Marywouters
06-09-2010, 04:21 AM
Hi folks
A while ago we bought a second hand tank that measures 235 cm x 60 cm x 60 cm (92.5x23.6x23.6 inch). Funny enough when we brought the tank home after it had been emptied out by the former owner, we saw that the overflow pipe was set in the front left corner of the tank. Since the back and the sides of the tank had been painted, we couldn't turn the tank around to bring the overflow to the back. We found a solution for this problem by putting a 90° angle on top of the hole, then put a straight piece of pipe to the back of the tank and back up with a 90° angle. To cover up this contraption we made a higher level in the tank with a few stones and planted the whole lot. Before all of this could be done, we needed to put the tank inside some sort of a cabinet. My husband has never been a carpenter in his life, but this is what he made of it himself
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/001-1.jpg
I am very proud of him, he really put his heart into that job.
Next we put in some of the fish we raised ourselves:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/Eindelijkklaar005.jpg
They are 8 months old now and I think they are beautiful. This is a close up of 2 of them:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/Marlboroeieren006.jpg
This is how the tank looks now, seen from the right side:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/Marlboroeieren002.jpg
This is the left side:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/Marlboroeieren016.jpg
The plants still have some growing to do, but everything looks good so far. Under the tank is a sump of 140x45x40 cm that cleans the water.
Last week we had a couple of discus lay eggs in the tank, but of course they were eaten.
A while ago we bought a second hand tank that measures 235 cm x 60 cm x 60 cm (92.5x23.6x23.6 inch). Funny enough when we brought the tank home after it had been emptied out by the former owner, we saw that the overflow pipe was set in the front left corner of the tank. Since the back and the sides of the tank had been painted, we couldn't turn the tank around to bring the overflow to the back. We found a solution for this problem by putting a 90° angle on top of the hole, then put a straight piece of pipe to the back of the tank and back up with a 90° angle. To cover up this contraption we made a higher level in the tank with a few stones and planted the whole lot. Before all of this could be done, we needed to put the tank inside some sort of a cabinet. My husband has never been a carpenter in his life, but this is what he made of it himself
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/001-1.jpg
I am very proud of him, he really put his heart into that job.
Next we put in some of the fish we raised ourselves:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/Eindelijkklaar005.jpg
They are 8 months old now and I think they are beautiful. This is a close up of 2 of them:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/Marlboroeieren006.jpg
This is how the tank looks now, seen from the right side:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/Marlboroeieren002.jpg
This is the left side:
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/renestas/Marlboroeieren016.jpg
The plants still have some growing to do, but everything looks good so far. Under the tank is a sump of 140x45x40 cm that cleans the water.
Last week we had a couple of discus lay eggs in the tank, but of course they were eaten.