120 G In-wall tank
 

we started the task of installing our tank into the wall. It's in the wall that connects my office to the fish room.

before:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...s28/before.jpg

after ripping apart wall and starting to frame:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...as28/after.jpg

a shot through to my half full tank on the floor:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...s28/after2.jpg

Will post more pics when we have some progress.

Looks good man. I can't wait til i start my new 250 gal tank that will be going in where my old 280 was in stead of 72x30x30 It will be 96x24x24 sorry 240 i want the lenght...


mike

Looking good. :cool: Keep up with the update pics.

Well we at least cleaned up some of the huge pile of drywall..... hoping to do a bit more tonight. Anyone wanna help? :D

Nice Start
 

Looking good cant wait to see the finished product.

Ahhh... reminds me of busting up my wall for me 180g.... :mrgreen:

We're about to do a bit more work right now, hopefully i'll post pics in a few hours :)

Updated pic, from inside the fish room... ripped out the drywall, started to frame the opening. getting ready to take out a few studs and cut the rest of the opening out.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...ll_tank002.jpg

Opening 90% framed.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27..._tankframe.jpg

almost completed stand framing, view from the fishroom:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...nkframe001.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...nkframe002.jpg

That's is it,

that is all you have done:wink:

Come on we need more progress

looking good in the other side thou :smile:

LOL

its gettin there! hope to be done the stand this week sometime... then we'll need to borrow some canreefers to help move the tank!

Speaking from experience , I would say that the reason i did it is for the shelf look .
And it looks really finished and you dont get the space between the tank and the trim. Like mine does. i pe to d y tnesk withthe ledge I like tem that way...

Asmodeus, I deleted my post :).

My post was asking why the tank was recessed, but I am not sure if it is or not anymore.

Is your tank going to be recessed in the wall or right up against the drywall?

It's going to be recessed, with a ledge/shelf in front of it, instead of the boring flush with drywall with trim look.

I happen to like the "boring" look, like a living picture hanging on the wall.

The shelf look works too of course!

It will be awesome, you will see.... i'm deciding what material to use for the ledge... i think I want stone of some type ;)

Boring edge eh
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...8/DSC03270.jpg:mrgreen:

:D looks good lol. nothing wrong with that, I want something different ;)

Stone would look really good I think.

how about algae colored granite?

Update: stand is complete, we are draining the tank as I type this. Pics to come.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...8/stand001.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...8/stand005.jpg

updated pic (sorry about the poor quality, couldn't find my tripod)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...k031206009.jpg

and here are some pics of the sump, and my new coralife super skimmer 33004.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...skimmer001.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...skimmer002.jpg
look at the nice stinky skimmate production.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...skimmer003.jpg