My new Freebie :)

[Mudfrog]

Picked this up today during lunch. 125g (60x18x22) acrylic tank with one corner overflow and black acrylic background. The tank is old (10 years) but the person who gave it to me owned a LFS and really knew how to take care of it. I'm going to clean it up and look into a kit to buff the scratches out. It was the tank only so I need to build a stand and sump.. but hey.. free is free :)

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/muds_fish/Tanks/125g-1.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/muds_fish/Tanks/125g-2.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/muds_fish/Tanks/125g-3.jpg

[Damodred]

You've got your work cut out for you, but you can't beat the price! Fantastic!

[Mudfrog]

Yep, my 120g had a lot more Coraline algae but it was a glass tank. I'm nervous about scraping on an acrylic :eek:

[SHAWNIE]

wow free is always awesome!! and what a great size...it will be worth the work of cleaning it up for sure..great find!

[cam191919]

a free tanks a free tank, even if it comes with a little work. got any stocking plans for it?

[Mudfrog]

I'll more then likely move my oddballs into it, they are in a 50g breeder atm and I'm sure they'd like the extra space. Plus it allows room for more ;)

[AquaGem]

Cool :) Good luck fixing it up

[rich311k]

Congrats, have fun working on it.

[Que]

Great nab. Keep us posted as to how the cleaning and buffing goes with pictures.

Q

[The Zigman]

looks like a lot of work..
you should just let me have it!!

:)

[jm1212]

good luck!

[Mudfrog]

The quest has begun.. it's looking a little better but still have a ways to go. I'm definitely going to have to buff out all the scratches.. there are a lot.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/muds_fish/Tanks/125g-4.jpg

[Temeraire]

What was he doing with it? Was it in storage on the sea floor by any chance?

[Mudfrog]

I have no idea.. he said something about a "low tide" setup. Didn't know people setup different tanks for different tides ??

[Fishy_Fun]

This should look awesome once it gets all setup.Good luck

[tonergirl]

I'm inclined to agree with Fishy_Fun...I think it'll be amazing looking when you're finished with it. A labour of love and FREE to boot! :)

[ChrisK]

Nice find...lots of work!!

[Que]

A diamond in the rough. Nice start. A labor of love for sure.

Q

[Mudfrog]

Ok, Night #2 work is done.. It's getting there. I still have a couple "problem" areas I couldn't get clean but I'm getting close. With the black background you can really see the scratches on the front. I imagine thats going to take a LONG time to buff out :(

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/muds_fish/Tanks/125g-5.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/muds_fish/Tanks/125g-6.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc254/muds_fish/Tanks/125g-7.jpg

[Gbbudd]

well when i first started reading this post i said hey i wonder if hydrocloric acid/ muratic acid would clean that tank up and fast and easy after all coraline algea is basicly lime based. and it's kept in plastic bottles and shouldn't effect the acrylic but i guess it's too late. Being a General contractor and very handy, i would recomend that you not even try to buff out the front glass, if what we see in the pics are scratches and not scuffs it's not worth it, evn if you get rid of the scratches for the most part the amount of buffing needed in one spot over another wil creat what i'll call bottle glasses efffect your view will be distorted in one spot / magnified or blurry. my sugestion to you would be to by a new piece of plexi glass and Cut off the front piece. It's not that hard to work with plexi glass but there are tricks to it. The internet is a great place google cutting and soddering plexi glass/ acrylic.
good luck

[snappyguy]

Awesome find

[Mgamer20o0]

lots of work on that one.