Starting over....(pic intense)
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And now I'm close to done. I have to build the fireplace mantel and do some trim work, and I'm not satisfied. The tank is too low, the drain I built in under it does not drain the water, I can't reach things, bulkheads are difficult, I don't trust the stand so I can't work under it. Plus a bunch more issues I want fixed. I have this:
Which I look at everyday and it sits empty. I can't afford in money or time to have two reefs and I want this thing up.
So I'm going to start over. The tank is getting taken out and moved to house the rock and liovestock until the project is done. I am tearing the walls back down and putting in the big tank.
Like this:
The desk will be removed and the wall extended out to the end.
I really think I'm crazy. I may never be satisfied.
Which I look at everyday and it sits empty. I can't afford in money or time to have two reefs and I want this thing up.
So I'm going to start over. The tank is getting taken out and moved to house the rock and liovestock until the project is done. I am tearing the walls back down and putting in the big tank.
Like this:
The desk will be removed and the wall extended out to the end.
I really think I'm crazy. I may never be satisfied.
james734
Well-known member
Nice work on the house. To bad on the in wall tank. Look at it this way, the first wall and tank cut out was to tune your skills. Now that you're finely skilled the 2nd one should be a piece of cake. 
Scooterman
Well-known member
Sounds like you have a lot of work ahead, better get it right now than wish later.
Well, after careful planning and consideration, aka a nap, I think if I want to keep this a DIY project I am not going to be able to bring the tank to the corner. I believe that corner may be load bearing. So I'll need to center it on that wall. This is a new house and I decided I might stay awhile, so I have given up trying to do what I want and reconcile that with maintaining value. I am going to do as I please and keep things reversible, as in no construction cement.
So the plan man. In a couple of pictures you can see the foyer. There is a coat closet. Good bye coat closet. I have a place for coats by the back door and a nice coat rack would look good by the front door. So by taking out the bar in that closet and knocking down the back wall, plus knocking out the wall behind the desk and extending it outward, flush I will end up with a fish room 10 feet long and 5.5 feet wide. The entry will be through the old coat closet. What cha think? Moving the exsisting tank and demolishion starts Saturday.
Mike
So the plan man. In a couple of pictures you can see the foyer. There is a coat closet. Good bye coat closet. I have a place for coats by the back door and a nice coat rack would look good by the front door. So by taking out the bar in that closet and knocking down the back wall, plus knocking out the wall behind the desk and extending it outward, flush I will end up with a fish room 10 feet long and 5.5 feet wide. The entry will be through the old coat closet. What cha think? Moving the exsisting tank and demolishion starts Saturday.
Mike
Looks like a good idea/project. Should we call the Hazmat team just in case???
Leave the burritos in the freezer then.
