Hey guys!
Bear with me I have smoked some so it may not make total sense.
Anyways i am in the process of converting my fish tank base into a small 1sft (there a bouts) cab.
The base does not have a top so i took the corner piece off of my ikea L shaped desk (it was unused). It makes this piece of furniture perfect because it makes it appear as a small corner stand. It also is missing a small section in the back. I plan on adding a swinging door so i can lock the unit closed and create an almost complete airtight seal.
For the door I plan on adding a “lip” to the whole door so that when it shuts, and is locked closed it will create a somewhat of a seal. The way I will seal it is just adding the little foam strips you can buy for door jams and placing them where that lip is. I also plan on being able to lock this thing so none of my girlfriends can accidentally open it.
I am unsure on what I will be doing for ventilation still. I have ideas but am always open to suggestions. This is a big concern as I can’t have any smell around the box since I am living in a studio apartment. But my current plans for venting this guy is to build a nice little box hanging off of the left side (looking at the hole) to house my fan and carbon scrubber. This housing will have to have some sort of air muffling to prevent a lot of noise (thinking egg cartons). I have an air pump running 24/7 for my other fish tanks so I can have a low hum and make it not so obvious. I was thinking of building my own scrubber such as this one. I found while on google
. I have been looking over blynx design though and was thinking I would pick up a very quiet bathroom fan(the one at HomeDepot was $13-$15 that I saw) and was thinking I could pop the grate that goes inside the bathroom and just cut a hole in the tank wall and mounting it that way. Then on the output side connect a diy scrubber.
I am planning to build a floor on the base to add a surface area the will allow air into the cab (will have 90deg elbows hanging through the floor base into the lower area. The walls of the cab I will add some slices into it to allow outside air in. The elbows will be pointed away from the air inlets so no light will be possible to see. Also the edges of the flooring will meet up flush to the walls of the cab. I am going to be using some fish tank silicone(maybe just a while caulking depending on price) to seal the floor base, the holes for the floor vents, and all other internal joints. This hopefully will take care of any possible light leak and also will create a nice sanitized environment. Also I will be caulking the outside where to “top” meets the fish tank base to help create an even better seal. I will also be getting some L brackets that people use to fasten bookshelf to walls. Hopefully this will create a secure but also removable top if need be.
For lighting I have got some y splitters and some socket to plug adapters. I have a multi tab laying around so I am going to stick 2x23w and 1x42wcfl. I plan on adding another 2x23w cfls to give this total of 134watts of CFLs power. The 23watt cfls are 2700k lights and will be used throughout the first grow. I still need to work on the exact mounting of the lights and such but for my photos I wanted to give an idea of what it will be like. I am still working on lighting and the way it should be mounted.
Open for suggestions on this as well.
So far that is all I can think of. I will be doing 99.9% of all the construction in the next coming weeks. Will take photos throughout the process and be posting on here for the world to seeJ. Since I live in a studio, things like drills, saws, and space is hard to come by.
Bear with me I have smoked some so it may not make total sense.
Anyways i am in the process of converting my fish tank base into a small 1sft (there a bouts) cab.
The base does not have a top so i took the corner piece off of my ikea L shaped desk (it was unused). It makes this piece of furniture perfect because it makes it appear as a small corner stand. It also is missing a small section in the back. I plan on adding a swinging door so i can lock the unit closed and create an almost complete airtight seal.
For the door I plan on adding a “lip” to the whole door so that when it shuts, and is locked closed it will create a somewhat of a seal. The way I will seal it is just adding the little foam strips you can buy for door jams and placing them where that lip is. I also plan on being able to lock this thing so none of my girlfriends can accidentally open it.
I am unsure on what I will be doing for ventilation still. I have ideas but am always open to suggestions. This is a big concern as I can’t have any smell around the box since I am living in a studio apartment. But my current plans for venting this guy is to build a nice little box hanging off of the left side (looking at the hole) to house my fan and carbon scrubber. This housing will have to have some sort of air muffling to prevent a lot of noise (thinking egg cartons). I have an air pump running 24/7 for my other fish tanks so I can have a low hum and make it not so obvious. I was thinking of building my own scrubber such as this one. I found while on google
I am planning to build a floor on the base to add a surface area the will allow air into the cab (will have 90deg elbows hanging through the floor base into the lower area. The walls of the cab I will add some slices into it to allow outside air in. The elbows will be pointed away from the air inlets so no light will be possible to see. Also the edges of the flooring will meet up flush to the walls of the cab. I am going to be using some fish tank silicone(maybe just a while caulking depending on price) to seal the floor base, the holes for the floor vents, and all other internal joints. This hopefully will take care of any possible light leak and also will create a nice sanitized environment. Also I will be caulking the outside where to “top” meets the fish tank base to help create an even better seal. I will also be getting some L brackets that people use to fasten bookshelf to walls. Hopefully this will create a secure but also removable top if need be.
For lighting I have got some y splitters and some socket to plug adapters. I have a multi tab laying around so I am going to stick 2x23w and 1x42wcfl. I plan on adding another 2x23w cfls to give this total of 134watts of CFLs power. The 23watt cfls are 2700k lights and will be used throughout the first grow. I still need to work on the exact mounting of the lights and such but for my photos I wanted to give an idea of what it will be like. I am still working on lighting and the way it should be mounted.
Open for suggestions on this as well.
So far that is all I can think of. I will be doing 99.9% of all the construction in the next coming weeks. Will take photos throughout the process and be posting on here for the world to seeJ. Since I live in a studio, things like drills, saws, and space is hard to come by.