In the interest of any sort of human interaction, and feedback, I thought I would make a post about my barracks.
This is the finished one (aside from a stand or light). Made using a 2ft tank, a bunch of clear & white acrylic, and a bunch of hospitality tubing. I did have my blue 3 ft light over it, algae went nuts, so I cleaned it and put in a bit of magic blue to deal with it (thus the light blue water).
The great thing about this, if I want to do a really thorough clean, the whole thing slides out. clean tank and acrylic, slide it back in.
Just for lols, the temporary lighting set up, or as my partner calls it "the booby trap of death".
I've gotten used to the size of the giants, so now all the other fish seem like hobbit fishes to me.
I am currently working on a new 3ft barracks, small sections for grow out/ small bettas, larger sections for giants.
permanent white pebble back ground. will be using black sparkly crushed quartz, over the top of ADA amazonia for substrate, as I plan to grow blyxa japonica and glosso (and a few java/ windelov on small bits of wood).
I've done the dividers differently for this one, instead of all being glued, most of it slots together. That way i can change the size of the compartments, and how many. If I had come up with this plan prior to cutting the first few pieces, I would have designed it so that the whole thing slots together, and just put a line of silicone for a good seal on the filter circulation route. Progress pic after a bump.
The tank was second hand and came with a plain pine stand, so I've made sides, another shelf, painted it black, and it has had it's first coat of black epoxy resin. Next I have to build doors... although I am considering making curtains or mini roller blind, as I hate making doors... why do they never quite turn out square.
For the lighting I am going to have fancy halogen lights suspended over the top. The downlights in my house all need rewiring, so the electrician next monday is also going to wire wall plugs into some halogen pendant lights for me to use for the tank.
p.s. Be kind, posting on forums terrifies me.