Freebie 145, planted tank

[zach_discus]

Hello all, so this will be my log for the freebie 145 I picked up from Cory at Aquarium Co-Op. stand and canopy were in pretty rough shape due to the tank flooding. I took the stand apart and replaced all the MDF panels, and stripped the poly, sanded, than sanded again, and then painted it satin black to match our living room. Canopy is up next!!

Tank is a acrylic tank 60x24x22 with twin overflows. Gave the tank a nice buffing and it's in way better shape than expected!!

Filtration will consist of a large wet/dry with a Jeboa DC6000 return pump.

CO2 injection set up with a Carbon Doser regulator, 10lb cylinder, Aqua-Medic 1000 CO2 reactor. Water supplies from the Jeboa via a manifold.

Lighting will be either my old ATI 6 bulb fixture or I may go LED, yet to be determined

Plan is 10 or so discus, school of rummy nose, school of corys, and octo cats. Plants will be basic with Val, some swords, and java moss with lots of wood.

 

[whtknightgdhart]

I'll take it!! what plants come with it? any filtration or lighting?

 

[zach_discus]

I'll take it!! what plants come with it? any filtration or lighting?

Lol not a sell add, please read.

 

[whtknightgdhart]

Lol not a sell add, please read.

It says Freebie planted tank so I was letting you know i'll take it before anyone else claimed it... maybe it should be titled differently???

 

[zach_discus]

It says Freebie planted tank so I was letting you know i'll take it before anyone else claimed it... maybe it should be titled differently???

But it's not in the for sale and it's a appropriate title due to it was a free tank.

 

[whtknightgdhart]

But it's not in the for sale and it's a appropriate title due to it was a free tank.

Exactly my point... it it's free why would it be posted for sale??

 

[Seahawks!]

Looking fwd to this build. Are you going with variety of discus or all one type? What did you use to buff the tank out with? I got mine sanded pretty well but the final buff out did not turn out that great.

 

[Betty]

Wow, nice pickup! Looks like it fits almost perfectly in that corner.

 

[zach_discus]

Looking fwd to this build. Are you going with variety of discus or all one type? What did you use to buff the tank out with? I got mine sanded pretty well but the final buff out did not turn out that great.

I did a 3 stage sand starting with 2000grit and finished with 5000, than did stage 1 and 2 of Novus.

Will be a mix of colors. Buying a bunch of smaller fish to grow out for my breeding room. Will be Hans and Forrest stock.

 

[zach_discus]

Wow, nice pickup! Looks like it fits almost perfectly in that corner.

Yeah was very excited when Cory put it up. A 60" tank fits the space perfectly!!

 

[L190]

Nice, I restored a 100 acrylic tank with a wet Sander working from 600 to 2000 grit then polished it off with some car product I forgot the name off. It was a lot of work, I hope you didn't have to do too much work on the tank.

 

[VickiK]

It's looking amazing @zach_discus !

 

[zach_discus]

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Nice, I restored a 100 acrylic tank with a wet Sander working from 600 to 2000 grit then polished it off with some car product I forgot the name off. It was a lot of work, I hope you didn't have to do too much work on the tank.

A couple hours is all it took. So fare minus my labor, I'm only about $100 into the project.

 

[FishBeast]

But it's not in the for sale and it's a appropriate title due to it was a free tank.

LOLOL this is hilarious

 

[FishBeast]

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A couple hours is all it took. So fare minus my labor, I'm only about $100 into the project.

Very nice pickup dude

 

[zach_discus]

Got a bit more done.

 

[Loren]

Coming along nicely.

 

[VickiK]

Heck yeah!!!

 

[zach_discus]

Plumbing for wet/dry is done!! Going to try something different for the CO2 reactor. Doing a durso/hurbie overflow set up. Main drain on the right side of tank is a standard durso but with a emergency drain on the right side. Return is a single 1" that's than split between two 3/4 loc-lines with 3" fan ends. This will be a discus tank so not wanting to bash them around a bunch with tons of flow.

 

[zach_discus]

Oh and the emergency overflow and return piping are all now painted black!