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Well, I decided to start documenting my 90 gallon project on here. It's a slow going project that is driving my wife absolutely insane, but it will be worth it in the end. A few pics:
From the Living Room side (don't mind my sister in law):

The dining room side:

The rock build which will hide pretty well everything:



From the Living Room again, without the tank but with my impatient wife (current state of tank and wife
) :

From the Dining Room again, minus tank with top door open (this is where everything will go) :

This is the part that is probably responsible for 85% of my wife's impatience. Tank on dining room table with rock in for fitment before painting/coating:




I'm currently designing/building the side grounds which will hide everything that won't be in the center rock. After those are complete I will coat/paint them with drylock and concrete color dye. It will probably be a little while before I'm able to do that though, due to cold temperatures. I'll have to do it in the barn and I can't afford to let the heaters burn gas all night long when it's in the 20's for the stuff to cure. If we get three days in a row with daytime temps in the 50's I should be good (won't take that much to raise the barn temp to mid 60's). By that time I should have everything I need to put it all together and get some water flowing. I'm hoping to be at that point by Easter.
From the Living Room side (don't mind my sister in law):

The dining room side:

The rock build which will hide pretty well everything:



From the Living Room again, without the tank but with my impatient wife (current state of tank and wife

From the Dining Room again, minus tank with top door open (this is where everything will go) :

This is the part that is probably responsible for 85% of my wife's impatience. Tank on dining room table with rock in for fitment before painting/coating:




I'm currently designing/building the side grounds which will hide everything that won't be in the center rock. After those are complete I will coat/paint them with drylock and concrete color dye. It will probably be a little while before I'm able to do that though, due to cold temperatures. I'll have to do it in the barn and I can't afford to let the heaters burn gas all night long when it's in the 20's for the stuff to cure. If we get three days in a row with daytime temps in the 50's I should be good (won't take that much to raise the barn temp to mid 60's). By that time I should have everything I need to put it all together and get some water flowing. I'm hoping to be at that point by Easter.