McCrary
Can't Stop Time
Well it has been very frustrating the last couple days. Murphy was hard at work to slow down any progress I might have made last weekend. I previously posted that the sump broke, which put a lot of water on my floor. The tank had to be drained about 10 gallons and the sump had to be drained and the refuge emptied. The sand was removed and will have to be cleaned again. The next task was to find a new sump. The 30L that I needed was very hard to find and took 9 visits to pet stores around tucson. When I got home and tried to remove the broken sump I noticed that it wouldn't come out. The 2x4's that my stand utilizes as its main support seemed to be bowing under the weight of the tank. This caused quite a bit of alarm and I knew that I would have to drain most the water from the tank before anything could be done. Once the tank was drained of 60 gallons the broken sump came out quite easily. The stand was reinforced with new 2x4's and then painted with a acrylic/latex paint to help prevent softening from water damage. I am now working on the new sump, T-5 lighting and Tunze stream to get the tank fully operational. Hopefully all will be finished this weekend and some pictures will be available. Also, the starphire glass on the tank really makes a difference. The glass thickness is 1/2 inch and the tank seems much brighter even though the lighting has not changed.
