JEBO R362 30gal

[TipStylez]

Its been awhile since i had a tank, catch up with my introduction.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277596


Anyways, i picked up a JEBO R326 30gal aquarium for 25bucks. The canopy also came with the tank, BUT everything was trashed. The old unit for the lighting was rusted and useless so i gutted that. The filter system was missing other then the filter box itself. So what im going to be doing is retrofit some lighting, and figure out a filter setup.

First the lighting was the easiest. I had a homedepot special light i used on my old 29gal with actinic bulb and some other freshwater bulb for plants i think 5k?

Anyways, heres the pic. Only pic missing is the ugly rusted mess.

First step was to clean it up and make room for a retrofit.

I was surprised how close of a match it was lengthwise.

Transplant the internals over.

Since i dont want any water to splash on the exposed internal, i figured using the screen from the homedepot light, and it first and holds itself in perfectly! All i got to do is trim the excess so everything will fit nicely.

Going to wire up everything to the original switches tomorrow and will post pics of the finished product.

 

[Maich]

OMG WOOT FIRST POST!!!!!!!!! LOL

Nice, I am looking forward to updates.

 

[TipStylez]

Now the hard part, the filter. I want to use the stock media box if possible. So if you have ideas shoot em this way.

The only pics i found of the stock setup, is a powerhead pumping water through a spray bar over media. Now thats simple, but my powerheads inlet/outlet angles are weird so ima have to figure somthing out.

Heres my media box.

Left inlet/outlet

Right inlet/outlet

Under side

Powerheads

Now does anyone know of someone modding the filter system on these tanks or tanks with the same setup?

 

[TipStylez]

Ok, some updates.

Got the lights and filter worked out, also added a spray bar.

Actinic off

On

Lighting retrofit.

Filter, copying the orginal design powerd by a AquaClear 50 Powerhead.

In the future, i might just ditch the whole filter, mod the box and put some lights in it and run a wet/dry or fluval.

I was surprised how easy everything was, took me less then an hour to do everything since i had abunch of aquarium stuff leftover from my old tanks.

The background was a joke, but i kinda like it. I was going to paint it black but i couldnt find my black paint around the house.

 

[ericifish]

looks good bro. great pickup and grats on your craftiness

 

[Bassinkorea]

Those JEBO tanks are very popular over here in Korea. A friend of mine has the exact same tank, my wife has the 20 gal version and my in-laws have an even smaller version. I was surprised how well the standard filter works on these tanks. I have never tested the water for Ph etc, but in the 3 years my wife has had her tank, she has only had 1 or 2 losses and the rest of her fish are doing great.

Your's is looking great, I love the lights and the background.

 

[TipStylez]

Thanks, do you got pics of how the filters are setup in your friends tanks?

 

[Bassinkorea]

Thanks, do you got pics of how the filters are setup in your friends tanks?

No I don't unfortunately, but I know for a fact that it is the same set up as yours....