JonC
01-20-2013, 03:53 PM
So I’m just sitting on the couch looking at the fish and decided then and there to go BB. I have about 120 pounds of pool filter sand in the 110. I get out a bucket and a big cup and start filling the bucket with sand. After about 30 min. or so I decided to try and suck it out with my 1” hose. That worked great and only took about 20 min. once I started using the hose.
Now I have a big problem, I got this tank used and the back was painted black, that didn’t matter because of the white sand, but as the sand is coming out I see the bottom is painted black as well.
WOW! My fish are looking dark, I’m planning on draining the tank and tomorrow and hope I can get the paint off. The whole thing will take a few days as the tank is too heavy for my wife to help and I can’t ask someone to help me move it and hanging out as I’m scrubbing off the black and repainting it white, then dry.
Now I have a big problem, I got this tank used and the back was painted black, that didn’t matter because of the white sand, but as the sand is coming out I see the bottom is painted black as well.
WOW! My fish are looking dark, I’m planning on draining the tank and tomorrow and hope I can get the paint off. The whole thing will take a few days as the tank is too heavy for my wife to help and I can’t ask someone to help me move it and hanging out as I’m scrubbing off the black and repainting it white, then dry.