DIY Concrete Aquarium 5,000 gallon - Anderson Family Reef

[dca22anderson]

How are you catching them? You drawing straws for who goes in the water to net them?

Going to send in the teenagers then the 11 year old to catch them on a 2000 gallon water change day!! LOL

 

[JGT]

Going to send in the teenagers then the 11 year old to catch them on a 2000 gallon water change day!! LOL

Good move. They’ll get a kick out of that. You should take a video.

 

[dca22anderson]

Kind of sad, I placed a koi order a few months ago, they came in with disease and got all the other koi sick. They have been struggling ever since. I have them in high salinity but bacteria infection is wrecking havoc on the population. Come to find out you need to QT all your Koi just like your saltwater fish. Doesn’t help that I don’t have a great filter on the system right now or at least a big UV sterilizer! Lesson learned… and ready to salt this thing up!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Good move. They’ll get a kick out of that. You should take a video.

I’ll for sure take a video and post it here and on my YouTube channel!!

 

[dca22anderson]

How did you fine folks not warn me about this 80/20 aluminum channel!!?? Feels like millions of nuts and bolts!! Got them almost done!! LOL

This is for the light rack…

 

[dca22anderson]

Also finished another coat of paint on the inside walls and ceiling…

Picked up my four 1-1/2” Sea-Swirls (returns) so I can plumb those in before I slide the light rack in place.

Getting closer!!

 

[JGT]

How did you fine folks not warn me about this 80/20 aluminum channel!!?? Feels like millions of nuts and bolts!! Got them almost done!! LOL

This is for the light rack…

Easy to work with though. I built my light rack from 80/20 as well. But I think yours is a bit bigger.

 

[ScottB]

Trying to think of what I was doing at 01:43 this morning when you posted this... I think I was in a hot tub with Kiera Knightly but my memory is a little fuzzy on that. So don't quote me.

 

[dca22anderson]

Surround painted ready for returns, then light rack up after that

 

[GBRsouth]

I wouldn't let the water in your tank see the picture above your window! It might get ideas!

 

[dca22anderson]

I wouldn't let the water in your tank see the picture above your window! It might get ideas!

Good point... we can't be having any of that action!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Sea-Swirls Getting ready for installation

 

[dca22anderson]

Little walk around update video…

sheeted the outside room walls tonight!

 

[Zach B]

So cool

 

[dca22anderson]

Sheeting on the 2x6” framing

 

[JGT]

What's the plan for finishing those sheets? Picturing stone veneer, but that's me.

 

[dca22anderson]

Shiplap over the plywood… is the plan. White or gray, leaving the concrete showing a bit through with a clear coat then tile around the inside against the viewing panel…

 

[JGT]

Shiplap over the plywood… is the plan. White or gray, leaving the concrete showing a bit through with a clear coat then tile around the inside against the viewing panel…

Nice!

 

[flagg37]

Sheeting on the 2x6” framing

What is that switch in the top for?

 

[dca22anderson]

What is that switch in the top for?

It’s the hallway light switch. There are two other switches for that light in the room so it may or may not stay. Didn’t have enough wire to reach the new column with the header in place so I just tucked it in there for now…