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[freshfish]

Hello everybody, I am a new member of MAAST and would first like to thank everyone here for sharing their knowledge, experience and wisdom. I have learned alot and hope to continue doing so. I have kept freshwater tanks a long long time ago and want to get started in saltwater. I recently purchased a 75G drilled tank and will be slowly completing my project. I hope to build it into the wall but don't want it flush with the wall. I was thinking maybe stick out 4-6" and build a canopy and lower cabinet to access from both rooms. The back of the tank would be in closet in master bedroom and front side in living room. The closet would have the vented type doors that look like shutters? Anybody forsee any problems? I am building an addition (larger master bedroom) to our house so can do flush mount or have tank stick out. My concern with the flush mount is all access to the tank would be through the closet. Would humididty be a problem with other items in the closet? Any ideas or input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
John Salazar

[CoryDude]

Welcome to Maast John! I think we all started in the freshwater arena.

I have an in-wall 120g and it's got it's pro's and cons. For one, the equipment room is going to get hot no matter how well you vent it. Plus, it's hard to work on the tank since I'm working from the back. The other thing I really miss is being able to look down into the tank. But, there's no noise or heat in the viewing area.

One setup I would recommend is having the tank set up like a normal tank in the room. But have your sump and equipment plumbed into the fish room. All you need to do is drill two 1" holes in the wall to run your plumbing through. That way you can work on the tank like normal, but all the noise and heat generating stuff are in a separate area.

[freshfish]

Thanks for the welcome Cory. As for the heat in the closet, I was thinking of running a small a/c duct to it and installing a water line for a future RO/DI and a drain. The closet hasn't been constructed yet so I can still add these items. Going to put closet on its own breaker, was wondering if outlets needed to be GFI switches or if there specific surge protectors for aquariums...

[allan]

Hey, welcome to here bro.

I almost did an inwall... Never got around to it though.

Looking forward to the build, in pictures hint hint. :)


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