10 gallon vertical test build

[J Teezy]

I wanted my background to be removable, so since that meant i wouldn't be siliconing it to the tank i made a couple rocks that i attached to the bottom to support the background from falling forward. Tanks pretty much done just need to get my hinge and will be all set

[J Teezy]

found a piece of driftwood in my old aquarium stuff




for the time being my stand is an old speaker that i took apart and cut out the front of it to be able to stick my bucket under for the drain. The speaker cover goes back over it to cover it all up.

[J Teezy]

just scored a mistking ultimate package for 170!

[J Teezy]

found some spare wood and built a different stand. Just needs a top and to be wrapped with plywood and painted

[J Teezy]

well my order from josh's frogs came today so i was able to assemble the front of the enclosure. Finishing up the stand tomorrow and drilling the misthead nozzle hole as long with a hole to run my Temp/Hum sensor prob in and we should be up and running!



picture of how i attached the hasp and lock



for now i am holding me screen in place with electrical tape because if i want to get my background out for any reason the screen has to be removed to be able to get it out so i didn't want to silicone it in

[J Teezy]

wrapped the stand today with some plywood





Also applied a couple coats of primer, so tomorrow i'll be attaching the molding around the edges to make it look nice and then hopefully putting on the black paint

[J Teezy]

today finished all the primer coats and got the glass drilled for the mistking nozzle which i drilled in the front center and also drilled a hole in the back middle so that i can get my Thermometer / Hydrometer probe into the tank. All that is left really is to paint the stand black tomorrow. My dad has been helping me with some stuff on this build. He's been my right hand man through this mostly. I got him involved because he is retired and has to always be active so I got him involved and I think he has really got into the building of the stand. I'm excited to show you all what we came up with for a door situation, its like a hidden a door in a sense

I'm excited for my Mistking system to arrive on Tuesday because once that is in i'm going to put the viv all together with the decor and planting.