- Location
- Jefferson City, MO
Ok, I have been working on setting up my 180. I thought that since I was making some progress very slowly, but some, that I would go ahead and post some pics and start the thread. The first step, after deciding on what tank to buy, was to cut a hole in the downstairs family room. The family room was finished so that was hard to make the first cut, lol. The tank is sitting flush with the wall in the living room. The tank and stock tank, lights, etc are all behind that wall in a storage room. Next I built a stand for it out of 2x4's and 2x6's. It's not pretty, but it is sturdy. I set the stand a bit higher than some I have seen, but I am six foot one and I wanted to be able to look at the tank at eye level. After the stand was built, I added three separate electrical circuits to the room. I have two junction boxes to each circuit with 4 plugins to each. I also added a light switch that controls the pump to my salt water mixing barrels. It has one live plugin that is always hot that I plug in the power head to mix the salt. The light switch turn on the Mag pump that pumps water into the stock tank when I do water changes. I have a drain on the stock tank that I have plumbed to a drain. I just turn the valve and watch it drain down to a predetermined line that shows me 35 gallons is now gone.
I have six electrical boxes like this, all mounted close to the ceiling to prevent splashes, water running along cords, etc.
I have six electrical boxes like this, all mounted close to the ceiling to prevent splashes, water running along cords, etc.