It’s finally going down.. my.. sorta dream build. I acquired a 120 gallon tank back in 2011. Complete with stand, canopy, sump and some radion gen 1’s. Got it home and decided.. I didn’t wanna use the stand.. or the lights.. or the sump lol.. I just for some odd reason absolutely love the footprint of a 120.. Something bothered me though.. I didn’t want to put another tank against a wall only being able to see it from the front or the sides... I wanted a peninsula!! Well we looked online for stands that would accommodate my transition of this tank and for the most part couldn’t find anything that screamed let’s get it! My buddy Brian is a carpenter by trade so he was game to try and make something happen! We tossed around ideas for weeks.. even months.. one day we were sitting down having a beer when it dawn on me.. jokingly I said “ hey man, what if we made a fish tank.. bar”? I immediately laughed.. but this guy had the vision of what would be in his eyes! He walked outside grabbed some paper and drew up a sketch.. without hesitation we shot out the next day to grab lumber and built a base... I started gathering equipment.. and branching off more and more ideas, when Brian suddenly got a promotion at work and we had to stop working on the stand for a while..
During this stretch of getting no where with the stand.. I went thru some crazy nonsense with my other setups being destroyed by some idiot. (rather not stretch into that again.. if you wanna know what happened check out my thread in the welcoming section)
That put me in a world of depression and I hated the site of the tanks.. hated the thought of it.. so the stand became a table or close rack or pretty much whatever we needed it for over the years.. my other tanks came down except for my 110 gallon which housed my remaining fish and carpet nem..
Fast forward to the beginning of this year..Brian got a promotion at work that led him to have some free time. He came home one day and I was talking about taking the 110 down.. I hadn’t changed the water in years.. I fed the fish.. cleaned the skimmer cup.. and topped it off.. that’s literally it.. so I just thought taking it down would be good to start the year.. Brian had other plans.. he told me he wanted to finish the BAR! I became overjoyed and the weird thing is.. it was like a fresh battery or a reset in my brain.. I immediately wanted this to happen.. I wanted my tank back.. I wanted my fish to be happy again..
Two weeks ago I tore the 110 down.
yes..the glass was covered completely in algae.. I couldn’t see the fish but from a small spot where the mag float would move or I’d view from the top down.. horrible and yet my fish and carpet nem were still thriving!!! Now if your wondering what I did with the fish and inverts... I had a 150 gallon Rubbermaid tub chilling in the house and figured....... why not make a friggen lagoon and let my fish chill while we finish the bar!
Brian built a bracket to hold the light.. looks a bit sketchy but.. trust it’s not going anywhere!
During this stretch of getting no where with the stand.. I went thru some crazy nonsense with my other setups being destroyed by some idiot. (rather not stretch into that again.. if you wanna know what happened check out my thread in the welcoming section)
That put me in a world of depression and I hated the site of the tanks.. hated the thought of it.. so the stand became a table or close rack or pretty much whatever we needed it for over the years.. my other tanks came down except for my 110 gallon which housed my remaining fish and carpet nem..
Fast forward to the beginning of this year..Brian got a promotion at work that led him to have some free time. He came home one day and I was talking about taking the 110 down.. I hadn’t changed the water in years.. I fed the fish.. cleaned the skimmer cup.. and topped it off.. that’s literally it.. so I just thought taking it down would be good to start the year.. Brian had other plans.. he told me he wanted to finish the BAR! I became overjoyed and the weird thing is.. it was like a fresh battery or a reset in my brain.. I immediately wanted this to happen.. I wanted my tank back.. I wanted my fish to be happy again..
Two weeks ago I tore the 110 down.
yes..the glass was covered completely in algae.. I couldn’t see the fish but from a small spot where the mag float would move or I’d view from the top down.. horrible and yet my fish and carpet nem were still thriving!!! Now if your wondering what I did with the fish and inverts... I had a 150 gallon Rubbermaid tub chilling in the house and figured....... why not make a friggen lagoon and let my fish chill while we finish the bar!
Brian built a bracket to hold the light.. looks a bit sketchy but.. trust it’s not going anywhere!
