congrats, a little TLC and elbow grease and you've got yourself another toy...er tank.
WOW! This is the find of the CENTURY!
So I was browsing through the local Goodwill with my wife, "treasure hunting" as we like to call it and I stumbled across this:
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Which was attatched to this:
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and needless to say, I bought it immediately.
It is a 48"w x 18"d x 20"h 75 gallon frameless acrylic aquarium with a black acrylic back and rounded corners.
Made by "aqua view"
Who apparenlty used to only make large aquariums but when they nearly went bankrupt switched to only making small desktop acrylic tanks to sell to pet store chains / department stores.
It looks like it was never actually used, but only stored somewhere fairly dirty. The protective paper is intact on the bottom, and the right side is heavily scratched, looks like it was probably stored on end in a warehouse for some time. The scratches are repairable and I think I definitely found a treasure here!
Scratches:
Looks like I'll be "expanding" my aquascape soon...
Which was attatched to this:
It is a 48"w x 18"d x 20"h 75 gallon frameless acrylic aquarium with a black acrylic back and rounded corners.
Made by "aqua view"
Who apparenlty used to only make large aquariums but when they nearly went bankrupt switched to only making small desktop acrylic tanks to sell to pet store chains / department stores.It looks like it was never actually used, but only stored somewhere fairly dirty. The protective paper is intact on the bottom, and the right side is heavily scratched, looks like it was probably stored on end in a warehouse for some time. The scratches are repairable and I think I definitely found a treasure here!
Scratches:
Looks like I'll be "expanding" my aquascape soon...
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Yeah thanks guys, I'm pretty happy....
I don't think my wife will let me have 2 tanks at the same time in our moderately sized apartment so my 34 gallon signature tank will probably end up in storage with the contents transferred to this new one.
As for a stand I'm thinking maple... I've already been messing with sketch-up and have a modified version of the stand I built for the 34 in the works, I plan for it to be fine furniture grade with four doors and a dark espresso finish, more on that to come.
Lighting... hmmmmm. Those two holes in the euro brace almost scream for metal halide pendants.
I don't know, I'm open to suggestions. My DIY screw in CFL's work quite well on the 34, The 75 is long enough for 4' tubes, maybe a 6 tube DIY T8 flourescent fixture? 192 total watts = 2.5 wpg.
What do you think about filtration? I like my HOT Magnum so I was looking at the magnum 350 canister for this tank, any thoughts on this?
I don't think my wife will let me have 2 tanks at the same time in our moderately sized apartment so my 34 gallon signature tank will probably end up in storage with the contents transferred to this new one.
As for a stand I'm thinking maple... I've already been messing with sketch-up and have a modified version of the stand I built for the 34 in the works, I plan for it to be fine furniture grade with four doors and a dark espresso finish, more on that to come.
Lighting... hmmmmm. Those two holes in the euro brace almost scream for metal halide pendants.
I don't know, I'm open to suggestions. My DIY screw in CFL's work quite well on the 34, The 75 is long enough for 4' tubes, maybe a 6 tube DIY T8 flourescent fixture? 192 total watts = 2.5 wpg.
What do you think about filtration? I like my HOT Magnum so I was looking at the magnum 350 canister for this tank, any thoughts on this?
Wonderful tank! Can't wait to see the possiblities!
I've got that exact tank. I don't remember the cost, but it was certainly more than $40.
It originally came with a plastic light hood that sat in the two large holes on top of the tank. I couldn't get enough light in there with it and didn't like the fact that it wasn't vented so I replaced it with a better light fixture.
I now have a Current Orbit light fixture over it. 2x 96W CF lights, has legs so you don't have to worry about condensation, very nice. Seems to give plenty of light, even for demanding plants and it stretches across almost the entire tank. It has a moon light too which is nice too. I've had some troubles with the ballasts, but have replaced them now and it's doing great.
The tank is great for scaping. It gives you room in all directions to work with, but it's somewhat deep. I had light trouble with several plant species before going with the Current fixture.
It originally came with a plastic light hood that sat in the two large holes on top of the tank. I couldn't get enough light in there with it and didn't like the fact that it wasn't vented so I replaced it with a better light fixture.
I now have a Current Orbit light fixture over it. 2x 96W CF lights, has legs so you don't have to worry about condensation, very nice. Seems to give plenty of light, even for demanding plants and it stretches across almost the entire tank. It has a moon light too which is nice too. I've had some troubles with the ballasts, but have replaced them now and it's doing great.
The tank is great for scaping. It gives you room in all directions to work with, but it's somewhat deep. I had light trouble with several plant species before going with the Current fixture.
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