I was just given SEVEN "new" tanks, 3 metal stands (all hold two tanks), a wood stand (haven't checked soundness yet), a bunch of used filters and heaters, some decor, and a BUNCH of gravel.
It's going to take a lot (and I do mean a LOT) to ge this stuff cleaned up and in usable condition. Any tips on getting all of the crud--hard water and just plain filth-- off would be helpful, especially from the heaters and filters. I'm also not sure if I'll trust the heaters as I don't know how much they've been banged around.
The tanks were moved rather roughly (My husband went to pick them up and they HAD to be moved gravel intact. We found out about the tanks around 7:30 PM and had to have them picked up that night, 90 minutes away from home. Moving them as is was a condition of pickup.) I'll have to check closely for leaks...
What to do with them all?
Hmm....
29 gallon -- Will probably give to DS in a few months for his room. I'm not sure what we'll put into it yet.
29 gallon -- No idea yet. I really don't have a place for this one right now. (Fish can only go in my study which already has enough weight and in DS's room.) I may keep this as a spare tank. With the plecostomus in the 55, if he ever needs medical treatment or something, I don't have a hospital tank big enough for his eventual size. I COULD however set upa 29 and move smaller fish to it if the pleco ever needs med care. Kind of a reverse hospital set up, moving the well fish instead of the sick.
20 gallon Long -- probably moving a small mud turtle from his 10 to this (winter home)
10 gallon -- definitely a spare hospital tank (I have a 10 for this already)
10 gallon -- I want a whitecloud tank so will find a place in my study somewhere for this to be used for that.
10 gallon -- Guppies maybe...
10 gallon -- Maybe an arawana... :joke:
It's going to take a lot (and I do mean a LOT) to ge this stuff cleaned up and in usable condition. Any tips on getting all of the crud--hard water and just plain filth-- off would be helpful, especially from the heaters and filters. I'm also not sure if I'll trust the heaters as I don't know how much they've been banged around.
The tanks were moved rather roughly (My husband went to pick them up and they HAD to be moved gravel intact. We found out about the tanks around 7:30 PM and had to have them picked up that night, 90 minutes away from home. Moving them as is was a condition of pickup.) I'll have to check closely for leaks...
What to do with them all?
Hmm....
29 gallon -- Will probably give to DS in a few months for his room. I'm not sure what we'll put into it yet.
29 gallon -- No idea yet. I really don't have a place for this one right now. (Fish can only go in my study which already has enough weight and in DS's room.) I may keep this as a spare tank. With the plecostomus in the 55, if he ever needs medical treatment or something, I don't have a hospital tank big enough for his eventual size. I COULD however set upa 29 and move smaller fish to it if the pleco ever needs med care. Kind of a reverse hospital set up, moving the well fish instead of the sick.
20 gallon Long -- probably moving a small mud turtle from his 10 to this (winter home)
10 gallon -- definitely a spare hospital tank (I have a 10 for this already)
10 gallon -- I want a whitecloud tank so will find a place in my study somewhere for this to be used for that.
10 gallon -- Guppies maybe...
10 gallon -- Maybe an arawana... :joke:
