Building a fish tank into a wall?

paddy147

Hey there,has anyone here got a large fish tank (around 5 feet long by 2 feet high and deep ) built into a wall in their home.

Or does anyone have experience in doing such a thing?

Me and my girlfriend are looking into geting a large tank built into the stone wall that divides our living room and our new kitchen extension area.Idealy the tank would sit into the wall flush on the living room side and we would access the tank itself and the filters on the kitchen side.

I quite like the idea of a large fish tank with tropical fish at its very relaxing to look at in the evening,after a long hard day,and would make a great addition to both living room and also our new kitchen area.

Any ideas or tips on building it in to the wall or building a support base???

Many thanks.:)

mel.b

check out www.reefcentral.com for loads of ideas.

No6

Are you putting a large shop bought tank in or getting one made? If the wall is loadbearing you will need lintels to carry the blockwork & stone and floor or ceiling over it, if not it is easier to frame it out in studwork above the tank. If you build a level platfrom in blockwork from the ground it will be strong enough to support the tank. Make sure you can reach or get into the tank for cleaning. I did one in a shop about 3m x 1.8m several years ago and the owner has to climb into the tank once a month to clean it out.

LowOdour

get on to the plesent chap :rolleyes:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2853462/Stephen-Ireland-has-spent-100000-on-a-giant-fish-tank.html

paddy147

Its a large shop bought tank,a builder friend of mine has done this on another house build recently,so he says not a problem to do it for me.

Thanks for the advice folks.:)

PatcyMcl

Just make sure your air machine has fresh air so the motor doesn't over heat.

bakerbhoy

Look up boards poster jollyman he has a blog of his build including a built in wall fish tank