265 - 300 gallon build

[Tom R]

Originally Posted by bullit67

So when we were pulling the 265 apart we made a good/bad discovery the tank was not leaking, well not at a seam any way it turns out it was a bulk head on the back of the tank for the closed loop. It was running down the back of the tank and following the bottom trim ring around to the front where it was leaking out of the stand. So this was not so much a leaky tank swap as it was an upgrade. At least now the 265 is not just a big reptile tank and we can sell it and recoupe some of our money. Bad part is it was alot of money and time to do this. So much for a week off just kickin back and relaxing.

Sometimes we just need a good reason like this to get that tank we have always been looking for. I have a 125G that I have always wanted to upgrade but the amount of work and disarray keeps bringing me back to the fact that the 125G is well OK.

Tom R

[bullit67]

Work and disarray naaah it wasent that bad only 4 barrels of water and rock in the kitchen the smell of low tide through the whole house only took a day to clean up the mess after we got everything back in the tank.

[bullit67]

Speaking of leaks I am surprised no one noticed the bucket and the water dripping into it



I am off to pick up some more parts and a new bulkhead from Dan (Aquatic Addictions) and then I have to hack up my nice neat plumbing job.

[bullit67]

So I last left off with the plumbing finished. Now the fun starts we added 160lbs of live sand then to help keep the sand from getting stirred up we cut up the sand bags and layed them on the sand then we put a bowl on the sand to catch the water. We started by pumping the water back from the 44 gallon brute bins it was a slow process as we decided to do a fresh water dip on all the rock to get rid of any nasty critters in the rock we got a hand full of crabs and some bristle worms but no mantis like we thought.







As you can see the plastic sand bags realy helped keep the water clear not completely but it sure helped