Gunner52 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Well this weekend I found a killer deal on a cold water set up so ive decided to start a cold water tank. this hobby lead me to start diving and since I started diving and learned what cool stuff there is up in the sound ive been thinking about doing a cold tank for a while now. the tank is a marineland ML-24BW commercial tank like the ones you see in the grocery stores. the tank is 110 gallons and came complete with skimmer, uv sterilizer, return pump, 1/2hp chiller, and flourecent lights I managed to pick the whole thing up for $200 it needs to be cleaned up a bit but not too bad this is going to be a fairly slow build but should be fun. if anyone one else dives and wants to go on some collecting trips hit me im always down to dive. heres some picks of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilmca Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Wow that seems like a great deal to me. I've heard you can get some interesting things from the sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralreefaquarist Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 sweet. im excited to see this build. there was a similar tank on craigslist 6 months or so back for like 1600. you indeed got an amazing deal! got any more pics? maybe of the inner working skimmer chiller......(clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Replace those lights with some nice T5's and you got a pretty nice setup! I would be really interested to see the equipment underneath, especially the skimmer. From what I have read, the cold water setups need a really good skimmer, so if it looked to be insufficient, I would upgrade it before you get it running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnewhouse Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Just went to the coast this weekend and found some really cool stuff playing in the tide pools. It makes me want to set up a cold water tank. Good luck, I am sure it will be a blast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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