10 Gal re-do build

pballafreak · 03-29-2007, 08:01 PM

Ok so my 10 gallon is not in good shape and I am wanting to re-do it. Everything about that tank was done trying to make everything as easy as possible and as cheap as possible and I do not want to do that this time.
So far I have a new stand built, but needs to be painted. I also need to cut and paint a door for the front to but thats not a high priority as of right now I plan to put maybe a 2x36 watt PC light kit in a hood I will build. The tank will have all new sand and LR and one it cycles I will move my hermits and neon blue goby into it and then tear down the old setup and cook the rocks from their green algeaness and bubble algea. So without further waiting, here are the pics of my stand with a random 10 gallon on it. (not the one I will actualy use.)

dobejazz · 03-30-2007, 07:55 AM

Sounds like a great project Mark. I like the stand

pballafreak · 04-10-2007, 05:45 PM

Ok so I got the stand painted black today, its not great cause im not the best painter in the world, but hey it looks ok. I am not going to paint the inside as Its just going to hold random things as this tank isnt going to have a sump or refuge. I still have to make a door for it but thats not high on my priority list. I hope to get the tank onto the stand sometime this week. Probably going to do it during a wc so that I already have some water out of the tank so it isnt heavy. But hey its just moving across to the other side of my room.
Well I know how much you all love pics so here they are.

P.S. also I am not totally redoing the tank I am just going to do alot of work on getting the algea out, as I have already done a pretty good job cleaning it up.

XeniaGirl · 04-10-2007, 10:44 PM

good luck to you! and I like the stand - keep us posted, you're right we do love pics!

Gundo · 04-11-2007, 12:00 AM

Lookin good so far!

pballafreak · 04-11-2007, 06:45 PM

Ok so I got the tank onto the stand today, and I think it looks pretty good. Now just gotta work on that algea problem and im good to go. I put another 10 gal in the stand so I can mix water for water changes or even use it as a qt tank if I need it. So here are the pics.