Hugh Maintance Redue

I have had this tank 3mx600Wx750H for the last 20 years and enjoyed it everyday. Over the years it homed arowana's,oscars, malawi's,tetra's and so on. Now the time has come for some maintance on things.

I will try and post as things goes along. So the tank has been stripped to clean and dry.

First up is the stand. Rust has moved into some place. Me and Mr. Grinder had a good day yesterday.

Before...


After ... ALOT of grinding and cleaning.


I'll get some pic's later of the new painted frame when I get home.

 

Are you going to re-do the tank as well - strip and re-seal the entire thing?

 

You got grinder elbow today?

 

@eros111 No i am not going to reseal the tank but there is a small piece on the inside that i am going to replace. Will post it when i get there.
@Vis you know man. Alot of grinding is no ones friend ... lol

 

And so the stand is done. 3 Layers RB10 and 1 Normal Black paint.

 

Looks really neat there man. Would love to scape a tank this long :ridinghorse:

 

This weekend was the sump that needed work....

Before ...


After ...


The silicon still needs to set well at this point.

 

I had to re silicon some of the tanks sides aswell ...



Getting the silicon off is no nice job...

All is dry and busy setting up the tank now ...

120kg sand being added and filling up.



Luckily I had some help from "Mamma"



... adding water....

 

Looking Good!

 

+1

 

Looks like it will be alot of fun scaping with so much space. Have Fun and Enjoy

 

Thanks all...

 

Looks like its gonna be epic.
Definately tagging along

 

So it is update time ... A lot of work has happened but it was fun.
I had the tank full with water for about a week or 2 just to make 100% sure that all the silicon work was not leaking and that all was set properly.

Added the sump to the bottom of the stand.


added the black stuff and BioBalls , lava rock, pump and heaters. 2x 300w Jagers and 3500lt Eheim.



added sump plumbing ...


added a back board for all wires. Need to tidy still a bit.


I have always had problems with lights in this tank. So i have build a universal light box. I currently have 6x 14 watt energy savers in.
OFF On

 

I did a 100% water change on this setup with a sand cleaner to take out all the "old" particles that settled during the week that the tank was standing to check for leaks.
Before W\C



Now came the fill up again. I am lucky enough to have a borehole to fill the tank with clean, "chlorine free" water.
After fill and all running.



Overflow and sump running perfectly.


... and so the fun part starts. Added some tree's and plants but needs to wait for all the trunks to sink to start with the aquascaping.


Lights is on but the covers of the tank has not been put back.

 

man that is looking good
what you planning on stocking

 

@ROEKSTE normal energy savers?

 

@top dog - I am planning to get some nice tetra's, discus, pleco's, and geophagus in the tank.
@Caudelia - normal Phillips power saver you buy in checkers.

 

Nicely @ROEKSTE !!!

Shout if you want some moss for those stumps....!!

 

Looks like you're off to a good start