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Maybe the gaps will have......woodwork?

does that texture act as a primer, or are you just going to paint without priming? Being where it is, I probably wouldnt have textured those walls, but I'm also terribly lazy. Looks good!

Ewwwwwe, mud! Hey Marc, what is the plan for the areas beside the tank where the wall does not butt up against the tank and stand? Glad to see it is progressing though.

That is a lot of work, but looks good.

got a chance to check these out in person last week and they are quite nice, good work marc!

Nice! Getting mine. ;-)

Good to see you're back online...

c'mon Marc three chat windows (probably had a couple of phone lines open also!) can certainly be handled by you...just look at that avatar! You're a beast!

my new tank almost has .0 ammonia... just waiting for my nitrites to turn blue again weee

Glad to hear it

now thats what i call progress! very nice sir! Emailing ya some pics of cabinetry i think you will like...

next time you have a warped stud cut 1/2 of the way through on the high side. then use a spike to nail it together to straighten. then just sister it up with another one.
nice work though

Since it is merely for looks and to hold up a tiny bit of sheetrock, I decided not to use any metal straps. I looked at the various ones though, but there's nothing that would strain this particular spot.

I'm always curious about people's cabinetry choices for their tanks. I think that something like what you've described will look really good. Are you going to just go with the straight cherrywood and a varnish finish, or are you going to stain it?

Hey Marc,

I been following your sites for a while now, they helped me a lot over the years. I noticed you only toe nailed the "L shaped" piece of framing above the tank, not going to use any "metal strapping or connectors"? I would figure the corner would be the weakest point, thus using some type of SIMPSON connector to reinforce from long term settling.

Just my 2 cents, here in California we get a lot of ground movement so reinforcing is always a good thing!

Looking forward to seeing the final result.

D.K.

The video is great. I wish that clam propagation could be done on a smaller, hobbiest, scale. I'm so jealous of what Gerald Heslinga does for a living.

This time will be different, Catherine. I'm contacting www.richinscarpentry.com for a bid later today. I want a sleek modular / european look, no trim or crown molding, no shelves.. just smooth cherrywood sectionals.

The furr down is going to be 10" tall including the sheetrock layer on the underside. That gives me about 18" of space between the top of the tank and the sheetrocked wall above, which I believe will make access superior to the last tank. I didn't like how tight it was with 12" last time.

Are you going to go with a different style of cabinetry, or are you going to try and do something like you did last time?

Llooking good , I would suspect the studs were wet at some point in time or some high humidity got to them to cause a bow. Anyway nice to see it coming along.

I've really not decided much, but I'm dwelling on the layout from time to time. What happens with me is that I think about it gradually, and wait for everything to fall into place. Then when it does, I'm able to put it to paper, verify my design, and build it. This is a method I've been doing for many years, and it has worked out well.

I drew a couple of very rough sketches of some of my possible ideas, but that's about it so far.

The door to the left of the overflow in this picture is my new entry into the fishroom.