I saw one recently that they wanted $12,000 for - I'll have to see if I can find the link 
Kristina
Kristina
New record high price used aquarium
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Now that would make me feel allot better if this deal doesn't go through LOL.I saw one recently that they wanted $12,000 for - I'll have to see if I can find the link
Kristina
I can't find it, so maybe it expired - but my mom (Kali) can back me up on it, she saw it too, and we had a good laugh over it, lol.
Kristina
Kristina
Well just when I thought the deal fell through because I did not receive a reply email to offer for 36 hours I got a surprise call from the husband. We chatted for an hour about the condition of the 237 gallon tank which is sound and frameless just all 3/4 glass with two Plexiglas overflows in each corner and 2" cut outs on the bottom. Although the all maple wood stand is structurally sound and looks great from outside the bottom floor shelf (non structueral) made of pegboard is warped, also the back has stains from drips due to bad plumbing. The canopy needs deep dry rot repair or board replacment on the back side as privious owners never used glass panes (both included. Tank had been tested by new owner and ready for refinish when job loss occurred and new job available in MI. All other items and equipment has been sold off already except for a 20 gallon sump which they want to keep for a new SW tank upon relocation. OK by me as I know nothing about wet/dry sumps and tanks, other then you can keep turtles in there LOL.
The good news is after all the discussion the price was renegotiated to $200 including delivery to my back yard to a 4 wheel dolly I have been meaning to buy anyway, as there is no reason to bring it in the house without being refinished and cleaned first. How I will get the 500 lbs tank back on the stand and where I will fit it's 2X72X31 mass will be an issue for another day. In the mean time I will have to protect the glass from the AZ sun and be careful getting water on it when its 110 F (crack!) when I m polishing the slight mineral haz out of the glass.
I offered a PP deposit but they said they also trust me so we are on for next Monday morning. But I also told them although I am committed by my word, I leave them the option to back out if they change their mind or are offered sale locally in Yucca AZ 65 miles away.
So lets hope for the best but expect nothing. So it looks like I have my work cut out repair and refinish, overflow removal, plum hole plugging, and blue paint removal in order to use the virgin side for viewing.
Excited and scared what the wife will say, Im a real thrill seeker :eek3:
The good news is after all the discussion the price was renegotiated to $200 including delivery to my back yard to a 4 wheel dolly I have been meaning to buy anyway, as there is no reason to bring it in the house without being refinished and cleaned first. How I will get the 500 lbs tank back on the stand and where I will fit it's 2X72X31 mass will be an issue for another day. In the mean time I will have to protect the glass from the AZ sun and be careful getting water on it when its 110 F (crack!) when I m polishing the slight mineral haz out of the glass.
I offered a PP deposit but they said they also trust me so we are on for next Monday morning. But I also told them although I am committed by my word, I leave them the option to back out if they change their mind or are offered sale locally in Yucca AZ 65 miles away.
So lets hope for the best but expect nothing. So it looks like I have my work cut out repair and refinish, overflow removal, plum hole plugging, and blue paint removal in order to use the virgin side for viewing.
Excited and scared what the wife will say, Im a real thrill seeker :eek3:
wow.. I'd just set it up with sump/refugium
sumps are simple and DIY seems to be your fun part of the day.
should be a cinch for you.
I'd put atleast a 55 for the sump under it and use floaters in it as a fuge for ammonia/nitrate export. or 2 sumps if the tank is drilled for 2 holes
sumps are simple and DIY seems to be your fun part of the day.
should be a cinch for you.
I'd put atleast a 55 for the sump under it and use floaters in it as a fuge for ammonia/nitrate export. or 2 sumps if the tank is drilled for 2 holes
Don't worry if I do cut on the tank it will be the vary last thing after its all finished. Its hard to explain but even though I have always been a problem solver I have a hard time accepting alternate methods that require commitment. For example, an external over the rim hosed canister filter is a separate piece of equipment with separate potential problems that do not have to affect the main tank, You have a leak its 99% going to be the filter which you just lift and remove.
Built in pluming just cant be fix by removing the problem to the sink, tools have to be broke out, patches have to placed and maybe even the tank drained to fix the leak around the hole, basically an all nighter. With no pluming you only have to worry about the seals and then there is a 50% chance you can get away with just drain the tank 50% to fix it with a patch and a tank seal leak will most likely be a drip-drip, not a plumbing springing spray leak turn into a gusher. Also I cant stand the thought of having to have my tank at a certain water level to accommodate the overflow and the all wasted space. Since they are silicone plexiglas removal should be a razor blade away followed by two DIY bulkhead plugs and volcanic ash polish to get rid of any marks.
If the front has some deep scratched and the back is pristine, I will need that observation room without the overflows. The blue paint should come off with a little pain remover and pressure washer. If I do go saltwater it will be strictly bare bones with free desert rock, bulk commercial salt, hardware sand and my first fish will be a Grouper or two from the Chinese fish market aquarium just to get my feet wet and maybe a couple blue crabs (a rescue). Then if I have what it takes to keep them alive Ill start thinking ornamental.
Built in pluming just cant be fix by removing the problem to the sink, tools have to be broke out, patches have to placed and maybe even the tank drained to fix the leak around the hole, basically an all nighter. With no pluming you only have to worry about the seals and then there is a 50% chance you can get away with just drain the tank 50% to fix it with a patch and a tank seal leak will most likely be a drip-drip, not a plumbing springing spray leak turn into a gusher. Also I cant stand the thought of having to have my tank at a certain water level to accommodate the overflow and the all wasted space. Since they are silicone plexiglas removal should be a razor blade away followed by two DIY bulkhead plugs and volcanic ash polish to get rid of any marks.
If the front has some deep scratched and the back is pristine, I will need that observation room without the overflows. The blue paint should come off with a little pain remover and pressure washer. If I do go saltwater it will be strictly bare bones with free desert rock, bulk commercial salt, hardware sand and my first fish will be a Grouper or two from the Chinese fish market aquarium just to get my feet wet and maybe a couple blue crabs (a rescue). Then if I have what it takes to keep them alive Ill start thinking ornamental.
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OK Monday is the day this 500 Lbs 237 gallon tank will be delivered to my back yard by full size pickup truck and I keep wrestling with what I will lay it on in the interim of finishing the cabinets. After considering the weight it occurred to me that my dolly regardless of being reinforced with wood planks is not going to work when I have to maneuver it myself on two wheels later when no one is around to help and besides balancing 500 vertically 6 ft high on 2 wheels is a disaster waiting to happen.
So after careful thought I have decided that we will transfer the aquarium from his full size truck bed to my mini pickup truck bed, back to back on a sheet of plywood for the small gap and height difference with no chance of falling on a slop to a dolly. This way all I have to do is drive the truck around in the back yard to maneuver it anywhere I need for cleaning, washing and transfer near the back door. I will build a temporary simple stand out of $1.50 studs (7) like the one I did for my 80 tank below. I will make it a height that can accommodate both the truck and refinished stand and it will have heavy 4 car dolly casters that I already own. I will use it to slide-move the aquarium from the truck to the refinished stand inside the house and slide-move into permanent position, replacing my 60 tank (smallest) in the living room.
This time I will do a detailed "how to build " a DYI strong-stand using just cheap studs, simple bottom measurements, simple saw cuts, and simple nailing with Elmers wood glue on the flats. Built it takes about 1 hour and its ready Polyurethane with a brush. Later since this stand will be approx 72 inches long by 24 inches wide, by 30 inches tall, I will just place a 3/4 inch plywood top on it and use it for a work and storage bench but can later use it again and again as an "aquarium cabinet dolly" woe
So after careful thought I have decided that we will transfer the aquarium from his full size truck bed to my mini pickup truck bed, back to back on a sheet of plywood for the small gap and height difference with no chance of falling on a slop to a dolly. This way all I have to do is drive the truck around in the back yard to maneuver it anywhere I need for cleaning, washing and transfer near the back door. I will build a temporary simple stand out of $1.50 studs (7) like the one I did for my 80 tank below. I will make it a height that can accommodate both the truck and refinished stand and it will have heavy 4 car dolly casters that I already own. I will use it to slide-move the aquarium from the truck to the refinished stand inside the house and slide-move into permanent position, replacing my 60 tank (smallest) in the living room.
This time I will do a detailed "how to build " a DYI strong-stand using just cheap studs, simple bottom measurements, simple saw cuts, and simple nailing with Elmers wood glue on the flats. Built it takes about 1 hour and its ready Polyurethane with a brush. Later since this stand will be approx 72 inches long by 24 inches wide, by 30 inches tall, I will just place a 3/4 inch plywood top on it and use it for a work and storage bench but can later use it again and again as an "aquarium cabinet dolly" woe
Well after getting back from church I stepping up to the phone to see if there was a message that another buyer had been found, the phone rang and somehow I knew it was the owner of the tank with news one way or the other. It was the owner and somehow my wife beat me to the phone, but anyway the deal is on for tomorrow noon when I will have a craiglist tank delivered the I negotiated over the phone sight unseen lol. So as you can imagine I'm both excited and worried but for $200 it should all be fine as described. I did fess up to my wife she grimaced a little but said any more and you have to build a pond that's it 5 tanks is enough.
I haven't decided you on the overflows or the pluming I just hope the holes are on the back wall bottom not on the bottom of the tank as a bulkhead plug wont work and be in the way of the tank sitting, sliding which means Ill have to use a plexiglas patch from the inside or fill them with resin. As soon as it arrives I will start a new thread labeled "My centralist 237 tank" and post every step.
I haven't decided you on the overflows or the pluming I just hope the holes are on the back wall bottom not on the bottom of the tank as a bulkhead plug wont work and be in the way of the tank sitting, sliding which means Ill have to use a plexiglas patch from the inside or fill them with resin. As soon as it arrives I will start a new thread labeled "My centralist 237 tank" and post every step.
