Sooooooooo.... the flooring never got worked on, and I'm pretty sure this house CANNOT sustain the weight of a full 100 gallon tank. With that said, the beast is still in the garage. HOWEVER... it is full with water (well, 75% full), and it has some inhabitants in there (White Cloud Mountain Minnows and Red Cherry Shrimp). I'm hoping they breed like mad. Just cuz.
Anyway, I've tried cleaning that thing with all my might, and .... it's clean, but it has exposed ALL the scratches that the eye can see. It also has this odd foggy film, that I can't seem to clean off, because it's like... inside the glass (if that makes any sense) ... must be from old age. So, I guess it won't be good enough to become a show tank, but it will be good enough for a tank that's just sitting in the garage, with some low maintenance fish (and by low maintenance, I mean fish that cost so cheap, that I wouldn't mind if they were eaten. Water changes and all that jazz still apply, hehe.)
Alas, I highly DOUBT I am going to convert this tank into a planted tank. It only has some Elodea Canadensis and Vallisneria Spiralis... that's probably all the plants I'm going to add......for now.
I basically got all decor from my odds and ends and stuff I just had that weren't being used (Thanks to Cory for giving me some of the fake looking driftwood) ... basically plastic plants galore, that I've just had lying around in the house.
This is basically just going to be my experimenting tank (whatever that means). =P
Heck I even put in a bubble wand, whatever good that does, moving water, sure. As for a filter, I have a powerhead with a prefilter on it. I might add a sponge filter if I manage to find one, or just buy one, I don't know. I'm kinda just half a**ing this tank because it's not going to be a show tank. Basically I'm just going to provide the necessary things for the fish and shrimp to live comfortably. =P Here are some pictures of the beast in all its "glory".
There are about 200+ White Cloud Mountain Minnows, a ton of Red Cherry Shrimp (thanks lars on!) 1 unknown baby catfish looking thing that I caught at Tiger Lake, and 1 Neon Tetra that came from my 36 Gallon tank, which I thought was going to die, it's back fin was literally almost gone and it was listing in the water, so I figured I'd just transfer it to the 100 gallon tank for the shrimp to munch on after it died......but it's still alive and kicking, and its fin has grown back (whoa) so I might just have to transfer him back to the 36 gallon tank. We'll see.