I bought this tank off of Craigslist about a year ago and It has been sitting in my garage ready to be setup. Due to Covid, my wife and I are both now working from home until the end of this year so we decided to invest some money into converting our garage into a home office. The idea immediately popped into my head that I could now have a fish room! Here are a few pictures of the tank, stand, and canopy. The canopy has a hinge that allows me to open and close it for access to the tank. The dimensions are 72" L x 24" W x 26" H.
The tank is in our dining room and my garage is right on the other side of the wall. The plan is to plumb the tank through the wall and into the garage so that all of the sump equipment would be easily accessible for maintenance and also to cut out the noise. Also the garage has a major benefit, the concrete is at a slight angle so any sump overflow issues would naturally drain towards the garage door and out to the driveway instead of on the carpet. As soon as I got my sump in, I quickly realized that I would have to build a stand to account for the slope in the garage.
As you can see I had to cut a long taper in the stand in order to level the sump. It is not perfect as there is a small gap in the middle but it is solid and level. I had also drilled my first hole just to help position the sump. The sump is a Triton 44 v2. The dimensions are 44" L x 16" W x 15" H. I decided to go with blue pipe to match the sump and I wanted it to look nice since I have a good view of the sump from my computer desk.
I had to cut and paint 2x4s to use with the standoffs since the pipe was sitting a few inches off of the wall due to the schedule 80 elbow. Also, I messed up a bit and drilled the holes a little too close together vertically so was I not able to fit unions on the two long pipes. Also, I was using paper tower to wipe off excess glue/primer while fitting pipe and ended it making it look a bit worse. At this point I was short 1 bulkhead so I had to dry fit the emergency drain until I could get the fittings I need.
The tank is in our dining room and my garage is right on the other side of the wall. The plan is to plumb the tank through the wall and into the garage so that all of the sump equipment would be easily accessible for maintenance and also to cut out the noise. Also the garage has a major benefit, the concrete is at a slight angle so any sump overflow issues would naturally drain towards the garage door and out to the driveway instead of on the carpet. As soon as I got my sump in, I quickly realized that I would have to build a stand to account for the slope in the garage.
As you can see I had to cut a long taper in the stand in order to level the sump. It is not perfect as there is a small gap in the middle but it is solid and level. I had also drilled my first hole just to help position the sump. The sump is a Triton 44 v2. The dimensions are 44" L x 16" W x 15" H. I decided to go with blue pipe to match the sump and I wanted it to look nice since I have a good view of the sump from my computer desk.
I had to cut and paint 2x4s to use with the standoffs since the pipe was sitting a few inches off of the wall due to the schedule 80 elbow. Also, I messed up a bit and drilled the holes a little too close together vertically so was I not able to fit unions on the two long pipes. Also, I was using paper tower to wipe off excess glue/primer while fitting pipe and ended it making it look a bit worse. At this point I was short 1 bulkhead so I had to dry fit the emergency drain until I could get the fittings I need.