Begining construction on stand..(Pics)

[jgoldsney]

Ok here are some pics as promised.....

Here the tank is sitting in my front entrance (aint it purdy)
BTW anyone moving a tank I would definetly reccomend getting a U-Haul fridge dolly they are awesome.



Now the Fun Part
Up the stairs we go....I had my brother and 2 brother inlaws helping....I dont know if they will ever agree to help me again.





Now around the corner...



And finaly in place and almost full....(Please excuse the mess)


Now I have to get the plumbing finished so that I can get this thing circulating....I just painted the floor at lunch.

[muck]

Its looking good so far...
I bet the wife will be very happy to get her hallway back though.

[jgoldsney]

Actually it is in the Bonus room of our house so she isn't too fussy...still it sucks when we have people over and I have to scurry around and try and clean up

[muck]

Originally Posted by jgoldsney

Actually it is in the Bonus room of our house so she isn't too fussy...still it sucks when we have people over and I have to scurry around and try and clean up

If its in the bonus room does that mean you are running all your equipment in the garage below??

[jgoldsney]

Nope that would be too much of a pain....The garage is not heated.

Everything will be contained in the stand.

here is one of my initial flow diagrams....

[kris_willard]

How do you plan on getting it from the sump to the fuge? Another pump?

[jgoldsney]

Either that or a T off of my return..If I ran another pump I would probubly just drop a PH in to the return that was closest to the fuge

[kris_willard]

WOW! This sucker is going to cost you well over $500 for plumbing alone! Good luck. What do you plan on doing for the prop tank/fuge stand in the way of a door/cover?

[jgoldsney]

Well I was going to cover the stand with Oak......untill I started adding up the cost of oak trim Yikes!!!!....

After looking at the stands at aquariumstands.net I think I may go with MDF and seal the livin daylights out of it. the MDF will be providing no structural support so even if it does get wet and swell it is only looks that suffer not the integraty of the stand.

I have a buddy who is a finish carpenter who owes me some work so It will look nice in the end.

[kris_willard]

If i may make a suggestion? I think it would look absolutly awesome if you made the door on the fuge/prop part of the stand with windows on it because it think it will be beautiful once it matures. If you dont want to take away from the tank it self you can use tinted glass like the have on A/V stands that hold all of your components. You can still see through but it doesnt take away from anything around it. This is assuming that you will have a door on it for access. It will also save you some money if you still want to go oak! Wadda you think?