It leaked!

jamjarjames

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A bit of a long story but i'll try to cut it short

I purchased a Juwel rio 180 from my local garden centre and had to keep it in the garage for a while to make room in the house. Anyway i came to fill it up and as i filled i saw water trickle out one of the courners, how odd i thought so i pumped the water back out looked in the courner and nothing seemed wrong so started filling again and the same trickle out the same courner so i took the tank back explaining my problem and they said they couldn't replace it because they were out of stock, so i got my money back. In the meantime my dad remembered he had a 40gal long in the loft so we dug it out and filled it in the garage to check for leaks which after sitting up in loft which has temps that reach -5 in the winter and 40 in the summer we felt sure the seals would have given up anyway we filled it to the top and not a drop leaked! A 30 year old tank still water tight! wow! so my dad kindly donated the tank to me and with the money i get back ive ordered an Eheim Ecco 2234, a rena cal 300w heater, digital thermo, and 3 sheets of background. Of course ive still got to buy the juwel Rio 240 cabinet a UV and a lighting hood. which should be another £250. i'll post pictures when its set up probably still another month away yet. should be a good setup
 
Oh No :(

I know how much you where looking forward to getting that tank setup.
Glad you got your money back tho :), same places can get really funny about refunds.

To save a bit of cash, why not try building yourself a custom made cabinet? probally wouldnt cost much in materials.
 
I would say build the frame out of something like 2x2 and 2x1 timber adding plenty of bracing to make sure the frame is completely rigid. Then you could clad the frame with whatever wood you like... MDF, Ply, Cladding(is always cheap and looks nice).
You could add doors and a cuboard if you wanted or just make a solid or open base.

Have a look at the cabinets in the shops for ideas. Just remember a cabinet built for say the jewel 180 wont hold the weight of a 240l tank.

You'd need to get an idea of the weight of you tank and make sure you build your cabinet to hold more than it will have too :)

Try a google, I bet there are numouros pages with plans and advice/help on building yourself a cabinet
 
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