Zoolan's 210 with Custom Stand Build (1 Viewer)

[zoolan70]

Update for the weekend...it is almost done!

To start with last week, I put down some shoe molding and siliconed the inside of the stand to make it water resistant. Then I primed and painted the entire inside of the stand.

At this point, the stand is done until the doors come in. I've decided to order them from a local cabinet maker. Next comes the canopy!

 

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:gay1:

Looks awesome! I definitely approve.

 

[zoolan70]

Canopy Build

I plan to make the canopy 14 inches high with trim and doors that match the stand. The doors will open in pairs for daily maintenance, and the whole front face will hinge up for more invasive tasks. Due to its height, the top will not be able to open the full 180 degrees, so I think I will install gas struts to hold the front open.

I started with the top and ends. Pocket screws and glue hold them together. I added a 1x2 strip on the back for extra rigidity.

I customized some wood brackets to keep the canopy from sliding forward.

The face frame was built with the same opening width as the stand.

I ran a piano hinge along the whole length of the face frame.

The hinged motion of the front is hidden by a 1x3 panel, which will become half of the 'pillar' structure on each end. Also, note the temporary blocks that keep the canopy centered on the tank frame. It only took the canopy crashing down three times for me to figure that trick out...

The front boxes completed.

Details of the hinged opening and how it is hidden when closed.

Detail trim installed in the front.

 

[zoolan70]

Center mounting post for the doors. This is installed permanently, unlike the one in the stand, which can be removed to allow for full access.

The lower trim, which will hide the black rim from the tank, begins.

The peanut gallery agrees with the progress so far.

And the finished canopy!!

Paint, stain, and poly coming this week...

 

[RaysReef]

looks great Tim, its like a dining/Pool/poker table/display tank all-in-one :beerchug:

 

[bkoppes]

Nice woodworking skills!! Really liking the stand and canopy.

 

[coralreefer]

Nice work! Looks to be turning out well.

 

[zoolan70]

looks great Tim, its like a dining/Pool/poker table/display tank all-in-one :beerchug:

And it weighs about as much as all those combined! I'm thinking it will also serve as a tornado shelter.

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[RaysReef]

And it weighs about as much as all those combined! I'm thinking it will also serve as a tornado shelter.

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I knew you were making some sort of bomb shelter

 

[Merkurfan]

I knew you were making some sort of bomb shelter

We're sorry sir. The house is destroyed. But the fish tank looks good and we found your family hiding underneath it!

 

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wow i know who to hire when we need ours built

 

[zoolan70]

We're sorry sir. The house is destroyed. But the fish tank looks good and we found your family hiding underneath it!

Based on what I owe on the place, that would be the best-case scenario! Plus, it would allow me to actually get the stand out of the basement if the rest of the place was wrecked. Bring in a crane and lift it out, tank, stand, water, fish...all at one time.

:biggthumpup:

 

[zoolan70]

wow i know who to hire when we need ours built

As a person who has never built ANYTHING since my cutting board clock in middle school, I have to say it wasn't hard. Someone who knows how to do woodwork and has all the tools could have made this in a weekend.

I was adding it up in my head yesterday...I'm sure I've gone up and down the basement stairs over 100 times (from the garage / workshop cutting the parts to the basement to install the parts) as I built it. At least I got a good workout!

 

[zoolan70]

Thanks to Justin and some other folks, the tank is set on the stand and in its final location.

You can see how the glass sits right up against ledge.

The canopy swung open. I will need to come up with some sort of support system for it. I'm thinking of using gas struts.

And a final parting shot. I hope to have the canopy stained and poly'd this weekend.

 

[AsianReef]

Wow........very nice. I'm tagging along, it will be a great build:beerchug:

 

[zoolan70]

Drumroll please!!!

It is done...

You can see the SpaFlex lines underneath the tank. I'll post some pictures later this week showing the path the pipes are taking through the bathroom and into the furnace room.

 

[lr9788]

Now you just need to make the coral/fish look half as good as the stand and you are set

 

[zoolan70]

I got home one night this week and found a big box of parts on my doorstep

I built a temporary water station using some tanks from Indelco. This will be replaced with more formal shelves once I get the sump set where I want it, but I had to get rid of my old Rubbermaid trash cans as part of the fish-room rebuild.

I picked up my 150 gallon sump tank from Fleet Farm tonight. Its really...big. I had the measurements, but it doesn't do it justice. I replaced the stock 3/4 bulkhead with a nice, beefy 2 inch one.

 

[zoolan70]

The fishroom remodel is progressing nicely. I got rid of the two Brute trash cans and replaced them with the water station. Last night I moved the frag tank next to the main tank. Not the prettiest, but it will have to do for now.

With the floor space clear in the fish room, I moved the sump in for a test fit. It works pretty good.

Ignore the mess...it will be cleaned up as soon as I build some shelves above the sump.

I started to dry-fit the plumbing. This is the return stack. You can see I over-unioned the design, but I want the max flexibility I can have. The T to the left will be a manifold to feed the CA reactor and other equipment. The stack is all 1.5" and the return to the tank off the top is 1".

Here is a picture of the manifold. Each feed is isolated between unions, so I can swap them out with different options down the road if needed.

I also added a gate valve to throttle back the return flow if needed.

 

[kjdeut]

Looking really nice. Isnt it great to plumb right into a floor drain, no more buckets. What size is the sump? I have the 75 gal size as mine.

Something to check if you still can is around the drain hole in the sump. Make sure that there are no visable cracks around the hole. I just put in a new tub a couple of months ago becuase of a small crack on the underside of the drain hole. I didn't think that those tubs cracked I seen it for mayself when i swapped out the old tub with a new one.

Ken

Ken