150gal In-Wall Aquarium

[eklikewhoa]

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Looking good!

[HFBfounder]

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More pics, no glare  

[armthehomeless]

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You want to do my house next?

[fishlady]

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that's nice Ken......even though you took your time to update us...it was well worth the wait.....thanks for sharing....
now don't wait so long to keep us in the loop.....
that's very nice...
that sand looks very good in there too.....can't wait to see fishies in there.....

[Zulaab]

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Ken -- absolutely stunning --  I loved the picture where you can see everything surrounding the aquarium as it gives such an excellent perspective of your hard work :)   I am going to agree with FL -- we want pictures of the fish when they come in :)

[J-WS6]

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nice! how long until you add livestock?

[HFBfounder]

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I added 3 Telmatochromis brichardi today

[CichlidFan]

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Love that background, it really steals the show, makes it hard for anyone to notice that white sand.... :)

Very Nice looking set up Ken.  Did you do it all yourself ? Nicely done if indeed you did.

CF

[eklikewhoa]

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That would make an awesome amazon tank with the cave looking background!


What happen to the pangea background....or whoever it was you had before?

[HFBfounder]

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Yeah, I did it all myself for the most part. I did have a buddy help with the framing. The other background was too cheaply made. I sent it back and decided to make my own. It's light-years ahead of what I tried from the online place.

[rrocket2002]

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So that's where you have been spending all your time... :)

It does look way cool!

[fishlady]

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sweet...can't wait to see the fishies in there Ken......it's a honkin tank that's for sure......great job......

[JStrider]

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looks really awesome!

that background is really awesome looking,  is there a how to guide online that you followed, or could you give us a rough howto on that?

[Tiapan]

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what else are you planning to put in there? curious as to the mix you are going to have. looks great as you know

[HFBfounder]

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looks really awesome!

that background is really awesome looking,  is there a how to guide online that you followed, or could you give us a rough howto on that?

Well, basically, I looked at several how-to's. I bought styrofoam blocks and carved it out like I wanted in 3 sections. 1 long back-piece and 2 sides. Then I cut the back piece into 3 pieces so I could fit it in around my tank brace. Then I covered the front side of each piece with quickrete(here is where I made a mistake, I should've put several coats on. I didn't and then had to reapply several coats once it was in the tank, major pain). Then I laid the tank down on it's back and used silicone to attach the pieces to the tank. Then once it was in there, I did several more layers of concrete in different colors(not full layers, I was just aiming to cover the areas where the styrofoam was still showing through). The big thing here is to ensure you cover the seams, but not making it so that you could tell there was a seam there because of the concrete color. A lot of blending is necessary.

Some lessons learned: Ensure you do most of your concrete before you silicone the pieces in. You should only need to cover the seams after it's in. When you think you have enough concrete, add some more. I can't tell you how many times I thought I had covered all of the little styrofoam pieces, only to realize after I had water in, that that one little GLOWING white piece of styrofoam was only covered with dye and not concrete. The dye comes right off. Make sure you make your cavities for your pump/heater/power heads, etc big enough. Over-estimate. It sucks to carve it out once it's in the tank. Measure five times, cut once.