Custom Tank

[Amaroq]

How does this ad sound? Does it seem like a good deal? I would still need to build a canopy but everything for $400 aint bad right?

http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/125-Gallon-Reef-Ready-Salt-Water-Tank_12530836

Thanks!

 

[bbortko]

Sounds like a good deal, however don't you have to fill the tank all the way up for the overflow and on top of that don't the tide pool hold a lot of water. I'm not familiar with these filters just thinking about your weight concerns

 

[Amaroq]

Sounds like a good deal, however don't you have to fill the tank all the way up for the overflow and on top of that don't the tide pool hold a lot of water. I'm not familiar with these filters just thinking about your weight concerns

Oh wow good point, I never even thought of that! I'll have to ask the seller how its hooked up. Worse comes to worse though I can always mod it so it works.

 

[Sarah88]

yeah you would have to fill it all the way up for overflows, you could just get a canister filter and use that while you cant fill it up and save everything else for when you move to a different place and can use all of it

 

[Amaroq]

yeah you would have to fill it all the way up for overflows, you could just get a canister filter and use that while you cant fill it up and save everything else for when you move to a different place and can use all of it

Oh I will be throwing a Canister on there but its not strong enough to take the tank by itself. I'm hoping that I don't need to buy a like $500 canister if I can just mod this intake. I think if I ablsolutley am forced to cut them to make them shorter then I can always buy replacement tubes, can't be that expensive for some 1.5" clear tube you know?

 

[bradleyagregg]

if you put the tank on the exterior wall of your place i highly doubt the extra 24 gallons is gonna make a huge difference, just try to shave weight every where else, just my 2 cents, if 24 gallons makes that big of a difference then you cant have more than one person in front of your tank or any furniture nearby

 

[D-Train]

Just make sure you put your tank across as many studs as possible. It won't break through if that's what your worried about.

 

[bradleyagregg]

^^^ agreed

 

[Amaroq]

Thats what I was thinking as well. Put it on a load bearing wall and perpendicular to as many joists as possible. I'm not really worried its more so my parents. It also helps that we have a old house so the 2"x8" are actually that! haha

 

[thefishmaster1]

cool