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yep, i found out the wall was not load bearing and then I added in 2x4's to nail the moulding to thanks everyone for the kind comments, its been over a year now and its going great, I still havent "prettied" it up inside the closet but I will by this summer, I'll post more pics then I have...

thanks for the kind comments everyone! there is no header yet, the studs are just hanging for the moment, I still need to enclose the bottom so that it looks like a cabinet and I will close up the top somehow where the studs are and I want to put a lightbar that will raise/lift up out of the...

it seems like orbitec has a patent on a "marine growth system" and PFO is just selling an LED lighting system, i dont believe orbitec has a patent on the LED technology or a patent on the very familiar aquarium "top" design i dont see this going anywhere unless orbitec can prove PFO actually...

Hello, i currently have a rena xp4 on my 135G freshwater tank, the filter itself works great, very quiet, easy to clean, plenty of room for media however, the flow rate even when clean doesnt seem to be the advertised 450 gallons per hour and i'm wondering if it is cleaning the water enough...

medium density fiberboard... Temple-Inland / Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) how many gallons is your 6 foot? well 1" MDF will probably hold up, however i do not know about the base you are talking about, i'm not sure if that would provide even weight distribution or not, but i'm not a...

it's mine too, i have been dreaming of it for about 20 years, i'm finally at a point in my life where i had the money, the perfect wall/room and the house i plan on living in for a very long time hello, yes, i did all of the work myself except i had someone do the electric when i had another...

got the picture framing done... this is what it looks like after one coat of paint, still have to apply another coat and paint the trim... done i used a black sheet attached with velcro from the back to block the view into the closet, bring out color and allow easy access to the...

heres the tank... i have the base structure done with the plywood top screwed to it and got the cut out done in the wall since i have accurate measurements from the tank now, you can see from the cutout how much bigger it will actually be than the 55 almost there....

haha, well, while searching for something else online i found this original post i made, over 3 years after i made this post i finally did what i said i was going to do, i hope you enjoy the pictures from start to finish... here is a pic of the 55g, the 135 g will be inside the wall right...

hello, over the last three days i have had two tetras die, one black tailed, one tiger striped, today one of my bleeding hearts is swimming all funny, upside down, twirling in circles temp is 76, the aquarium is established for 4-5 years, all the fish are at least 2-3 years old, i checked...

its in a 55 but all together i have 27 fish, dont think i have room for many more

here is a so so pic of my 55 gallon, i have had it for about 7 years, contains 3 silver dollars, 3 black tailed tetra's, 3 bleeding heart tetra's, 4 lemon tetra's, 1 fruit tetra, 4 kili's, 5 neon tetra's, 3 cat fish, 1 chineese algea eater and 3 tiger striped tetra's, i think better pics to come

recently i added some fish to my tank, what was labeled, Killi's at petsmart, i think there was something in front of it but i cant remember now... anyway, while i was there i got 4 more neon tetra's, i have had one in my tank for almost a year, he was the lone survivor our of 5 for some...

thanks for the welcome, i dont think this is exactly a DIY questions as i know what to do for the most part, my main concern in this is for the fish and the set up or transfer of old/existing equipment i think i agree, although a 55 gallon is plent big for the fish and wall i think a 90 would...

I will soon (maybe summer) be moving my 55 gallon from a cabinet stand in our living room to inside the wall right behind it (picture frame style), behind the wall is a large walk-in closet that will allow for this my questions are a) should i move the tank out a little, do the work to the...