The Shiro Tank

[ryno212]

I have slowly have been putting together a nano in my spare time over the last 6 months. It is a ADA style stand that is white with red accent. I started to paint the stand and then went in a totally different way of covering it. I bought acrylic to skin the tank, which is something I would have never done, but I liked the challenge and look of something different. I will post pictures of what I have done so far and will update when ever I finish a step in the build process.

First the base frame

Next was the box part of the stand

I then coated the inside with truck bed liner and painted it white

Here it is with the doors

 

[soccerbag]

Great looking stand! Off to a great start. Please keep us posted.

 

[ryno212]

Then I took a old 20 gallon sump and cut down the glass to make it shorter and painted it to go with the theme of the tank.

 

[reefkoi]

shouldnt it be the kohaku tank looks cool, I like the bold red color and white combo very refreshing

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[ryno212]

next up was the tank itself. I used 3/8" acrylic and built the tank with a overflow notch on the side of the tank. I still haven't sanded and flame polished it yet until everything was fitted with the overflow box

I made a red overflow box to stick with the white and red colors

here is a few shots of the tank on the stand, I have gotten most of the skinning done except for a few front panels and the doors. This is about where I am now with the tank. Next will be to get the sump fitted in and lay out the route of the plumping...

 

[revsgirl]

Looks awesome!! Great job!

 

[Reef keeper]

+1^ looks great!

 

[Mike&Terry]

I'm diggin the red and white color combo...

 

[skinz78]

Sweet looking build!

 

[ryno212]

Thanks all. It's nice to take my time and not rush it. Sunday I will try and get the flame polishing done and attach the overflow box and plumb the tank.

 

[Chris L]

Very cool looking!!

 

[SoCaliReefin]

Looking good. I can tell this is going to be an awesome build. :bigsmile:

 

[ToXIc]

now thats a total DIY build.. awesome!!!!

 

[revhtree]

That is just awesome! Love the colors!

 

[ryno212]

thanks everyone...the crazy part is that it is my temp tank until I get my 250 build done.... but it gives me something nice to look at until then....

 

[ryno212]

Not much progress
Got the holes done for plumbing and put the sump back in to see how to run the pipes.

 

[wrasseluver]

Wow this is an amazing build and very clean.

 

[ryno212]

Thanks buddy, how have you been?

 

[ryno212]

Mocked up the plumbing today, don't mind the dirty sump.... Now that I have done this I can now sand the top edges and weld the over flow box onto the tank.

 

[wrasseluver]

Looks very clean Ryan.