Step 1
Extending back and supporting extension with beam going down, raising stand up with 2x4's. Putting molding on the bottom of the piece of furniture to cover up the 2x4's.
Extending back and supporting extension with beam going down, raising stand up with 2x4's. Putting molding on the bottom of the piece of furniture to cover up the 2x4's.
Caption: Back view of step 1
Caption: Side view of step 1
Caption: Front view of step 1
Step 2
Adding some trim at the bottom of the piece of furniture to help it flow better. Extending the side panel on each side, and also extending molding at the top of the piece of furniture. Cut off excess molding from back of piece of furniture. We also took handles to open the doors of so we could paint them.
Caption: Took handles off and added piece of trim at bottom
Caption: Took handles off and added piece of trim at bottom
Caption: Extending the side panel and extending top molding. Also we cut off excess molding hanging off the back.
Caption: Back view of Step 2
Caption: Front view of step 2
Caption: Side view of panel and molding
Caption Closer look at molding
Step 3
Caulking all the cracks and holes an waiting for them to dry.
Caulking all the cracks and holes an waiting for them to dry.
Caption: Front view of step 3
Caption: Top View of piece of furniture.
Caption: A closer look of the front of the cabinet on step 3
Step 4
Seeing if the aquarium fits on the stand
Seeing if the aquarium fits on the stand
Caption: Front view of step 4
Step 5
Painting the stand (the aquarium is removed before painting the top) The piece of furniture took 8 coats of paint to cover it.
Caption: Starting to pain the stand
Caption: Starting to pain the stand
Caption: Continuing to paint the stand
Step 6
Putting the handles back on the piece of furniture after we painted them.
Putting the handles back on the piece of furniture after we painted them.
Caption: One pair of handles on the piece of furniture.
Step 7
Filling up the tank with water
Caption: 0% filled
Filling up the tank with water
Caption: 0% filled
Caption: 25% filled
Cation: 50% filled
Caption 75% filled
Caption: 100% filled
Step 8
FINISHED
Caption: Tank filled with water and stand completed
Caption: Tank filled with water and stand completed
I hope you enjoyed the steps that the had to go through just to get the stand ready for the aquarium. You might ask yourself did his mom like it as a surprise. Well not so much she thought it was a money pit, and I mean shes right saltwater aquariums are money pits. But the saltwater aquarium is still up and running with many in habitats. There is a list below that tells all the current ones.
Inhabitants:
Fish:
Yellow Damsel
Yellow Tailed Blue Damsel
Electric Damsel
Ocellaris Clownfish
Sooter Blenny
Diamond Goby
Inverts:
Cleaner Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimp
Fighting Conch
Blue Legged Hermits
Snails
Star Fish
I will continue in the saltwater hobby for a long time. I will continue to post things on this blog, such as updated pictures (the tank has changed tons since these pictures).
Thanks,
Blake
