So, no photos yet, just the idea.
Going to try to make a 40b all in one with scrap materials, donations, stuff on the cheap, and the stockpile of aquarium crap in the garage.
Goal is a kick arse tank for $100 out of pocket or less.
Here’s what I bought:
40b ($40)
40b stand ($40)
Here’s what I came up with digging about:
2-3 old return pumps
2 powerheads (1 Tunze new in box)
3-4 old heaters
An old Mazarra Razor light
lots of plexi scrap
2 unopened tubes of silicone (GE)
eggcrate scraps
starboard scraps
1 1/2 cans pond foam (good stuff)
1/2 sheet of black pond foam
tons of spraypaints
2-3 containers of epoxy
A container full of fittings that fit nothing
a few old salvaged bulkheads
a 5g bucket half filled with aragonite sand (curing now)
loads of PVC fittings that also seem to fit nothing
Today’s plan:
1) Going to go cut some scrap plexi and make a false wall for the AIO system.
The plexi is quite this 1/16-1/8” but, as it will have the same water pressure on either side, I think it will be OK.
2) Attempt to cut eggcrate to spec to cover back wall and the AIO wall, then cover with foam and good stuff to begin a rock wall build.
Going to try to make a 40b all in one with scrap materials, donations, stuff on the cheap, and the stockpile of aquarium crap in the garage.
Goal is a kick arse tank for $100 out of pocket or less.
Here’s what I bought:
40b ($40)
40b stand ($40)
Here’s what I came up with digging about:
2-3 old return pumps
2 powerheads (1 Tunze new in box)
3-4 old heaters
An old Mazarra Razor light
lots of plexi scrap
2 unopened tubes of silicone (GE)
eggcrate scraps
starboard scraps
1 1/2 cans pond foam (good stuff)
1/2 sheet of black pond foam
tons of spraypaints
2-3 containers of epoxy
A container full of fittings that fit nothing
a few old salvaged bulkheads
a 5g bucket half filled with aragonite sand (curing now)
loads of PVC fittings that also seem to fit nothing
Today’s plan:
1) Going to go cut some scrap plexi and make a false wall for the AIO system.
The plexi is quite this 1/16-1/8” but, as it will have the same water pressure on either side, I think it will be OK.
2) Attempt to cut eggcrate to spec to cover back wall and the AIO wall, then cover with foam and good stuff to begin a rock wall build.