well, I'm going to change up this thread for a bit because, well its my thread and I can do that. I'll still post pics of anything fun I do to my tank if sonething interesting comes up. I'm almost done with the hood mods, and the vent is finally in. dropped the tank about a degree or so during the day. Thought I wasn't supposed to have that problem with T-5's although I hate to think what I would be going through with 6 400 watt bulbs over that thing.
Anyway, we are moving on to how not to build a 240 gallon planted tank for a bit. This will be part of my system, and I'm actually hoping to take my shimmer offline when this is running well.
First thing not to do is on a whim and not enough pics, drive 300 miles down to portland on a 'great deal' on a 8x2x2 tank without getting enough pics. After getting there find out that the tank is a mess. Get it anyway....
So for the first part of the build, I'm going to teach myself how to rehabilitate a tank. I ordered some weld on 3 and 16. worry about polishing up the tank later. I'm open to most suggestions and advice. Fortunetly, I can move the tank around in my shop pretty easily and do most of the work sitting down.
tank is pretty tired.
and was weird repairs.
the worst however is that it has a badly patched formerly closed loop on it that leaks
we'll have to see whats under this mess.
overall, I think I can save it. even has a nice place for me to play with algea trays.
started cleaning and poking around. I also really need to finish that stupid wall in my fish room. More to come...
