Isabelle's 150 Project Tank

[MrCatfish]

Here's a thread for my daughters 150 gallon tank it is 60"x24"x25" LWH. I picked up this tank the other day and it is decent but needs some work, I started with a major cleaning and here is what I have so far.

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I also removed the overflow boxes today and I am adding these stand
pipes in place. I also ordered new bulkheads and made the gurgle busters last evening. I contacted the designer of these stand pipes and he said they can handle 900gph each. Here's a pic of the final product.

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Here is a link to the Gurgle Buster.
http://home.everestkc.net/jrobertson57268/HGB/HGB_construction.html

Here is a picture of the overflows after being removed.

I will begin striping the silicon in the corners tomorrow so I can re-seal the tank. I don't think it leaks but the front corners are a little thin and hard. Just a precaution and while the tank is in limbo I might as well do it now. Then I will paint the trim and start a stand for this beast, I am not certain if I want to do a canopy yet or not I will have to see how the paint turns out. I will be using Krylon Fusion Satin to paint the trim of the tank since it is pretty beat up, and since this is my daughters tank I will probably paint it dark blue and the stand some other color that matches.

So here is an update on one of my many projects.

I will get some pics of the tank W/O the overflows tomorrow.

Eric

 

[MrCatfish]

Here is a link to the same thread on another site I frequent, the pics worked on that site but not this one. Anyway I only have a phone to acess the internet and getting the Ulrs that do work on this site would take me to long so if you want just go here.

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Thanks
Eric