SuperNan79

Update: tank is full of hose water... NO leaks in any of my plumbing! YAY! But... I have a leaky bulkhead:-( so, now I let the overflow area dry for a few hours then I resort to silicone before a second go tomorrow:-/ patience Nancy... patience. *sigh* If the slow leak is still there I will tear apart the cemented :-/ fittings (saw?) and replace with another bulkhead I have. I think it's a hole issue though. Holes were too big to properly fit the 1" bulkheads but too small to fit the next size up:-(. The woes of buying a used already drilled tank.

I will PM u the site (i think there's a rule that says I can't post websites on the main thread?). They ended up being about $5 each! It was a steal. Only downfall was shipping took the full 10 business days (almost 2 weeks).

Ooooo! Is it a frog fish? I love it! Want!

Waitin' for a bite

Stand 'Before' Stand 'After' (but before trim and stain touch ups)

Hmmm where's my pic link?

I know that I've been going on and on... and on- lol, about this 75 gallon tank I bought from another member in July-ish 2013. Well, I can honestly show progress! Stand was completed in June 2014. I popped the painted plywood panels off the outside of the frame and resided it with 2 x 4 pine stained with ebony stain then sanded to give a gray look and show the grain more. The pine gives the stand a lighter weight skin as well as something to admire as well. The dark color doesn't detract from the tank itself. The tank top plywood was left on, sanded, then resurfaced with a dark gray vernier. I picked up a piece for $4 from our local 'ReStore' store. Doors are still a work in progress. Since the tank was already drilled with 5 (yes FIVE) holes, I went ahead and decided on the beananimal overflow as it seemed the most obvious choice. Now, begins months of nervous plumbing research. I knew NOTHING about plumbing and the husband is an expert at just about everything EXCEPT plumbing! August 28th, my birthday, I'm handed a credit card and told to order everything I need to plumb the tank :-) Time to take the plunge! I had already filled imaginary shopping carts online and found the best deals imaginable. Got all but a few fittings for this build including 3 easy turn repairable ball valves, 6 true unions, 3 sanitary tees, and more than enough 45 and 90 elbows to do TWO builds lol. Part of the elbow overkill was because I chose to use 1" on the return instead of 1.5" after already receiving the 1.5" fittings. Oh well, live and learn. All weekend I have been working on measuring and cutting and glueing this masterpiece together lol- solo. I did it all myself! I feel quite accomplished and enlightened. I also feel a little more confident about the bathroom redo I was planning for next summer ;-)

lol- just not smart enough to realize I could click on them.

glad to see this thread springing back to life:-) Again... anyone interested in something down the coast a ways? I'm going to start a fb page and see if I can get anyone interested down here in starting a group, or joining this one.

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oops, never mind... missed a page :-)

when does the bidding end? pics please? I'm very interested... just would like some pics and a few details on date ending thx!

Just throwing out a friendly hello from the 'other' bay area I'm hoping to find some local or semi-close people to do some swapping with and get advise from for my nano cube.

You guys still up and running? I'm down in Coos Bay (southern oregon coast). I am new to the hobby and would love to be involved in a group of sorts for my saltwater obcession. Not very many resources down here- only one LFS and it doesn't carry corals. The fish are always healthy- but the info I've gotten there has been about 50/50 on accuracy/technique after I've come home and done a little online digging to get more info (I never trust just one person/source's information). I also only know of one other person w/ a saltwater tank anywhere near me and would like to get something started where maybe I can find others that are hiding in the woodwork. Maybe a Southern Oregon Division?