Tank Entry

And like that, the tank is now level. I ran up to Home Depot and bought some 2" flat aluminum stock. An 8' stick was $17.50, and I cut it up into 6" sections with a jigsaw using a metal-cutting blade.







The aluminum is 1/8" thick. ...

Today, when I went out to the garage to work on getting the wall insulation installed, I was greeted with a big wet spot coming out from under the garage door. I thought I'd gotten this taken care of last night, but it turns out that I was wrong.



Here's that faucet, a simple one with a quarter-turn to shut it off quickly.



The leak ...

A nice update!

Now that the tank is here, I'm able to get more of the fishroom completed. You'd think the tank would be in the way, but without it on site, it is nearly impossible to finalize the room that surrounds it.

Last week, more wiring was completed. Then the 265g water container was brought in so the last wall could be studded up.



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I ordered a Majano Zapper from PaulB last week. This is a device that was cleaned up from the version I posted about last January / February when a buddy of mine let me watch his DIY handiwork in Seattle take out some pest anemones. PaulB decided he could make a better mousetrap and fabricated something I was willing to hold -- after all, it is an electrical device we submerge in our saltwater system!

Before you ask, I don't know if he's going to make any more of these at the moment ...