Mehaffy's 1100+ gallon Plywood display in North Alabama

[Tuffyyyyy]

When this guy is done are you going to charge admission for me to drive up and see it? Can’t wait to see your progress!

 

[KWT]

Nice work, looking forward to what comes next

 

[AlexG]

@mehaffydr If you have any questions that come up during your build or of you want to pick my brain about my plywood tanks feel free to send me a PM. This should be a great looking display when it is done.

 

[Devaji]

@mehaffydr If you have any questions that come up during your build or of you want to pick my brain about my plywood tanks feel free to send me a PM. This should be a great looking display when it is done.

@AlexG such a nice guy always taking the time to give is plywood noobs the gold. can I humbly ask that you guys share the conversation here so we have it archived for all of internity. I bet some good stuff will be talked about and lots of ppl could benefit from the share knowledge.

 

[Devaji]

@mehaffydr wife I dont like the fish tanks in my house....you OK i'll just build a me a 'small' man cave with 1100 gal.+ fish system bathroom and out side shower, oh while i am at it might as well build a Koi pond too.
haha
#lifegoals you da man Sir!

 

[mehaffydr]

@mehaffydr If you have any questions that come up during your build or of you want to pick my brain about my plywood tanks feel free to send me a PM. This should be a great looking display when it is done.

Thanks Alex I'm sure things will come up. I just returned from Lowes with lumber to complete the stand. It will be a few weeks before the plywood from Menards comes in so I will be using the next few weeks to move my existing system and leveling the floor.

 

[Smarkow]

Wowzers!!!

Good luck. Your craftsmanship really shows.

Thanks for sharing

 

[mehaffydr]

I have made some decent progress today on the base. I finished the other lower sections and completed the top section. All of the sections are not yet fastened together as I am going to paint first so I don't have bare spots in between the sections. I remember from @AlexG thread how much Alex loves painting so if your not too busy with the new house feel free to come on down and paint. The next steps are Paint and lots of it. Moving my current tank out of the way and floor leveling. I have e few weeks before the plywood comes in so my plan is to have all of the above work done ready for the plywood.

Oh and just for fun I took a couple of updated pictures of pond and Koi.

 

[mehaffydr]

The Pond

 

[mehaffydr]

Started the fun of painting the stand today. I have already gone through 1/2 gallon and still a lot to go.

 

[AlexG]

I am sorry @mehaffydr I won't be able to help with your painting project because my wife said I need to stay home. I am thinking for my next project that I might invest in a paint sprayer. That stand looks really good. Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Devaji]

Started the fun of painting the stand today. I have already gone through 1/2 gallon and still a lot to go.

i enjoy painting. its satisfying to see the results. that said after 6 -5 gal buckets of paint and primer on the reno, I said time to hire someone to finish.

hope you got more done today.

 

[mehaffydr]

I've been making some progress on painting. The stand is close to being completed in paint. I've already gone through well over a gallon.

Also a good day, look what I just received. This is a Brand new never use Geo Calcium reactor and Reef Fanatics regulator. Bought this from a fellow forum member.

 

[H@rry]

Looking forward to seeing this beast when completed. Definitely following along!

 

[SPR1968]

Thanks for sharing all those fantastic pictures of the tank build so far, (and the other builds!), there’s been some back breaking work there for sure! Lol

 

[southerntnreefer]

Yea im in! This is epic!

 

[McPuff]

Gotta watch this one. Love the koi pond as well!

 

[Devaji]

painting is coming along very nice! great score on the CaRx

when you get to the plywood part can you be as details as possible pretty please I have a good idea on how to build these but want to see what you do.

 

[mehaffydr]

Thanks for sharing all those fantastic pictures of the tank build so far, (and the other builds!), there’s been some back breaking work there for sure! Lol

Thank You, It has been a lot of work but I love building stuff. My day job is in Sales so on the weekends I like to work with my hands.

 

[mehaffydr]

Gotta watch this one. Love the koi pond as well!

Thank You