Yo!
After driving through a deprived area of brum today (there all deprived! Lol) I noticed an old glass tank sitting in someones front garden ready to be chucked and being as cheeky as I am I decided to pull over an knock on the dudes door. 2 min later it was in the back of my van.
Not sure how many gallons it holds as I ain't worked it out yet but it's an odd shape. The dimensions are 4x2x3ft. Going by the size and shape I believe it might have been an old vivarium but can't be sure.
I don't know what he kept in there but what ever it was it must've had IBS!
The tank is now in my garage full of water and I will check it in the morn to see if it's lost any. If it hasn't then I'm thinking of giving it a good scrub, rig up my metal halide, throw some sand in and salty water and once things have settled, start transporting my live rock over and eventually my fish.
I can then sell my nano and all the crap that comes with it on fleabay and use that to buy a decent skimmer and light unit.
I want to keep this as cheap as poss for now as I've spent a fortune on my nano and the missus would go spare if I cained the old wallet again.
I was thinking more than required amount of LR, very high amount of flow and a good HOB type skimmer.
I might drop my old fluval internal filter and just run rowaphos and carbon in there.
Is it worth it do you think?
I would sump it or whack an external on eventually. Probably a diy sump using a container and use a piece of Perspex I have to baffle it but it won't be yet.
I'd be ok for now with just a skimmer, providing I do regular wc and keep the stock level down or do any of you think otherwise.
I do have a plan for my cabinet using an old steel racking system and using some nice carved wooden panels with magnetic strips on the inside for easy removal for maintenance.
Overall I reckon I could get all this up running for under £100 if I get to sell my nano as I already have most the stuff in my garage.
After driving through a deprived area of brum today (there all deprived! Lol) I noticed an old glass tank sitting in someones front garden ready to be chucked and being as cheeky as I am I decided to pull over an knock on the dudes door. 2 min later it was in the back of my van.
Not sure how many gallons it holds as I ain't worked it out yet but it's an odd shape. The dimensions are 4x2x3ft. Going by the size and shape I believe it might have been an old vivarium but can't be sure.
I don't know what he kept in there but what ever it was it must've had IBS!
The tank is now in my garage full of water and I will check it in the morn to see if it's lost any. If it hasn't then I'm thinking of giving it a good scrub, rig up my metal halide, throw some sand in and salty water and once things have settled, start transporting my live rock over and eventually my fish.
I can then sell my nano and all the crap that comes with it on fleabay and use that to buy a decent skimmer and light unit.
I want to keep this as cheap as poss for now as I've spent a fortune on my nano and the missus would go spare if I cained the old wallet again.
I was thinking more than required amount of LR, very high amount of flow and a good HOB type skimmer.
I might drop my old fluval internal filter and just run rowaphos and carbon in there.
Is it worth it do you think?
I would sump it or whack an external on eventually. Probably a diy sump using a container and use a piece of Perspex I have to baffle it but it won't be yet.
I'd be ok for now with just a skimmer, providing I do regular wc and keep the stock level down or do any of you think otherwise.
I do have a plan for my cabinet using an old steel racking system and using some nice carved wooden panels with magnetic strips on the inside for easy removal for maintenance.
Overall I reckon I could get all this up running for under £100 if I get to sell my nano as I already have most the stuff in my garage.