11:22 pm - Post Category: Nickness Hi, this post is going to cover my last month or so and the new fish tank I have.
This post has definitely not gone without some drama. Firstly, I've been meaning to get around to the blog for about 2 or 3 weeks now (and it constantly bogs my mind down when I think about it). Secondly, it's taken time to actually get to where I am now that I can comfortably write a meaningful post on a single subject, and well I could go on but I'm sure you get the picture.
Precisely, my new tank is an All-Glass 150 Gallon (Long) tank, with dimensions (in inches): 72W x 29T x 18D. This thing is made of half inch glass!
My room needed to be in dismay to accommodate the new tank:
The big guy takes up the whole corner of my room!
The tank sat there nicely with it's matching All-Glass lids for a week or so until I was able to finish my custom stand.
I built a custom stand do distribute the weight more evenly onto the floor since the total filled weight of the tank including the tank itself is nearly 1800lbs! Almost a Tonne of water and glass... now if I had a flimsy fish store stand, it would only cover 9 square feet on my floor, or about 200lbs per square foot!
I designed my custom stand to be at least 14 square feet (just a random number) and it ended up a completed size of just over 18 square feet, effectively doubling the square footage of just the tank, and easily halving the pounds per square foot (PSF) of weight to just under 100 PSF!
The stand:
The tank on the stand (empty):
Setting this tank up has been a lengthy process, and expensive process. Totally worth it.
A short break down of costs (not incl. taxes):
• Tank $600
• Matching lids $70
• Rena XP3 Filter about $150
• EHIEM Heater $60
• Wood for stand and a case of beer for my old Boss to use his shop for the weekend: $95 for wood, $25-12/cs btl Heineken
• 3 Bags of GEOSystem Substrate $75
• Flourescent lighting (2 x 36in GLO T5 double light fixtures) $350
• Discomfort during all of this priceless
So, all in all, when its all said and done, just under $1500 before taxes....about $1600 after.
Here's a neat picture (we were enjoying the first filling of the tank during the Canucks game 6 of their first round against LA):
And finally it's permanent resting place (sans-dirt/fish):
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