Radar's 120 In wall build

So i ordered a 120 (4x2x2) last week.;D This originally was going to be a ground up build of a stony tank. However due to a flooring issue with current tank it's turned into a build/transfer. My current tank has been running for 10 years or so and has had many ups and downs.

I don't really feel all that experienced at this, but will be trying to address all the issues i have with this tank. Please feel free to comment and suggestions welcome.
So this is where the journey begins.

 

wow 10 years!?!!?!?

Thats great!!!


Thanks for sharing and welcome to 3reef!!!

 

Very nice tank

 

So your gonna have 2 in wall tanks now? I'm jealous. Welcome to 3reef.

 

Looks pretty good. What about a shot further away to show how it looks in the room.?

 

cannot wait. Inwall builds are my favorite by far.

 

I'll try to bring this up to date to where i am now.
First step- empty closet boy i have a lot of junk
second step= open wall

This is what i find. Those pressed together 2x3s spaced 4ft on center with 1x3 in between and 1x3 bottom plate. Side note a few years ago i put in base board and could not hit wood for nothing now i know why. Anyways i decided the wall probably wont hold tank. So i moved a few wires, installed plywood floor, and decided to build stand.

My current tank has a 30x20 dsb fuge that i want to reinstall on this tank. I plan to have it set on side of tank and drop back over top of sump.

Well i can see that i will never get it in there once tank installed. I would like to tear out entire closet, but my wife is not to excited about that.Well while I'm thinking about that the Fed Ex man shows up with goodies.

So i build a little mock up of tank and acquire a few supplies. I want to try and do foam and rock on overflow and peg and strap rock structure.

The rock is a 100 pounds of marco, 20 slab, and 15 pounds of rubble. A few of the rocks did not survive transport so i probably could have skipped the rubble.

So that's where i'm at today. This took a long time i type slow.

 

Not sure about that but this is my evil plan to eventually get a 180

 

That will be awsome.

I have a question about your stand, as I am thinking of building one. You have a 2X4 in each corner that doesn't go all the way to the top of the frame. Why did you leave it shorter in length? I would think it would serve no purpose built like that. I'm not saying you did it wrong I have seen a lot of other people build that identicle stand. I'm just curious as to why you and other have done this. Thanks.

 

That board is just a screw strip to attach the legs.