If you dont mind asking how much did this entire project run you ?????
Aquarium alone or the whole bar area?
For the Aquarium, looking at $400 for the tank, $100 in sand, $700 in LED components (built the fixture and assembled the LED's), about $600 in LR, $300 for the skimmer, and about $150 in sump/plumbing. I already had an RODI filter, and I picked up two 55 gallon drums for about $30. Plus about a dozen Rio pumps at $45/each. Then I've got a $150 clean up crew, and so far, $200 in fish. All said and done, the aquarium set up was north of $3k. Granted, the stand was virtually free (built from 2x4 lumber)
If you're talking the whole bar area, I've got about $20-25k in materials, and so far I've done all the labor myself. And I built most everything from scratch; cabinetry, etc. The only thing I've had someone else do was cut and install the marble countertop. I would imagine that if I hired a contractor crew to build the bar area it would be somewhere in the $70k range, so I've probably saved around $50k by doing everything myself. And with that, I was able to do all high end materials; solid wood cabinetry, travertine floors, etc. That stuff REALLY racks up the bill if you have it built custom by someone else.
sooooooo pretty !!!
