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01/05/2012, 04:04 PM
My in-laws are finally leaving the downstairs portion of our house in the coming months so that means it's time to upgrade my 55. I'm thinking about the 300 range and wanted some ideas and suggestions.
First off, here's a shot of where I'd like to put it. The entire kitchen area and fridge would be removed since it's no needed. I wanted to put the tank from the fridge to the window. If you notice, there's a ledge behind the sink that can't be removed because there's a concrete wall behind it. The distance from the corner wall of the fridge and the concrete wall behind the sink is about 93" so that makes a 300 gallon just a bit too big.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e191/yourbasicdj/5a4c4d8e.jpg
So I thought about putting the tank on that ledge itself and using that the top part of my stand. The tank would fit nicely with plenty of room to spare. The only problem is that the top of the stand would be 46", a little taller than I wanted. That would put the top of the tank at 70".
Here's a frontal shot. The dryer duct would also be removed since we plan to move the washer and dryer to the garage.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e191/yourbasicdj/ad94768d.jpg
I'd love to put the tank there because I wouldn't know what else to put there. I think it's perfect.
Now picture this. When you walk through the front door of my house you are on a landing. You have six steps to go to the top part of our house and 6 steps to go down to the lower part. As you descend to go to the lower part this is your view.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e191/yourbasicdj/f60e32b5.jpg
Behind that wall would be the tank. I was thinking about making some kind of porthole here so that you could look through the side of the tank as you went downstairs.
When all is said and done, I'd like to be able to somehow cover the front of the tank so that it looks like it's built into the wall. I'm thinking about some kind of roller tracks on the ceiling or something Not sure yet.
The filtration system wouldn't be under the tank. I'd likely put it in my fish room. The wall on the left of this picture is the wall you see when walking down the stairs and where I'd like to put the porthole. The fish room is behind the wall in the middle of the picture where the outlets are.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e191/yourbasicdj/d7080d63.jpg
Thoughts?
First off, here's a shot of where I'd like to put it. The entire kitchen area and fridge would be removed since it's no needed. I wanted to put the tank from the fridge to the window. If you notice, there's a ledge behind the sink that can't be removed because there's a concrete wall behind it. The distance from the corner wall of the fridge and the concrete wall behind the sink is about 93" so that makes a 300 gallon just a bit too big.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e191/yourbasicdj/5a4c4d8e.jpg
So I thought about putting the tank on that ledge itself and using that the top part of my stand. The tank would fit nicely with plenty of room to spare. The only problem is that the top of the stand would be 46", a little taller than I wanted. That would put the top of the tank at 70".
Here's a frontal shot. The dryer duct would also be removed since we plan to move the washer and dryer to the garage.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e191/yourbasicdj/ad94768d.jpg
I'd love to put the tank there because I wouldn't know what else to put there. I think it's perfect.
Now picture this. When you walk through the front door of my house you are on a landing. You have six steps to go to the top part of our house and 6 steps to go down to the lower part. As you descend to go to the lower part this is your view.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e191/yourbasicdj/f60e32b5.jpg
Behind that wall would be the tank. I was thinking about making some kind of porthole here so that you could look through the side of the tank as you went downstairs.
When all is said and done, I'd like to be able to somehow cover the front of the tank so that it looks like it's built into the wall. I'm thinking about some kind of roller tracks on the ceiling or something Not sure yet.
The filtration system wouldn't be under the tank. I'd likely put it in my fish room. The wall on the left of this picture is the wall you see when walking down the stairs and where I'd like to put the porthole. The fish room is behind the wall in the middle of the picture where the outlets are.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e191/yourbasicdj/d7080d63.jpg
Thoughts?