dapellegrini
Aquarium Advice FINatic
That looks pretty cool. How long before you add water?
Glitch, great work on the tank project so far.. I have only just joined this forum and read this thread from the beginning. gee, im pleased I did'nt have to wait while you shelved the project for a while...
Anyway a friendly hello to all from Australia !!
I think if you erect a hinged fold up panel above the fish tank so that the tank is fully enclosed into the wall it will direct the light more into the tank giving you better lighting as well as appeal. The panel could be then lifted each time you need access to the tank to do maintenance etc.
Have you thought about whether it will be a planted tank ? you may need to get more plants into the tank (50% subtrate) during the cycle to keep the tank from getting algae build-up... Also the height between the light and the bottom of the tank will be important as you may need to get a few globes in their to reach 2-3 WPG (Watts per US-gallon) (calc, WPG = (total watts of all globes) divided by total Volume of tank in US Gallons.
Oh, by the way, your bar and pool table looks great. I wish I had an area like that to get away and work on project such as this... great effort..