Wow ....cant believe I missed this. Looks great. Holy planning batman.

[shrimpchips]

Kien, I can only hopw that my tank will look half as nice as your tanks do. Your rockscapes always inspire

Darryl, nice to see you here. I don't post on "that other site" anymore, so updates are here or on RC

I made some more progress on the stand yesterday/today. I got the second coat of Kliz on last night, and it looks pretty good - makes it much brighter inside of the stand. My last stand was painted black inside, and it makes it very dark, even when lit inside. This time it should be a lot easier to see things when it's nice and bright in there:


Here's the stand after the first coat of black stain:


I'm going to do a second coat tonight, then it should be done. Just going to let it air out a few days in the parking garage, then bring it back upstairs.