T.I.B.E.T (The Incredibly Big Expensive Tank)

Most of our glass arrived this past weekend! So the two sides, the bottom, and display are all in my basement. We're just waiting for the overflow, the back (with all its holes), and the eurobrace. It looks very glass-like. The edges are all polished and pretty.

I'm afraid to touch it though because I keep thinking of those days that I wear my glasses, and suddenly my lenses are covered in fingerprints. I do admit though to running my hands over the polished edges just to see if they ...

So its another nasty cold winter day here in town, we have some beautiful blowing snow, and some -30 weather. We kept busy, and warm, this past weekend by making one last trip to the dump, cleaning up the floor, getting all of our insulation into the tank room, and getting our blue board up. I also realized this morning that I forgot to buy a door for the tank room. I to buy one sooner rather then later I think.

The glass arrives on Friday, it will just be the tank glass for now. ...

The tank will hopefully arrive next week. This week its snowed every day all day, and its making getting around the city trecharous. Sadly its not always the weather conditions that make travel so difficult. I sit on the 25th floor and right now its white out conditions; I can't see the building next to us, or any across the streets.

Because I like driving around guzzling "cheap" gas in my trunk, I drove to the hardware store yesterday and picked up plywood for the tank ...

Just a couple more drawings of the system.

Display




Sump from the back


Sump from the front


I have a pile of work to do in the basement ...

A little bit more progress has been made.

First a shelf was made in the fish room for the leg tank. Below will be the final home of the RO/DI, along with some storage space for additional salt and some bigger supplies. For perspective purposes I'm standing in the doorway, at my right is the utility sink, and to the left is the back of the tank.


Temporary home of the RO/DI. Eventually all ...