30 Gal/extended Construction Journal

[Rainfrog]

nice pond!!

[Studdlygoof]

Well I finally got done with most of the coco installation...still have to hit up a few spots but that won't be that difficult...I installed the aquatic background into the new tank and inserted it in the stand...after some fine tuning and trimming, grinding, shoving and sweating I finally got the Vivarium part screwed into the stand as well...I was a little discouraged with the look at first but after adding some temporary lighting and i think with a few plants it will look 10X's better...

Full Tank Shot



Close Up of Viv Section



All that is left now is some fine tuning...install my Lights for the Viv and the seperate lights for the aquatic section...finish the plumbing to the sump...and sit back with a cold one and enjoy!

[swords]

Awesome job man! I'm been screatching at the walls trying to come up with a way to have a tall european style vivarium and was wondering the other day if extending a tank like that would work. Im curious if you could use melamine) to make the extension frame (and cover the inside with glass or plexi-glass) since I don't have any welding stuff to work with angle irons...

Thanks for the SBS so far I'm excited to see the finished project-and what you do to light the lower portion!

[Studdlygoof]

What is Melamine?