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I bought the 90g tank with a wooden stand, and a God-awful wooden DIY hood for 200$ two years ago. Since then it has been moved around the garage several times in various states of repair.
The tank itself is made of very thick glass of 3/8th inch or perhaps even 1/2 inch glass. It is drilled and had a 30 gallon sump tank, with accompanying pump and tubing. I originally bought it thinking I would set up a reef tank, but I just never got around to it.
The stand and tank plastic trim was painted with an ugly white latex paint, and one of the back wooden panels was rotten and needed to be replaced. Also the back of the tank was painted with a watertight sky blue PVC pipe sealer as a background. There were also calcium stains all over the glass and it looked like the tank was resealed.
The back wooden panel was rotten away, so I removed it and replaced it with a new piece of wood
The white latex paint couldn't be removed with paint stripper, so I used a blowtorch to burn it off, then I scraped the paint off with a putty knife and for the molding I used a razor blade. Then I used an electric sander to remove the bumps and defects and a dremel for the molding.
The plastic trim was painted white. With no way to clean the paint off it, I ripped it off in pieces.
I stripped the background paint off the tank with a razor (see blue shavings on the floor). And washed the glass with white vinegar.
The tank itself is made of very thick glass of 3/8th inch or perhaps even 1/2 inch glass. It is drilled and had a 30 gallon sump tank, with accompanying pump and tubing. I originally bought it thinking I would set up a reef tank, but I just never got around to it.
The stand and tank plastic trim was painted with an ugly white latex paint, and one of the back wooden panels was rotten and needed to be replaced. Also the back of the tank was painted with a watertight sky blue PVC pipe sealer as a background. There were also calcium stains all over the glass and it looked like the tank was resealed.
The back wooden panel was rotten away, so I removed it and replaced it with a new piece of wood

The white latex paint couldn't be removed with paint stripper, so I used a blowtorch to burn it off, then I scraped the paint off with a putty knife and for the molding I used a razor blade. Then I used an electric sander to remove the bumps and defects and a dremel for the molding.

The plastic trim was painted white. With no way to clean the paint off it, I ripped it off in pieces.

I stripped the background paint off the tank with a razor (see blue shavings on the floor). And washed the glass with white vinegar.
