Drop-in Freezer Tank

[chesterthehero]

in years im 30... jims almost 40... however mentaly im somewhere around 15 (stuck on boobs and farts) jims about 9 (stuck on farts and swear words)...

the freezer box is a go... it got set up lastnight.. its sitting on 6 cement blocks on my patio.. the bottom drain has been sealed (for now).. its full of water with a heater.. has a few goldfish testing it to see if it leaches anything toxic.. if they make it till friday they will be joined by guppies and if they make it overnight im calling it good and adding the unnamed monster.. for now filtration is just a ac110 with some dead used media (insatant ammonia) as well as some scrubbies out of my sump.. its holding at .5ppm ammonia with nothing else as of 5pm this evening.. as it sits right now its got water filling roughly 48x28x22 (128 gallons)..
right now the plan is to keep a single fish there for a few weeks till he is rehomed after that... i dont think its going to do much till spring because i hate having a high electrical bill... but who knows..

heres some crappy laptop/webcam shots

covered with some plywood and a plastic/rubber backed blanket.. notice the fancy electrical

theres a big opening in the front as well as the top.. at some point the plan is to lay this sucker down making the front the top.. for now though its a great pond..

heres the other "pond".. its a glass 60 with a ton of frog bit, duck weed, water cabbage and some other plant i cant remember the name of... theres also a ton of guppies that were too pretty to use as feeders as well as a bunch of mollies, platties and cherry shrimp.. the snail population has really really droped since i pulled out all the gravel and added something other than a UV filter for filtration... this tank gets a water change MAYBE once ever 3 months..


-yes thats a blown tire in a bag
-no thats not "the bucket"
-all the plants in the pots are dead.. if its in water it grows great.. if its in dirt the dogs pee on it and it dies in a month..
-theres a LOT more clutter on the patio that you cant see.. most of it is fish related
-yes i will be adding more filtration but im in no rush

 

[badreverend]

in years im 30... jims almost 40... however mentaly im somewhere around 15 (stuck on boobs and farts) jims about 9 (stuck on farts and swear words)...

yeah but I like boobs too-

 

[Fishermoe14]

sweet

 

[chesterthehero]

yeah but I like boobs too-

i also like swearing


the POS heater than i found under the house or something up and died so my plan to put Mr Bitesalot out there tonight went into the toilet... a few buckets of hot water helped get the tank back up above 75.. i think the ac110 is going to need to be replaced by a canister to keep the surface calm so i dont lose so much heat...

the kid has a sleepover birthday part this weekend so ill maybe have some time to do some work on the tanks which have been getting rather neglected this past month or three..

 

[badreverend]

i also like swearing

I know you do

the POS heater than i found under the house or something up and died

under whose house? someone with a crawlspace access door thats bigger than 18"x18"- much bigger

i think the ac110 is going to need to be replaced by a canister to keep the surface calm so i dont lose so much heat...

>thats a good idea- maybe bring the return closer to the bottom, for even less surface turbulance-
>what about a hang on type shelf to go in the freezer- just above the water line so it can go under the cover too-
>plus, the shelf, would allow shortener lines for even less loss of heat
>and theres always the no leak factor

 

[chesterthehero]

hey if you want to meet a douchebag live and in person jenn ex is showing up shortly to drop off some stuff for the kid... and im going to move mr mouth outside if you want to get a nice shower since we cant even add bloodworms without getting wet..

 

[badreverend]

sometime today between beating up her ex and transferring the "pike" we need to finish the convertible too

 

[chesterthehero]

o good just what i wanted to do!!!

i wish they would leave... the cancer ridden former mother in law is sitting in my la-z-boy... i am really not happy about this.. however i did get to sumphand the former father in law.. when hes around i always feel the need to work on the dirtiest thing i can find..

 

[chesterthehero]

the tank is up and running.. its doing a lil mini cycle right now but its working great.. keeping it covered at night is keeping it nice and warm.. when i open the tank up in the morning i get a facefull of warm wet fishtank air..
i took some pics but now i have no idea what i did with the camera... my guess is its sitting on the patio somewhere..

 

[chesterthehero]

its been up and running for about a month now.. everything is going good.. at the moment it has 3 occupants all of which are eating well and enjoying their home..

the plan is to add another piece of driftwood or two and maybe put the plants in pots.. i come spring i might give up and set up a bigger preformed pond but who knows.. id really like to put one in the front yard but im not sure if the landlord will go for that or not since he pays the waterbill..