300g in wall with fish room

punchy7080 · Sep 17, 2021

The 73g reefer tank didn’t satisfy for very long… have the perfect space in our basement to build a large in wall tank with fish room. I’ve got a 300 gallon stock tank holding the real live rock and aging some dry sand. Tangs got ich so everyone is in the newly setup QT during the build. I’ve got most of the gear and the tank is probably a couple weeks out at this point. Starting the stand build this weekend.

shwareefer · Sep 17, 2021

Was the algae scrubber on the skimmer body actually a thing? Lol.

punchy7080 · Sep 17, 2021

That’s a picture from about 10 minutes ago lol. When you are working with a stock tank you have to improvise

There is some GHA going in there that I’m hoping the scrubber will out compete.

Devaji · Sep 17, 2021

nice man. how is doing your tank? I am thinking of the same size.
what sump is that? looks real nice.

punchy7080 · Sep 17, 2021

Devaji said:
nice man. how is doing your tank? I am thinking of the same size.
what sump is that? looks real nice.

Tideline 48x20. Holds about 64 gallons. Needed the width to house the 300INT skimmer.

punchy7080 · Sep 25, 2021

Stand is coming together, hoping to get it painted tomorrow.

punchy7080 · Sep 29, 2021

Almost finished…. LED lights installed. Just need to finish the paint and get it installed in the wall this weekend!

puckett26 · Oct 4, 2021

Working on an in wall setup right now as well. Cant wait to see how it turns out.

punchy7080 · Oct 4, 2021

Stand is complete and painted. Sat the sump in there to start thinking about how I want to setup plumbing, etc. Just talked to @Joe Glass Cages and found out my tank is done and curing! Should have some tank pics to post later today. Planning to get the stand in the wall this weekend and cut my opening... tank should be in place soon!!

shwareefer · Oct 4, 2021

You planning on having the tank flush with the viewing wall or set back the 4" wall width? It matters for how your stand integrates with the wall.

punchy7080 · Oct 4, 2021

shwareefer said:
You planning on having the tank flush with the viewing wall or set back the 4" wall width? It matters for how your stand integrates with the wall.

The wall is not load bearing so I'm going to cut out the studs and mount the stand flush with the drywall. I'll trim around the front viewing panel on the other side so it will look like a picture frame basically. Open to other awesome ideas, but that's the plan currently.

Siberwulf · Oct 4, 2021

What lights did you use under the stand? I dig it!

punchy7080 · Oct 4, 2021

Siberwulf said:
What lights did you use under the stand? I dig it!

I got the one with the motion sensor but I think they have one that is just switched as well. I like the motion sensor because it shuts off after like 5 minutes with no movement.