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- Mar 1, 2018
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I’m happy to be upgrading my Biocube 32 with this starfire glass 65G with oak stand. I’ve made sure it holds water and the seals looks good, it’s obviously been resealed. The overflow is sealed and I removed the bulkheads because one was leaking and the other to be safe. I used a heat gun to loosen the o-ring/gasket that was making one stuck and an oil canister wrench to loosen the bulkhead nuts.
I’m so glad I didn’t crack this tank but I was extremely careful. So anyone needing help removing a bulkhead use an oil canister wrench and a heat gun (not longer than 20 seconds on low with a few second cool down between heating) if it’s stuck.
I spray painted the few small spots where the black tinting scraped off the back panel and need one more trip to the store to get the pvc pieces to replace the sump return plumbing because this one leaked a little when I closed the valve and stopped the flow back into the sump.
I had to post my best deal ever... $50 for the tank, sump, skimmer, pumps and a nice working old aqualight Pro and another $40 for the new bulkheads and other miscellaneous plumbing and touch up items and this should be running this weekend. This is my first sump and saltwater tank over 32 gallons so I learned a lot and feel like I finally know what I’m doing (well a little, at least) now to move my tank over without any losses. Fingers crossed!
I’m so glad I didn’t crack this tank but I was extremely careful. So anyone needing help removing a bulkhead use an oil canister wrench and a heat gun (not longer than 20 seconds on low with a few second cool down between heating) if it’s stuck.
I spray painted the few small spots where the black tinting scraped off the back panel and need one more trip to the store to get the pvc pieces to replace the sump return plumbing because this one leaked a little when I closed the valve and stopped the flow back into the sump.
I had to post my best deal ever... $50 for the tank, sump, skimmer, pumps and a nice working old aqualight Pro and another $40 for the new bulkheads and other miscellaneous plumbing and touch up items and this should be running this weekend. This is my first sump and saltwater tank over 32 gallons so I learned a lot and feel like I finally know what I’m doing (well a little, at least) now to move my tank over without any losses. Fingers crossed!