I picked a tank up "on the cheap." I broke it the hubby gently and over a period of a few days.
The current plan in to refurb the tank and the stand and put it in my bedroom as a FOWLR. For this build I will be doing everything as cheap as possible. I won't be skimping so badly that it isn't safe to be in the house, lol, but I really do plan to see just how cheap I can make it be something that will look good in my house.
I found the stand on the local forum. I traded a couple of corals for it so the only expense in getting it to the house was a little gas for the Jeep.
These pics are from the "for sale" thread are were taken by the seller.
The back of the tank was painted pretty thickly with what I think he said was acrylic paint. It was a metallic paint and not really my taste so I removed it.
Forgot to take a pic until I had already started scraping
The tank has black frames but they were covered with a brown tape. It peeled off easily and left only minimal residue to be removed
The current plan in to refurb the tank and the stand and put it in my bedroom as a FOWLR. For this build I will be doing everything as cheap as possible. I won't be skimping so badly that it isn't safe to be in the house, lol, but I really do plan to see just how cheap I can make it be something that will look good in my house.
I found the stand on the local forum. I traded a couple of corals for it so the only expense in getting it to the house was a little gas for the Jeep.
These pics are from the "for sale" thread are were taken by the seller.
The back of the tank was painted pretty thickly with what I think he said was acrylic paint. It was a metallic paint and not really my taste so I removed it.
Forgot to take a pic until I had already started scraping
The tank has black frames but they were covered with a brown tape. It peeled off easily and left only minimal residue to be removed
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