Drifter 851 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Well I'm at it again, summer is gone so time for another tank project in the office/shop. Everyone knows the view of my office facing this direction... . . . But standing in the same spot and looking 180 degrees the other way is this view....A nice view but something is missing, a tank! . Originally I was going to move one of my 29g tanks over and build it into the wall with maybe a pair of rams or something. But I have decided to go with something that will complete my "wants" in fish keeping. When I got back into the hobby 4 yrs ago with a mixed African tank I had a few things I really wanted to keep, one was Frontosa which I now have a front tank, another was some sort of large "wet pet" which I now have with my Jaguar, and the last thing was I wanted to keep a tank of Tropheus. So I've decided to build a Tropheus tank into the wall between my office and shop area. It will be a 4ft 55g for the time being but I will be upgrading it probably in the spring to a 75-90g once the trophs get a bit larger. Going to be rasing the stand to a height of 42" so that the tank will sit right above the back of the chair in the picture and tank will have a 3D background in it for a nice finished in wall look. This is the backside of the wall, well WAS the backside of the wall at 1pm yesterday. And this is the backside as of now. Already got both sheets of drywall down and most of the studs removed (this is a non load bearing, I actually put it up myself just 5 years ago as a divider for the rooms). Hopefully will have it all done and trophs swimming in the wall inside of a week to 10 days max 8) Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 No turning back now.... Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Spent the evening carving away like crazy on some foam yet again. I've done so much background work over the past two 2 weeks my fingers are getting blisters from using the foam shaver. All carved out now and just finished putting the drylok on it so will be doing color on it tomorrow now. Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Moving right along now. 3D background is done except for sealing it. The rocks were all white but I took some time to scrub them and paint them in the same colors at the background so it all color matches to give it that live painting look on the wall. Just have to seal it all, add sand (white) paint the tank sides black, finish framing it with some matching wood then, re arrange the pictures and such around it on the wall and then finish up the back side of the wall. Should have trophs in it by early next week most likely. Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 I told myself I was NOT going to work on this today because I have a rod order to fill, but I couldn't resist getting some work in on it this morning/afternoon. All the front side is done now, got a side wall built to hide the side of the tank, and back is done except for a 6" facade to cover the bottom of the stand. Should have fish in it sometime next week for sure Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tronic44 3,642 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Great work again dude, your shop is looking pretty damn nice! What fish are you putting in there? Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 I have a colony of Bemba Tropheus that will be going in there soon as it is ready. Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Sand and everything in now. Ready to fill up and move the colony of Trophs into it in a few days! Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGarratt 11,066 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Wow Steve! Looks awesome! What colours are the fish? Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 This is what they will look like once fully grown. Right now mine are just starting to show that color and still have probably 6months till they fully take on that look but they are starting to get there. Will post some pics tonight, I put them in the tank last night. Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO7H B4RRELS 2,453 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 How do they taste? Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 Troph tank build is now done and fish have been swimming happily for about 24hrs now. I already saw a couple of the larger ones in the group doing the mating dance behind the rock so they be happy in their new home. . . . Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tronic44 3,642 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Glad to see they like their new home Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/3988-yet-another-project-in-the-works/#findComment-85227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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