Ichthius
03-19-2009, 04:16 AM
Yet another former reef tank makes it into the Goldfish Garage. It's
a 240 gallon Glass Cage's Frame-less tank (8 feet x 2 feet x 2 feet)
that weighs about 500 pounds. This makes 4 monster tanks, they were
once large reefs but are now large clear ponds. I'm starting to
think of myself as the Grim Reefer, the undertaker who brings dead
reef tanks to the nether world of the Goldfish Garage.
Drove an hour to pick up the tank. Brought it home, had the guys
help put it into place and filled it with water 24 hours after
getting it home, a record turn around. There are a few large Sarassas stretching thief fins in it.
It has two over flow towers with two bulkheads each. One will be plumbed to the goldfish system and the other to the Tanganyikan Cichlid system with one of the spare bulkheads going straight to drain. This way with just a stand pipe or cap and the turn of a valve it's use can be changed from central goldfish, cichlid or quarantine flow through.
There are a few pix on my blog.
a 240 gallon Glass Cage's Frame-less tank (8 feet x 2 feet x 2 feet)
that weighs about 500 pounds. This makes 4 monster tanks, they were
once large reefs but are now large clear ponds. I'm starting to
think of myself as the Grim Reefer, the undertaker who brings dead
reef tanks to the nether world of the Goldfish Garage.
Drove an hour to pick up the tank. Brought it home, had the guys
help put it into place and filled it with water 24 hours after
getting it home, a record turn around. There are a few large Sarassas stretching thief fins in it.
It has two over flow towers with two bulkheads each. One will be plumbed to the goldfish system and the other to the Tanganyikan Cichlid system with one of the spare bulkheads going straight to drain. This way with just a stand pipe or cap and the turn of a valve it's use can be changed from central goldfish, cichlid or quarantine flow through.
There are a few pix on my blog.