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So I'm Building Stuff Again. 150g Plus Fish Room. (1 Viewer)

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Here's a little pic to add color from my frag rack to prove corals are actually in these tanks haha! I haven't taken coral pics in a while.

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Finally finishing the drywall front and moving on to painting. The shadows in the pic don't do the work justice. There are definitely line shadows, but 95% of them aren't from the repairs I did. It was originally garage drywall that's 25 years old and had major imperfections. Plus, no texture, so it is what it is.

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For the new ceiling lights, I decided not to put the recessed lights directly into the ceiling. I liked the idea of a large hanging canopy just to light the room, but the ceilings aren't super tall. Also, I liked the idea of having a backlit light system with physical water flowing over the lights to cast shimmer on the roof, but it would be too impractical on a week in, week out basis. So, the compromise was just backlit pendants that will act as moon lights for the entire room.

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There has been a back and forth between purchases and returns with Amazon the past couple weeks but the right LED strips should be here today to backlight these pendants for the room moon light today. I more or less got this build up to thread pretty quickly. Lot's of trial and error along the way, and haven't talked about the display tank yet, but those details are to come.
 
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For the new ceiling lights, I decided not to put the recessed lights directly into the ceiling. I liked the idea of a large hanging canopy just to light the room, but the ceilings aren't super tall. Also, I liked the idea of having a backlit light system with physical water flowing over the lights to cast shimmer on the roof, but it would be too impractical on a week in, week out basis. So, the compromise was just backlit pendants that will act as moon lights for the entire room.

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Photo Oct 08 2023, 10 28 33 PM.jpg


Photo Oct 11 2023, 3 07 07 PM.jpg


There has been a back and forth between purchases and returns with Amazon the past couple weeks but the right LED strips should be here today to backlight these pendants for the room moon light today. I more or less got this build up to thread pretty quickly. Lot's of trial and error along the way, and haven't talked about the display tank yet, but those details are to come.
these look cool.
 
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Nice setup, I wish I could redo my room but that's the last thing I need to do on my list right now haha.
Yeah it’s a big project for sure. Had it been a new construction then it would have gone much faster. If I had to do it again then I would have sold pretty much all of my corals, done the build fast, then just buy new stuff. Lesson learned.
 
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