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My 1500L kitchen tank III

Then we finally managed to do the final polyester job. My brother-in-law was glad to be of help, so we finished early and had plenty of time left to drink a nice bottle of wine far away from the stinky tank. Now that felt relaxing... yes indeed the wine, but especially the fact that the tank got ready before it would become really too cold outside! The next step was applying the topcoat, what protects the polyester against UV-light and makes it 100% waterproof. I added black colorant before mixing it with the peroxide hardening agent to get an evenly coloured and unobtrusive background. Another week later when I was sure that there were no more fumes released I moved the tank inside the house straight on it's stand where it belonged.


The frame covered with fiberglass/polyester.


Applying the coloured protective top coat layer in my front yard.

3. The installation

I started to get impatient to get this tank cycled and stocked with fish, but needed to wait a bit though. I was very ambitious and wanted to integrate this tank seamlessly into our kitchen interior, what included a closed base and a hood that reached to the ceiling. I'm not going to tell what difficulties I faced this time, but let's say I did a remarkable job for an amateur handyman. The whole interior of the aquarium is also covered with coated plywood boards to prevent that humidity would escape and cause mildew throughout the kitchen ceiling!


Gluing the windows... I'm starting to smell water... aquarium water


The tank completely built in! The toy shelf was grabbed by the kids without hesitation!

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