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60 Gallon with a 20 gallon wet/dry filtration unit under the bar. Wanted to go for 100 or 120 and put a shark in it but I’m in an apartment and didn’t really have the room.

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Kick ass, looks great. I love the lighting too, the whole job looks really profesional. Good luck on your next one, I can’t wait to get more space so I can build a bigger one too.

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Duff-Man wrote:

I am in the planning stages and eventually going to construct an L shaped bar and was wondering just how much room should be left between the end of the wall and the start of the bar… so that you can walk through to the bar.. also is it a good idea to leave both sides of the L bar open for access to the bar?

Just to clarify my posting, I was talking about the space between where you would enter the bar and the wall (the side), not the actual work space you would have behind the bar (if that makes sense)

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I didn’t add a lower lip to my bar for the arm rail and I think it looks fine. The bar was already pretty high so I just set it flat on the bar(see fish tank bar in album section) It was expensive though because I had it made from oak and shipped from back east to the west coast. Probably would have been better to find a local person to make it.

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Because I was limited on space I measured the width of the widest part of my body and added about 6-12inches to that. It’s pretty narrow and I usually slide in sideways but it works fine for my limited space. If you have more space I’d give yourself more room. As far as the “L” section, I would have that part go right up to the wall. That way it feels more connected to your house. Just my opinion though.

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