Carole's 150 :)

czieler · 12-20-2006, 01:50 PM

Well... I found a deal I couldn't refuse on a used 150 gallon tank.

It's six feet long, with nice stand/canopy, and home-made sump. The lights that are coming with it aren't that great...but I've worked out a deal with Rob to trade + a bit of $$ my 3 ft VHOs with his old 4ft VHOs .... and with those on there, supplemented by the other light... I think it will look good ( I can always change it later if needed ).

The guy is draining it today/tomorrow..and going to call me when its ready. It then needs to hang out in my garage for a few days (through Christmas) ... while I sand it down (wish me luck..never done this before)..and repaint it...as the current color (honey maple) won't match my furniture...going to paint it black.

Currently the canopy has three separate pieces on the lid that have knobs on top to lift up...but I'm going to get 1x4s and attach them ...and put them on hinges...so I can attach the VHOs to the canopy.

He did tell me the sump needs a more powerful pump on it..as the other one burned out when he was in the hospital.... not sure if I can just attach a maxijet to this or something...I'm sure Rob will let me know what to do though...

Anyhow... I have a few pics I took of it ( not full tank shots cuz there was no room to get one ) but... enough for a general idea...will post them tonite...have to get some work done....my 1hr lunch turned into a 3hr lunch..heh.

Carole

Discdogge · 12-20-2006, 03:00 PM

Congrats, cant wait to see pics

hannam11 · 12-20-2006, 04:29 PM

good for you. A 150 is a good size tank. Is it glass or acrylic? make sure you take lots of pictures along the way. We all wont to see the build.

czieler · 12-20-2006, 10:05 PM

It's glass...

These are the only two pictures I got of it... the guy has a ton of stuff for sale...and it happened to be all piled up in front of the tank... some of it aquarium related and some of it not...

Anyhow...the pics aren't too good..I couldn't get the whole thing because I couldn't stand back far enough..so I took a shot of the corner of the stand..and then of the sump...

After I sand it down, and paint it black..I'm going to get some new hardware for the cabinets...

LadyReefNeck · 12-21-2006, 08:14 AM

Interesting sump set up.

ReefNeck · 12-21-2006, 09:12 AM

That's an old DIY setup. Wet/Dry that had the Bio Chamber that you would set down inside a smallish glass tank and you had a Wet/Dry.

Good idea at the time and they work just as well as the store bought Wet/Dry setups.

czieler · 12-21-2006, 09:21 AM

Yeah...I showed the photo to Rob...and his words were "that's old school".... heh...but I guess old school works too

Ikaria · 12-21-2006, 10:32 AM

I had one like that up until about 15 years ago!

marineduud · 12-21-2006, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by czieler

Yeah...I showed the photo to Rob...and his words were "that's old school".... heh...but I guess old school works too

Yea whats funny is alot of the equipment we use today is Old School just made to look New and COOL ! LOL There is alot of us that are just old school but they still work..LOL

Lageo04 · 12-21-2006, 07:12 PM

Nice size tank Carole, six foot length. Kind of wish I would have gone for length with my 150 instead of depth (4 ft length X 30 in depth)
Good luck, you'll enjoy the larger tank.

czieler · 12-22-2006, 11:00 AM

We are going to pick it up tonite..I'm so excited..I can barely work

I hope two pickup trucks are enough... I don't think the whole thing will fit in an Avalanche...so a friend is going to help us out...

Lageo04 · 12-22-2006, 07:13 PM

You should be home with it by now, want to see pics.
Should make for a nice Christmas present.

czieler · 12-22-2006, 09:16 PM

Posting pics shortly..there may be a problem with it...the bottom piece of glass looks like its chipped in the back..I can see that he siliconed it at some point....

It was pouring cats and dogs when we moved it so we didn't see it...

czieler · 12-22-2006, 11:23 PM

Pics posted in main forum... not sure what I should do at this point.

I'm doubting the guy will want to give me any money back on this... I've emailed him since it was late...asking about the chip with the silicone over it...

He had it filled w/ rock and water when I looked at it... I don't think he'd have had it filled if it had a leak... but I don't want it to develop one either...

nikonosis · 12-23-2006, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by czieler

We are going to pick it up tonite..I'm so excited..I can barely work

I hope two pickup trucks are enough... I don't think the whole thing will fit in an Avalanche...so a friend is going to help us out...

I fit a 180g in our ford explorer. It fit perfectly!