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BryceM · 08-27-2006, 11:08 PM

It's been a while but we've made a bit of progress over the past two weeks. The original plan was to use some matching tile leftover from the original owners. I wanted a space to allow for a bit of splashing without ruining the carpet. It turns out we needed a little more than we had and it took about a week to get some matching tile shipped in. Being completely clueless about tile-work, it was a bit hard to tear into the nice carpet in the living room.

It was fun and all, but next time I'll let the professionals do it. Still, once the tank and stand covered up about half of it and the carpet guy came by it didn't look too bad.

The only thing harder than convincing a 2 year-old to get into a fish tank is trying to get him back out. He started "swimming" like a fish - it was hilarious.

I'll post some photos of my 3/4" PVC piping jungle later this week. I decided to get the UV unit and it's been a little hard to figure out how to make it work with the rest of the piping. Our utility room is right behind the living room so the water line and drain outlet will go back there through the wall. We're on a private well with 45-50 degree water so I've ordered a 105 gallon water tank which will fit nicely in the utility room. It will allow the well water to warm up a bit during the week. It could also act as a future RO storage reservoir if I ever decide to go that route. Water changes should be as easy as opening a couple of valves.

Hopefully there will be some water in the tank this week so the driftwood can start soaking. The lighting will take a little while to set up, so it should be good and waterlogged when it's time to start the 'scape. Our church just asked me to be their scoutmaster so I should have ample opportunity to search the local mountains for some nice-looking rock.

08-27-2006, 11:08 PM	#24 (permalink)
BryceM Administrator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Central Idaho, USA Posts: 4,262 iTrader Ratings: 42 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 178534	It's been a while but we've made a bit of progress over the past two weeks. The original plan was to use some matching tile leftover from the original owners. I wanted a space to allow for a bit of splashing without ruining the carpet. It turns out we needed a little more than we had and it took about a week to get some matching tile shipped in. Being completely clueless about tile-work, it was a bit hard to tear into the nice carpet in the living room. It was fun and all, but next time I'll let the professionals do it. Still, once the tank and stand covered up about half of it and the carpet guy came by it didn't look too bad. The only thing harder than convincing a 2 year-old to get into a fish tank is trying to get him back out. He started "swimming" like a fish - it was hilarious. I'll post some photos of my 3/4" PVC piping jungle later this week. I decided to get the UV unit and it's been a little hard to figure out how to make it work with the rest of the piping. Our utility room is right behind the living room so the water line and drain outlet will go back there through the wall. We're on a private well with 45-50 degree water so I've ordered a 105 gallon water tank which will fit nicely in the utility room. It will allow the well water to warm up a bit during the week. It could also act as a future RO storage reservoir if I ever decide to go that route. Water changes should be as easy as opening a couple of valves. Hopefully there will be some water in the tank this week so the driftwood can start soaking. The lighting will take a little while to set up, so it should be good and waterlogged when it's time to start the 'scape. Our church just asked me to be their scoutmaster so I should have ample opportunity to search the local mountains for some nice-looking rock. Last edited by BryceM : 08-27-2006 at 11:14 PM.