New 240g project

[Steve]

Will be starting 2017 off the right way, with a new huge tank project for the office/shop. Just got this 240g Acrylic tank tonight from Stan which will be a new home for my big haps which are outgrowing their 75g tank. Plans include knocking down the wall between the office & shop to make it one large room where all my tanks can be seen from anywhere in the room. Continuing the ceiling and floor so it all matching, repainting walls to match etc etc. Will be doing a stand and canopy build, 3D background and custom backlighting like I did on one of my other tanks years ago. Plus lots of little projects to it. Tank is in really good shape but since it is going to be a few months project I may just go ahead an buff the whole thing out so it is 100% scratch free since I will have plenty of time.

[jcunningham0295]

Awesome.   You will make it look awesome as you always do.

[Steve]

Thanks Josh. I'm looking forward to getting started on this one quite a bit. I swore off "big tanks" ever again after that 265g leaker a couple years ago, but the fact this one is acrylic changed my mind about ever doing a big tank again. No worries about this one leaking and if it ever did years down the road then much easier to fix. So this tank has my enthusiasm for big tanks renewed again

[Regalblue]

VERY happy to see this tank in your hands.  Gonna turn out awesome!

[kodyboy]

Very very nice:)

[Rob S]

Awesome--those Haps are going to love being in the monster tank.

[danotaylor]

Is it finished yet? C'mon Steve, quit being a slacker. We're waiting 😜🤓😂

[Steve]

Here's a quick sketch of what I am thinking about doing. I want to build it so I have two smaller tanks on both sides (thinking 29g's) with no fish in the 29g tanks, but a mountain 3d background in each, with plants and then each one having a white sand waterfall with an air powered sandfall going off the center of the mountain in each. So the main tank is flanked by dual waterfalls on each side. Then the main tank will have a full 3d background with some cold cathode cave lights like I did on that other tank I had years ago.

As of now this is the plan. Probably start right after Christmas.

[Phish]

Can't wait to see the final product I will definitely follow this thread.

[Steve]

 
 

Well it is officially after Christmas so not being one to rest on my laurels I started work on the big 240g tank build project. First thing was to tear down the wall that divides the office from the shop. 6 hours later....bye bye wall.

[danotaylor]

So where did the 75 bemeba tank end up?

[Steve]

Right now I moved it into the shop, about 8ft to the right in the pic. It will end up out in the main area once it's all done.

BTW moving a 4ft tank with 10g of water still in it by yourself....sucks! TISS HEAVY!!! lol

[Steve]

Well got a bit more done over the past day or two. Now that the wall is down I was faced with the ugly perforated board ceiling that was left in the one section of the shop. So got all that ripped down and started staining the boards to continue the wood ceiling so it is all uniform from one end of the room to the other. Still have more of that to do but got a start on it now. Also started on painting the back wall to match the rest of the walls. Still a ton to do but go a decent start on it at least.

 
 
 
 

[Steve]

Another full day of work in the books. I must be getting old because these projects wear me out more than they use too that's for sure. Most of the walls painted and some things moved around just to see a basic idea of where I want everything. With my OCD I must have moved every bit of furniture 10 times tonight. It'll all have to be moved out again soon when I start working on the floor. Originally I had planned to do the dual 20g xtra high side tanks with waterfall(sandfalls) in them on each side of the main tank (you can see the one tank on the left of the main one in the pic below). Now I am thinking I may decide to do them built into the stand itself under the main tank to save a little room. Last thing I want is for the room to look cramped, I want it to be open and free flowing so gonna have to play around with the idea of where I plan to put those two tanks still.

[kodyboy]

Looking awesome already!  I can't wait to see the final project.
By the way what brand of led light did you get? I got a 6 foot one years ago but it kind of sags in the middle.  Is your led light rigid and built well? Is it 6 feet long?