[ChuckG]

Originally Posted by Craiz

Perfect timing! I've always thought a tank in the wall would be cool to have. Recently I've been seriously trying to get my head wrapped around all the work and details involved.

Why did you decide to go with a metal frame stand? I've been thinking about doing a wood frame as it seems like it would be the most versatile.

What do you plan to fill in the lower portion of the hole with? Will you just put drywall back in place once you have the tank and stand all set and positioned?

It's cool seeing your progress on this project.

If you go back to my very first post you will see that I already had the tank in the wall. It was only a 65 gal though. I suppose I could have put this new tank into the wall except that it would take up more room that I want to give up inside of my fish room. So I'm actually going from an "in the wall" tank to a tank on a stand that just sits up against a wall. This is what this project will look like when it's completed. The hole in the wall will simply be hidden by the stand and tank itself yet give me a huge area of access from behind the tank. Imagine a tank, sitting on a stand butting up against this wall. The tank will have an EXTERNAL overflow built into it so in reality the overflow would be within the wall. I tapered that top wall so that I will have access to that external overflow.

Showing the tapered wall at top - BEFORE:



And after:



Why the metal stand for the tank?
This could have certainly be done with wood and I could have done that myself. I happened to hook up with Matt Boyd of Boyd Enterprises, makers of Chemi-Pure and he was in the process of having some metal frames made for some upgrades they are doing. I just went ahead and had them crank one out for me while they were at it.

You might have figured out the answer to your last question already. The hole in the wall is merely for access to the tank and nothing more.