Shrimpchips's 100g (Live!)

[shrimpchips]

Yep, I've made some decent progress. My acrylic things should arrive on Friday (a member of a local forum is making them for me), and I'm still waiting on plumbing from a local mail order store. Other than that, I'm just waiting on having a new 15A circuit installed behind the tank, and it's ready to go.

I built the stand in our living area (of a 600 sqft condo), so I had to cut everything at my parent's place and bring it over to assemble.

Here's the stand progression:
2x4 frame:


There's no screw strips for the uprights - instead they're pocket screwed into the base and top rails:


Everything was glued and screwed together:


I got it all skinned (1/2" ply for first layer, 3/4" for the finishing layer). The doors were just mocked up to see how it would look all together:






Now it's down in the garage - it just got two coats of Kliz (white) for the interior tonight, and I'll do a coat of black stain on the exterior before work tomorrow and after work to finish it off.

Tank got delivered today too


Custom angled overflow:


Sump tank (25g):


All nekked!




I was hoping to have it running by the end of the month, but I guess not. Hopefully I'll have it wet by the second or third week of November.