First off, this is my first build thread.
I was at a buddy's house and noticed an abandoned tank off to the side filled with misc aquarium junk. It had been used as a sump years ago and was used as a storage bin for quite some time (somewhere between a few years). As soon as I showed some interest, he offered to let me have as long as I was willing to take it. The foot print of the tank is 36" X 24" X 18"! Beast of a foot print. The tank was really beaten up and really needed some loving. I also resealed the joints just because.
The tank was drilled on the right side of the tank because it was used as a return flow. So I had to find some bulkhead fittings. So I found these, monstrous looking things at a local hardware store.
There was a scratch so severe that I was unable to polish out. So being that it was on the outside of the tank and would show even if I covered it with some paint, I decided to get thin piece of acrylic and glue it on to the back of the tank from the inside. I lost about an 1/8 of space. But the back looks great now.
I decided to construct my own stand because the I didn't like the quote I got from a local fish store, plus the stand would have to customized costing me a whopping and estimated $350 .
I was at a buddy's house and noticed an abandoned tank off to the side filled with misc aquarium junk. It had been used as a sump years ago and was used as a storage bin for quite some time (somewhere between a few years). As soon as I showed some interest, he offered to let me have as long as I was willing to take it. The foot print of the tank is 36" X 24" X 18"! Beast of a foot print. The tank was really beaten up and really needed some loving. I also resealed the joints just because.
The tank was drilled on the right side of the tank because it was used as a return flow. So I had to find some bulkhead fittings. So I found these, monstrous looking things at a local hardware store.
There was a scratch so severe that I was unable to polish out. So being that it was on the outside of the tank and would show even if I covered it with some paint, I decided to get thin piece of acrylic and glue it on to the back of the tank from the inside. I lost about an 1/8 of space. But the back looks great now.
I decided to construct my own stand because the I didn't like the quote I got from a local fish store, plus the stand would have to customized costing me a whopping and estimated $350 .
