The Goose Tank

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My wife also decided that since the cabinets will be white so should the fireplace.





Oh and while you're at it, lets retile it and repaint the room



New tiles

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Don't laugh at my hair, it took me all night to do

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Off to Black Forest Wood Company for some wood for the countertops.
We found some really nice looking Mansonia wood.



Laminating it up!


After the glue up I brought it back to the wood shop for a sanding at 80 grit to make it nice and level. I will do the final sanding and staining once it comes back in a couple days.

[Myka]

Nice work - looks pro!

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Originally Posted by Myka

Nice work - looks pro!

Thanks, I've been working non stop for the last two and a half weeks, hopefully only one more week to go and there will be water in the tank in the living room.

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Here are the designs for the tank that Denny sent to me for the tank and the sump.

I wanted a central internal overflow with herbie style drains (1 main and 1 emergency) and an internal return.





The sump is designed with a 15 gallon ATO tank integrated. I'm also terrible at changing filter socks so we didn't got down that route, instead we added a little shelf of glass where I can put egg crate and filter floss if I so desire. And if I forget to change it or clean it (highly likely) it will just overflow in to the skimmer section anyway. I bought a Curve 5 skimmer from Concept as well.

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And of course here is the actual tank. I can honestly say I'm in love
The tank and sump look absolutely stunning, I can't wait to get them full of water.


Ignore the excess silicone, that was scraped off.



After driving like Miss Daisy down Deerfoot they are sitting in my garage right now under lock down. No one is allowed near it lol. I will have to cover them up nice and tight as I have to convert a section of my garage on sunday into a spray booth room for the cabinets.