125 gallon build

[rlederer]

I have used aquarium.com and definitely do not recommend them.

 

[quinnmquinn]

Reinforced the stand. Now filling it reaffirms how uneven my floor is, is there anything I can do for the tank?

 

[charliebankston]

I read one where the exact level is less important than making sure the tank isn't torqued from end to end or front to back. If the whole stand/ floor, is a little off bubble prob not to hurt. My house is old and not perfectly level, but I also only have glass aquariums....

 

[quinnmquinn]

I read one where the exact level is less important than making sure the tank isn't torqued from end to end or front to back. If the whole stand/ floor, is a little off bubble prob not to hurt. My house is old and not perfectly level, but I also only have glass aquariums....

Oh goodness I hope my reinforcements didn’t add torque!

 

[charliebankston]

Prob not. I mean, one corner higher or lower than the other opposite corner

 

[quinnmquinn]

When I was filling the tank last night it overfilled (oopsie) I have fans on it. But I am concerned that the water under the tank stand will cause it to mold. When I empty it should I move the tank and let it dry underneath?

 

[charliebankston]

What's under it? Just wood?

 

[quinnmquinn]

Carpet on cement basement :/

 

[charliebankston]

I guess it could mold under the carpet. I guess it would depend on how quickly dried

 

[quinnmquinn]

How many cubic ft of substrate should I have in this tank? I calculated it 6ftx1.5ftx.25ft(depth of substrate and got 2.25 cubic ft. But that seems like far too little.

 

[charliebankston]

I did one, it said 144lbs to a depth of 3in. 2in depth it says 96 lbs

 

[quinnmquinn]

Thank you so much! And that’s lbs of sand?

 

[charliebankston]

Every online substrate calculator gives a different answer

 

[charliebankston]

That was aquarium gravel. They have some for sand too. I put 2 bags of sand in my 100 gallon, that's a bow front, so 48" long by 17-20" wide and it was just right

 

[quinnmquinn]

I’m about to be setting up the tank tonight, but my friend who sanded the tank questionably made it worse. It is all cloudy looking. He said when I let it sit with water it will clean it off, but it didn’t, so I don’t know what to do :/

 

[charliebankston]

It's acrylic?

 

[quinnmquinn]

Yes, had a few large scratches when I got it, but now it’s sanded it’s all cloudy

 

[charliebankston]

Hmm, I don't know, sorry. Never had an acrylic aquarium

 

[Brookster123]

Your friend didnt know what they were doing :/

 

[quinnmquinn]

Apparently :/. But I don’t want to offend by asking for more. This is what it looks like now:


I bought this Novus, read that some people on here used it. I hope it works.