Success. Building a tank in college

awesome - thats going to make the time you spend away from home, so much more bearable and enjoyable IMO

Steve

 

yeah im exited!

he told me we could also use the extra tanks he has for breeding some fresh water fish and maybe some clowns

 

I do want to bring up something, if you're paying for some of the supplies, such as the rock, salt, live stock etc. do you plan on getting reimbursed or will you take it with you when you leave if possible?

 

well, we havent thought about that.
Im assuming ill be able to get something back from it, like frags, or maybe some money.

I havent really put much thought into that, but im assuming the professor is putting on most of the money if not all. ( maybe well get the school to chime in)

 

here are the pics i promised.

This is how it looked like




here is after some scrubbing and some work done.. We are no way near done but here is some progress





and here is a quick video. Excuse my friends on the background lol.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92GqLlVv4yU

 

Looks like a 75g to me. Nice. I'll take that shallow tank(towards the end of the video).

 

lol
I guess pictures make it look bigger than it is.. It should be within the range of 40-55g.. ill measure it and see what the real volume is tomorrow.

 

UPDATE...

so we washed the 30 something gallon tank on the first picture as well today, and some of the pumps and the fuge are now almost good as new lol.. ( some of them didnt work so we will need to get new ones) we still need to take some of the stubborn salt with a razor blade.

I looked at the stand and I immediately saw that it wasn't going to work, so i decided to go to the workshop on Monday and see if i could get a custom one build ... OR i will be browsing craigslist and see what i find.

 

If that tank is 48" long, that is looks to be 18" wide. Unless it's a 40g breeder, which also has deep dimensions(36" X18").

 

that sounds likely;D i thought it was kinda small for a 55G but big for a 30.
so your guess sounds about right 8)

i have to measure it by monday so i know what kind of stand we will need. Ill post it here when i do.