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Offline Steve

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Office version 3.0
« on: November 12, 2017, 09:25:57 PM »
4 years ago, there was office version 1.0. It was my redo of the basement office with the 265g tank that leaked like an SOB.....it was a year long project. Last year was office version 2.0....it was the 240g acrylic tank, which has been up & great for a year now. But now, this will be....office version 3.0! ;)

Picked up a pair of 120g 4x2x2 tanks today from Keeler with a pair of Ehiem pro 3 filters. Plans are to redo the office where there is an L shape 8ft of tanks side by side one way then the 240g 6ft tank the other. Pic is tonight as it starts (koi needed a winter home for the time being)



Then in this pic, that 75g tank will be moved and 8ft side & side tanks will take its place

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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2017, 11:42:44 AM »
Sounds like a fun project!
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2017, 09:29:48 PM »
Nothing cooler than having a pet dinosaur. Just got home with this guy, a Delhezi Bichir. He's about 9"-10" right now. I also picked up an Albino Senegal Bichir that is 4" and once he puts on some size he will be joining the Delhezi in one of the 4x2x2 tanks in this project.





Short video of him swimming around. He's a really active guy for a Bichir, swims around a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1eoPgnY5Tg&feature=youtu.be
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2017, 10:19:07 AM »
This project's start was slowed down for a bit due to a big rush of rod orders that had to be done before Christmas for customers. Now that Christmas is pretty much over I finally have some free time to get started on this now :)

The new 12 cup Cuisinart coffee maker I got for Christmas just finished brewing it's first of many pots of coffee so time to grab a cup and get started on this project. Hope to have lots of progress on this thread over the next month or so.
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2017, 12:05:59 PM »
Sounds good!  Looking forward to updates!
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2017, 10:20:53 AM »
Got a decent amount done yesterday. Got the upright cabinet moved and broke down the 75g bleekeri & spotted silver dollar tank and was able to get that moved over into the rock wall where the Jag tank use to be. The bleekeri tank with the 3D background looks really nice mounted in the rock wall since I made them both pretty much the same colors even though they were not going to be together at the time when I made them.

Probably start moving the things off the wall that the tanks will go up against today and then start measuring and marking out exactly where the tanks will be going in relation to the big 240g tank. Then comes to fun job of moving both 120g tanks again.



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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2017, 02:32:27 PM »
 

First of the 120g 4ft tanks and stand is in place and leveled. Next will be starting the stand build for the 2nd 120g tank to butt up next to this one.
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2017, 07:45:58 PM »



Got the 2nd tanks stand built and in place now with tank on it. She's a tight fit. Actually plan to pull it back out tomorrow though. On the back left corner there is a slight gap between the very corner of the tank and stand top which I don't like so going to remove and redo the back upper piece so it sits flush. Other than that got some good progress done.
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2018, 07:34:26 PM »
Didn't get as much done today as I planned too, some things came up and didn't get a chance to work on the tanks or stands, but I was able to get a bit more done on the area. Since I had to move around some furniture to make everything still fit I decided to make a stained wood railing to section off the sitting/viewing area now.
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2018, 10:32:16 PM »



Lots of progress tonight. Thankfully I have most the building materials now because I went through the Lowes gift cards in record time lol. Still some more trim work to be done but stands are starting to look like something now. Stand on the left will house a 29g QT tank hidden inside it once done.
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2018, 10:33:36 PM »
Full day of work into the new tanks/remodel today. Still have a lot to do but progressing well. Probably be a while before the next updates as the next step will be building the two 3D backgrounds which will take a bit of time.
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2018, 09:20:28 PM »


Well I said I was not gonna work on this for a bit and take a little break, but I should have known I can't stay off of a project once I have one going. So started cutting and working on the 3d background for the first tank today.
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2018, 01:58:54 PM »


Blizzard of foam flyin' around the shop today as the first of the 3d backgrounds for the pair of 120's starts to take shape.
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2018, 02:03:11 PM »
Awesome!
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Re: Office version 3.0
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2018, 06:28:49 PM »



Managed to get the hard part (all the carving & burning) of the first background done today. Lots of painting and sealing left but that's much less work than the carving.
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