Creative people please help me =)

[Gp Scott]

Originally Posted by jason604

Wood trim will only be around the tank itself. Here's a pic of the back in the fish room. I'm leaving the stud bare like that cuz nk1 will see it except me n it will leave me a lot of room to work with.





Hmm I think this might actually look really good. Will deff take a lot of hard work tho. Can I find those type of latches and hinges at Home Depot? I went there to check out their wood trims with designs on it but they were pretty damn ugly. Any1 know where I can find nice trims locally?



Exactly! Back n forth will be dreadful but my main concerns was that I won't be able to reach certain corals that will be place on the front glass at all with my rock work I'm planning to do if I can't access the front. I read many in wall tank builds and every1 who didn't have front access regretted it dearly

I would drywall it over my tank is in the closet with back access flush with drywall and no trim

[WarDog]

If it were me I would slide those two studs behind the tank to the sides, perhaps adding a double 2x10 header. This would give more room to access the tank from the back, and then you'd be able to drywall the front side clean.

I'd finish it all off with a painting of a giant squid fighting a whale.

[jason604]

Originally Posted by WarDog

If it were me I would slide those two studs behind the tank to the sides, perhaps adding a double 2x10 header. This would give more room to access the tank from the back, and then you'd be able to drywall the front side clean.

I'd finish it all off with a painting of a giant squid fighting a whale.

Moving the studs n using two 2x10 was my first plan but since this is a load bearing wall I don't want to mess around with it too much. 16" should be enough room for me to work with. Lol the squid vs a whale picture to cover the gap would be awesome