snakeblitz33
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I had to take down the 75g. Not enough time and money to manage it properly. When I get the time and the money to do it, I will definitely have to look into setting it all back up again when I move and/or get approval for a classroom tank.
Anyways, I can't give up the hobby completely, and I feel like a little ten gallon tank will suit my needs and satisfy my appetite for saltwater in the mean time.
I looked at some designs on RC in the past and I settled on one that I really liked. Since I am a redneck when it comes to setting things up, I did it the cheap way... as cheap as I could... and built a stand out of scrap wood that I found around the place and ripped it on the table saw. I built the stand, routed, sanded and stained it in an hour. Today I put a coat of lacquer on it just to help it stay waterproof. the front door will be mounted later on when I get a little more money together. I think I'm going to put an egg crate top on it to keep the six line wrasse from jumping and to keep my daughters toys from finding their way into the tank. If anyone wants to know, the stand was built short (28") on purpose so that it can be watched at eye level with the top of the couch and so that my daughter can grow up watching the tank as well.
Keep in mind that the stand is made from scrap wood, and is nothing special. I've had enough fancy stands and stuff that I'm not worried about it as much as I used to be. A ten gallon tank is roughly 80lbs - and it's not that much weight to even worry about. So, I just used two plywood ends with a center brace. Nothing special, really. I can add additional tiers underneath it as I want.
I had a 10g tank that I used as a top off reservoir - so I used that tank and put it on the stand and put all the live rock and corals and hermits and snails that I wanted to keep in it and used ten gallons of old water. Then, after a thorough cleaning, I did a 5g water change on it to be sure that whatever is in the old water is diluted at least by half. Some of the corals that were previously closed up because of the old bad filters are now poking their heads out like they should.
I did go buy a Penguin 150 (for a 30g tank) hob filter for it instead of using the two little fishies reactor with the carbon. Though, I feel like there was some benefit of running as much tank water as I could at the time through carbon to remove any impurities.
I have ten gallons of saltwater that was mixed at the live fish store on hand. I plan on doing another 5g water change on Monday and another one on wednesday to try to level things out again. I'll be buying fish store water for my water changes every Friday. Every Friday or saturday I'll be doing a 5g water change to help level everything back out after this.
Anyways, I can't give up the hobby completely, and I feel like a little ten gallon tank will suit my needs and satisfy my appetite for saltwater in the mean time.
I looked at some designs on RC in the past and I settled on one that I really liked. Since I am a redneck when it comes to setting things up, I did it the cheap way... as cheap as I could... and built a stand out of scrap wood that I found around the place and ripped it on the table saw. I built the stand, routed, sanded and stained it in an hour. Today I put a coat of lacquer on it just to help it stay waterproof. the front door will be mounted later on when I get a little more money together. I think I'm going to put an egg crate top on it to keep the six line wrasse from jumping and to keep my daughters toys from finding their way into the tank. If anyone wants to know, the stand was built short (28") on purpose so that it can be watched at eye level with the top of the couch and so that my daughter can grow up watching the tank as well.
Keep in mind that the stand is made from scrap wood, and is nothing special. I've had enough fancy stands and stuff that I'm not worried about it as much as I used to be. A ten gallon tank is roughly 80lbs - and it's not that much weight to even worry about. So, I just used two plywood ends with a center brace. Nothing special, really. I can add additional tiers underneath it as I want.
I had a 10g tank that I used as a top off reservoir - so I used that tank and put it on the stand and put all the live rock and corals and hermits and snails that I wanted to keep in it and used ten gallons of old water. Then, after a thorough cleaning, I did a 5g water change on it to be sure that whatever is in the old water is diluted at least by half. Some of the corals that were previously closed up because of the old bad filters are now poking their heads out like they should.
I did go buy a Penguin 150 (for a 30g tank) hob filter for it instead of using the two little fishies reactor with the carbon. Though, I feel like there was some benefit of running as much tank water as I could at the time through carbon to remove any impurities.
I have ten gallons of saltwater that was mixed at the live fish store on hand. I plan on doing another 5g water change on Monday and another one on wednesday to try to level things out again. I'll be buying fish store water for my water changes every Friday. Every Friday or saturday I'll be doing a 5g water change to help level everything back out after this.
The only problem I found is that they cut it at 10 1/2" tall, when it should have been 10 5/8", so I had to put a little extra silicone on the top of the baffle to try to make up the difference. Else I'm going to see a water line, which kinda bugs me.
