290G Peninsula Tank

[kien]

Wow, that looks hot and is going to be a KILLER room divider!

[lastlight]

Seriously tight man. The epic wait and battle will have been well worth it!

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Seriously tight man. The epic wait and battle will have been well worth it!

Wow, Brett, so good to see you on here looking at my tank. I know I sorely miss looking at all the amazing things you've done with your tanks...in fact you inspired me into doing the auto light lifter.

Thanks to everyone for the comments. It's been so long in coming...now I'm almost vibrating with the wait I have in order to plumb this giant!

The gap you see above the glass will disapear with Oak trim. There will also be a 3" Oak ledge all the way around at the base. There is a 1/2" gap all the way around the tank in the stand with holes and lines running down to a drain if ever there is a leak (at least one that doesn't burst the tank)

They are placing the hidden sink in and putting in my light control boards above that sink either today or early next week. I will try to get some pictures of how the overflow goes through the wall and such later today if I get over to the house.

I know this has been going on so long that it's been hard to stay interested but I think the real fun is soon to start!

[cale262]

Wow, she's a beaut...

[Okguy]

Looking good Mark! I'm looking forward to seeing this come together.

I saw your wife walking by with a bunch of empty boxes last week so I'm guessing you are starting to pack up? You must be itching to get into the house. It would be sweet if you are in by Christmas.

[Ginu]

Looks amazing and now the real fun part begins...

[mseepman]

Thanks for the great comments everyone! Moving closer each day!

Kevin, my wife is collecting boxes...we just haven't packed anything in them.

I promised some more pics...and here we go.

Here's a side shot of the cabinet where my overflow, plumbing, sink and LED control panels will end up. It's only partially done so far. You can see my plumbing from the fish room coming up from the bottom. That's the little bar sink which i will have available to save me from the wrath of my wife after using her kitchen sink for the last 7 years.



Here is a closer shot of the overflow:


Because they changed my stand design, I had to think quickly and have them pre-cut some holes for where I might place Vortecs or Tunzes on that wall of the tank.


And these little babies arrived the other day for my fish room. 100G each

[michika]

Tell me more about your 100g water containers. Do the black tops? come off? Are they stackable?

[mseepman]

The tops come off in two ways...If you look, you'll see a little break in the Handle on top...that is an "inner circle" that you can spin off, and then the large black circle is the "outer circle" that also comes off. They also have a bulkhead pre-installed on the bottom of the opposite side to my picture.

I don't think they are stackable...I got them from Corix and they are made in Vancouver. Really heavy duty. I was going for other ones from Andrew-Sherat but these were just way better built. Plus the shoulder of the tank allows me to put in some additional plumbing with uni-seals without having to worry about slopes (a straight spot to drill a hole)

They will sit side by side on the small stand you see at the back of my fish room in the pic below:


I wanted just enough rise that gravity would empty them. I plan to do a fully plumbed water change system to the sump which will sit on the stand to the left. There is also a dedicated drain over there in the floor that you can see (black pipe)

[freezetyle]

such attention to detail. The holes in the wood below your overflow are for MP40's i'm guessing?