New House-Reno-Tank

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Hey all, after an absence on here of really a few months, (well ok the odd post.)
and no tank since January, I've been rather busy.. We bought a house back in April, and everything was good except we needed to sign the final papers-

this is where the plan went bad. The owner of the house was in long term care, so the house had been vacant for some time. We went to our realtors office and he got a phone call in the middle of the meeting saying the home owner had passed away. So with out his final signature the deal was dead.. The house that was so close to being ours was now in Limbo. Turns out his brother was the executor of the will, but didn't have power over the house!?? Great so needless to say we both had our hearts pretty set on this house so we kept our offer in for the time but were free to withdraw anytime. we continued looking all the way into the first week of July and nothing was right, no where felt as much like home as this house. July 10th in the evening I get a call for our Realtor, letting us know the house was now settled through all the legal junk and was ready to be transferred into our names at anytime. so we naturally were very excited, and jumped over to sign again. we took possesion july 26th.

then the renos started- after working 18-20 hours for 3 weeks on my own (regular day job, and renovating) I did this. sorry the first pic is a crappy panoramic shot

Mama And Ava

and then the mess



Thought I uploaded more "during" pics but I guess not heres some more

Here you can see I've started rebuilding the kitchen cabinets on one side, I still have to do the doors, counters and backsplash, as well as the other half of the kitchen, but I'm running on fumes, and the wife is happy so its time for a break.



So I'm waiting on my tablesaws motor to come in for replacement (35 years old bound to die some time) So I started this-
lucky I'm handy with a skill saw I beefed the stand up since a bit more as well
I should also add that a lot of the materials used for the stand and casing are from the wall and other demo pieces, there was a lot of good wood, so I figured I may as well use it, and keep the tank "green" lol.





Styrofoam background started, tomorrow I start the cement on it



The tank is currently in the garage strength testing the stand, and checking for leaks etc, as the tank was custom made, but there was a seam with quite a few bubbles in it so rather be safe then sorry, especially after new floors have been put in.

As for what the plans are for it right now- its in the freshwater section so that should answer that question.. as for the kind of fish haven't decided, probably cichlids or something small and schooling- tetras etc just for some color in the house.

Filtration is a used Ehiem Ecco (can't remember the size)
Power Head is a tunze 6015
heater is an inline by hydor
and lighting is still in the air, since it will probably be fish only- maybe fake plants. I will be getting LEDs most likely but probably just a couple panorama pros.
Oh yeah - the tank
36"Lx24"Wx16"H so just shy of 60g. 3/8 Glass beveled and drilled to accept 3/4" bulkheads

anyways glad to have a tank again be it fresh or salty- thanks for looking guys and its nice to be back