The not so budget, 25g add-on

[Delphinus]

"Not so budget" That's awesome!

Should be great little project, can't wait to see more.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Abbyreefer

your tank looks amazing.

Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

+1, can't wait to see how the horsy tank evolves

Thank you both....I sure hope I can do the ponies....already iffy because of temperature issues....again shhhhh dont tell my g/f

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

"Not so budget" That's awesome!

Should be great little project, can't wait to see more.

I honestly thought(before I got serious and started really planning and gathering equipment) that I could do it for a couple hundred bucks....and if it wernt for the need for a bigger skimmer it probably could have been done for about that much.

I have to admit that I am farther along than the thread reveals....I was lazy starting this thread, so I am playing catch up

The tank I got free...literally from the alley....its wasnt a coincidence....Mikey(El Gauppo) recently moved and left the tank in the alley where he used to live....it spent a couple weeks back there, before I went and got it(leak tested it in the tub and it still holds water(I hope)). I waffled back and forth about grabbing it because Mikey had painted the back of the tank blue and this wouldnt work for my plans.....so it was like...."spend a couple hours scraping the back of the tank" or "just go and buy a new one for $60"..... Im cheap, so scrape the tank it is.


The add-on will go beside the main system (where the speaker is now) peninsula style.


The longer and wider sump meant that all the products and other crap that you see in and around the sump in the picture above, needed to find a new home... so....(this makes the g/f happy)



Heres the tank before scraping and clean up (which only took an hour)


then I punched three holes in it (middle hole is the return, outside holes are for a herbie style drain)

[Carmen]

Very cool Doug! Can't wait to see it set up with WATER!

[lastlight]

Rad dude. So you just have a pump in the sump pumping into the new tank and it gravity feeds back?

I think the best part of your amazing looking tank is the beautiful wood-skin you have on your stand. I mean you're a skilled carpenter so why wouldn't you finish it off. Impressive

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Carmen

Very cool Doug! Can't wait to see it set up with WATER!

Me too....gotta build the stand.....thats about the only thing holding me up(got material for it today)

Originally Posted by lastlight

Rad dude. So you just have a pump in the sump pumping into the new tank and it gravity feeds back?

I think the best part of your amazing looking tank is the beautiful wood-skin you have on your stand. I mean you're a skilled carpenter so why wouldn't you finish it off. Impressive

Thats the idea... I have an OR 2500 that I will use for the return...for now....thinking on drilling the sump and and doing a dart with a manifold to feed things, but that an upgrade that will have to come later...



Have you been talking to my g/f, Brett??? Thats exactly what she keeps bugging me about....."when is the stand gonna get skinned?".....my excuses are numerous......some of which include; "I do carpentry all day....I dont wanna do it when I get home", "Im workin seven days a week and doing household chores and keeping up with the tank. When am I supposed to skin the stand" and my personal favorite excuse " you know when you have an old Camaro with the engine all supped up and chromed.....and you leave the hood off so people can see the engine in all its beauty....thats what this is like"

[Boomboy]

we have the exact same tank, except mine has no budget and yours is much bigger, its nice to be able to plumb smaller tanks into bigger ones. cant wait to see how this one turns out.

[lastlight]

I haven't seen a Camaro this sweet man but I get the basic idea =)