Recent content by Tom Ferone

I have been woodworking a long time and this is the stand I made for my 1st tank. This was a while ago, but I thought I would share it with you. All the joinery are lap joints, were the horizontal piece sit in notches on the legs. The strength is in the wood to wood contact not the screws. I...

Nice design on the outside.

I was thinking about using the black vinyl they use for making letters/stickers from to do the back and one side that will be near a window.

Newbie here! I bought this used 50 curved front glass tank. The 1st pic is the label under the bottom glass. Does anybody know the manufacturer? Is a 19 year old tank ok? I also have started to clean it. Someone before me had painted the trim black and it started coming loose as I cleaned the...

Hello, I am in the process of setting up a 50gal curved front freshwater community tank. This is my 2nd time setting a aquarium up, My 1st was about 8 years ago. I set up a 55gal freshwater community tank. It ran well for about 3 years then I traveled for work and the wife did not do anything...