Free Bee tank I'm excited

chvojka · 05/23/2006, 04:31 PM

Just got an old display case from where a friend works they were going to throw it out.

The glass is 3/16'' and I'll be getting rid of the plastic edge moulding and assemble with silicone. The size is 11''high by 18''wide by 30'' long works out to about 25.7gal.
I thought this would make a good little peninsula tank because of the width can have something different on each side. I have been patiently waiting for as many free components as possible and this works great plus I figure later when I go bigger this would be a great sump or frag tank! I just put together a 10gal sump the other day with no tank to go with it so the timing is perfect now I can start buying pumps and such. Anyway thanks for listening just excited.

Suggestions on set-ups or rockscaping or anything would be cool.
Thanks

chvojka · 05/23/2006, 04:32 PM

sorry pic too big first try at pic posting.

rustybucket145 · 05/23/2006, 05:07 PM

This may be a stupid question.... Will it hold water?

chvojka · 05/23/2006, 05:26 PM

I'm going to take the glass and silicone it together like a regular tank and not use the plastic edges you see in the pic. So the answer to your question is I hope so.

05/23/2006, 04:31 PM	#1
chvojka Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 86	Free Bee tank I'm excited Just got an old display case from where a friend works they were going to throw it out. The glass is 3/16'' and I'll be getting rid of the plastic edge moulding and assemble with silicone. The size is 11''high by 18''wide by 30'' long works out to about 25.7gal. I thought this would make a good little peninsula tank because of the width can have something different on each side. I have been patiently waiting for as many free components as possible and this works great plus I figure later when I go bigger this would be a great sump or frag tank! I just put together a 10gal sump the other day with no tank to go with it so the timing is perfect now I can start buying pumps and such. Anyway thanks for listening just excited. Suggestions on set-ups or rockscaping or anything would be cool. Thanks

05/23/2006, 05:07 PM	#3
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	This may be a stupid question.... Will it hold water? __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

05/23/2006, 04:32 PM	#2
chvojka Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 86	sorry pic too big first try at pic posting.

05/23/2006, 05:26 PM	#4
chvojka Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 86	I'm going to take the glass and silicone it together like a regular tank and not use the plastic edges you see in the pic. So the answer to your question is I hope so.