Craigslist deal of the year or my new nightmare?

[piranhaman00]

awesome looking tank! good luck!

 

[BODYDUB]

I would reseal the entire tank just in case. It'll be time consuming, but if it had one leak it can have another, soon.............

 

[bigphil001]

I would reseal the entire tank just in case. It'll be time consuming, but if it had one leak it can have another, soon.............

That is the game plan I am stripping all the old silicone and re-sealing the entire tank. Some of the old silicone looked like it was about ready to start leaking anyways. All in all not too bad of a process. I estimate by the time I am done I will have 12-16 hours into the stripping, cleaning and re sealing process.

 

[anibalvti]

Good luck w the resealing

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[shelbybmc]

Great deal on this thing. Stay updating this thread until its full and occupied please

 

[xraycer]

Ok you win. I thought my 180gal for $100 was the deal of the year. Not my favorite shape, but I probably would of bought it too. Great score!

 

[MyGiants]

You got yourself a nice project. Keep us updated on your progress..

 

[bigphil001]

So I have decided to keep the in tank filters and then use a couple of FX5's in addition to the built ins.

Here is one of the filters:

The tank came with 4 of these foam spools:

Here is my game plan for media inside of the built ins:

Any other suggestions on media setup?

 

[Egon]

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[bigphil001]

I've started taping off the lines for my caulk. On the inside of the trapezoids they didnt put any caulk. I'm going to redo what they did and also put caulk along the inside. I assume they did it originally so you wouldn't see as much caulk but I feel more secure with it on both sides of the glass. I'm just waiting on the silicon I ordered to come in now. After doing some research it seemed that GE silicone 1200 series caulk was a safe bet.