I love this! You put more thought into the comfort of the fish than the aesthetics of the table, which has resulted in a beautiful and extremely functional piece. Very well done! I’d love to have one of my own. 😊
This table arrived well packaged and on time. ru-vid.comUgkxn94T8Mu1iMnsLCMNOI9srXSsLkI4JXKW Like another reviewer advised, I pulled everything out and made sure everything was included (everything was!). I built it alone and it took me about an hour. The color is great and for the price the lift part works well. As others have mentioned, it’s not the smoothest opening/closing, but it works. The screws do show, but I plan to order white sticker covers if that bothers us too much. Really happy with this table! UPDATE: it’s been over a year since we got this coffee table and we still love it! It gets HEAVY use as our dining table, foot rest, and school desk. Over time, the opening and closing mechanism has gotten smoother. I added a new photo with the white screw cover stickers. They blend in perfectly and make it look a little cleaner. 100% recommend!!!
Beautiful! To all the folks saying it “would be hard to clean”.... why? It would actually be EASIER than a standard aquarium... it’s lower to the ground and you can access the entire surface easily. It would be a joy to clean compared to some of my tanks! Great job, man... truly beautiful.
eddie gonzalez your telling me you are able to supervise your child 24 hours, children are quick and can easily do something when you turn your back for one second
Nice build! One thing to consider is that those caster wheels you have it sitting on are a very small surface area, meaning that the entire weight of the tank (water + substrate + construction materials) (about 400 kg) is localized at a small point of contact. If the wheels are uneven then a majority of the weight could be sitting on one or two wheels. Probably not an issue if the support board the caster wheels are mounted to is solid wood, but something like mdf might shear under those conditions, causing the wheel assembly to puncture through the material and likely break the glass above.
I figured out this guy has been VLogging for 10years now he got tons of content but yet he has under 100k subscriber.. Dude keep the hardwork.. You actually motivated me.. Lesson learned: Don’t give up on your dreams and passion. Kudos!!!
To answer the most frequent questions I've had: 1. The wood has no issue holding it up, I spread out the load evenly on the 4 casters (wheels) which have square supports of 10cm edge length, so I have
I think your tank is awesome and yes, the silicone that holds the glass is enough for the tank inself. However, the base "platform" should have some solid legs extending to the floor IMO, not just casters that are probably screwed in with relatively short screws correct? I suppose if the whole thing sits stationary, there is no danger but if one were to roll it and a caster became encumbered, the screws could possibly tear right out of the wood base and become compromised...
@@DanScottChannel It requires a lot of force to roll, so I haven't had any issues. Those casters are made to withstand 100kg each and it's a little less than that (plus when it's written 100kg it often means 200kg because of manufacturer margins)
@@Gracejohnys I added silicon between the top plate and the rest so that the fish don't feel the vibrations of the glasses and/or plates when I eat on the table :)
You should put a high strip of vinyl base molding around the room so that when the bottom blows out of this thing you can just turn the room into a very shallow aquarium! FYI - Water is heavy... and yes, I have read your answers to this concern. Don't wear nice shoes in that room!
really lovely that you put so much thought into the fishes' wellbeing, i've seen too many aquarium builds that are too small and have no filtration system, you even put in real plants because they'd like it better haha. great build and video!
Dude I love this one of the best builds.. exactly what I want to do! I really appreciate that you have the knowledge to actually care about the fish too and make this realistic for long term
Thank you for wording my thoughts so cleverly. Part 2: Rebuilding floor after flood tutorial BONUS Part 3: Rebuilding neighbor's ceiling (for those in appartments)
Should be like any other aquarium, weekly water changes, wipe down the glass as the water is draining, rinse off the filter media in the water you're getting rid of. Put media back in, refill the tank add a decholrinator to the water if you need it, and you're good
I wont do this for many years but one day i want one. Any specifics of cost and tools extra would be appreciated. You should sell these your an artist man u could charge them a lot .
Looks very beautiful. But how did you solve to get enough light for you plants? LED Stripe isn’t bright enough, and I’m not sure if the plants like this kind of light.
e-surfer So long as low lights plants are used (Java fern, Anubias, etc) are used the plants will survive. Especially if there’s a nearby window, that’ll even suffice. Even fake silk or plastic plants (fish safe) are completely fine.
LED lights are used among aquascapers a lot. The essential things are the shade of the light and the quantity. And as Abigail said, there are plants that can grow in an aquarium with out any additional lighting except daylight (although you won't be seeing much of your aquarium without lights).
Just An Idea Instead Of Having To Move Everything Off The Table To Feed The Fish You Could Make A Hole In The Top Centre Of The Glass With A Slide Hatch To Feed Them Through xxx
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After all that hard work and such a good job it would have been great to see more of the tank & fish from different angles and also when it was lighted up. But well done on such a fantastic tank and feature for your home that will give you and your family many hours of relaxation.
I'm worry about the tiny wheels breaking to the water weight, but you can always repair, so just enjoy things do worry about what might happan. Great Job!!!
Man, you're the only one. My admiration and full respect with this project. Would be amazing to share the drawings. I would like to do the same project to me.
Didac Font Casado the only one? Do you think this hasn’t been done before. There’s a bunch on RU-vid. Plus I had made one 25 yrs ago so I’m sure it was done before me too.
Ok, I do think it looks cool. However, how do you not bang on the top of the coffee table setting stuff down. I mean light tapping on glass sends sound waves through an aquarium. Imagine a coffee cup getting smacked on the aquarium every day. They are like the poor fish at petco with the incessant tapping. I dunno just seems unnecessary stress.
"I installed a hing to the table top to enable the feeding of the fish." ...This project may be the best solution to Flat Surface Collection Syndrome that I have ever seen 0.0
Cool idea. Just a word of caution... you may want to consider adding some additional support under the table. Those wheels looked like they were rated for about 100 lbs (could be wrong). Not sure how many gallons that aquarium is but looks to be around 80... that’s about 650 lbs just in water not including weight of glass and table. You could be pushing 750 lbs with that 😳. I could be off with my visual estimate of how big that aquarium actually is but just thought I’d throw that out there, food for thought. Love the concept and this got me excited about the tank I’m setting up right now. Thanks for sharing!
Shannon Mackey weLl that also depends on the size of a standard aquarium. If it’s a big one i dont think there’s any differences, however most of these tables are big and HEAVY so when cleaning and emptying to water you’d have to get buckets to empty and fill again
Wow Factor, fantastic work, worth all your struggles and errors. Hope the burning settled quickly.. What a brilliant talking about item.. that must be so very relaxing.
