Hey everybody. I'm picking up my 125 today at a great price. I'm getting a flawless 2 year old tank, a black cabinet stand, a fluval Fx5, 2 powerheads, glass tops, and 2 coralife lights. All for $175. Quite a deal, at least too me.
I've been hard at work for a week now however, building my 29 gallon wet/dry, ordering some things, and making room for this tank.
I've been wanting to make a thread like this for a while, so I'm gonna post pics of the process, start to finish.
1st - here is my old 55. 5 monos, a silver aro, and a niger cat i just picked up. Nice tank, but it doesn't grow like my fish do.
Kind of a bad pic... Ok the tank sucks. Blue silicon from rid ich a while ago, cardboard and electrical tape tops, and a 2 foot reptile hood with a florescent light. Its usually not so dirty either.
2nd - Heres one of my bass up close. Got them at 2 inches, now 5 to 6.
3rd - This was my plan for my W/D
4th - Filter socks i bought. Gonna try a 200 inside a 100 inside a 50. Dont know how that will work out, but worth a try.
5th - Almost finished W/D
6th - Done. The leftover frame is to hold a lid to help with evaporation.
7th - Alternate View
8th - 1/8th inch holes on drip plate. 99 of them. May need to be modified a little.
9th - And last for now. The bottom will be painted with a textured spray paint to resemble sand. Rustoleum American Accents Sierra Stone to be exact. Here is a sample. A little blurry but i tested on a scrap piece of acrylic to see it, and it looks great.
Pics of painting coming tomorrow night. This thing should be up and running by Monday.
Sorry about the format. I couldn't figure out how to post a pic and then have a description under each individual one.
I've been hard at work for a week now however, building my 29 gallon wet/dry, ordering some things, and making room for this tank.
I've been wanting to make a thread like this for a while, so I'm gonna post pics of the process, start to finish.
1st - here is my old 55. 5 monos, a silver aro, and a niger cat i just picked up. Nice tank, but it doesn't grow like my fish do.
Kind of a bad pic... Ok the tank sucks. Blue silicon from rid ich a while ago, cardboard and electrical tape tops, and a 2 foot reptile hood with a florescent light. Its usually not so dirty either.
2nd - Heres one of my bass up close. Got them at 2 inches, now 5 to 6.
3rd - This was my plan for my W/D
4th - Filter socks i bought. Gonna try a 200 inside a 100 inside a 50. Dont know how that will work out, but worth a try.
5th - Almost finished W/D
6th - Done. The leftover frame is to hold a lid to help with evaporation.
7th - Alternate View
8th - 1/8th inch holes on drip plate. 99 of them. May need to be modified a little.
9th - And last for now. The bottom will be painted with a textured spray paint to resemble sand. Rustoleum American Accents Sierra Stone to be exact. Here is a sample. A little blurry but i tested on a scrap piece of acrylic to see it, and it looks great.
Pics of painting coming tomorrow night. This thing should be up and running by Monday.
Sorry about the format. I couldn't figure out how to post a pic and then have a description under each individual one.
Very nice looking fish too by the way!