What a sucker!

[shayfish]

Well... I bought another tank. For no good reason other than the fact that I am a huge sucker for a deal. For $40 bucks, its 28x18x15 (30-35 gal?) plus a reeeeally nice canopy this guy made himself out of oak with light fixtures for 2 flourescents and a couple of halogens already in there. Plus 3 BIG buckets of gravel and a huge box of gorgeous rocks!!

I am thinking of an angelfish tank, but I realistically won't do anything with this for a year or so!

 

[WaterPond]

no good reason! What about the fish! aren't they reason enough? lol, thats a really great deal. Any other plans for the tank?

 

[SCFatz]

Those measurment say 33g.

Congrats on a great deal!

 

[shayfish]

You're right... the fish are a great reason! Except that I just got started cycling a new 55 gallon lol! I like the tanks that are a little shorter and fatter than the long skinney ones, so this 33 (thanks btw) is great!

Any suggestions for what a tank like this would be ideal for? Angels was just a random idea...

 

[Zagz]

I'm thinking MTS!!! LOL. You have been bitten. Angelfish would be a nice centerpiece for the tank. Just don't add a school of neons to the tank, the angelfish will feast on them.

 

[shayfish]

MTS... ha. I probably picked it up surfing this website!

 

[mr funktastic]

that is the exact size i wanted to start a planted tank. perfect layout in my opinion. u should try that. u seem to have a hood designed for plants already so why not try? plus u dont have to wait for the cycle. u can start planting right away so u actually have something to do while u are cycling. post in the planted section with the specifics of your lighting and u will get lots of suggestions and ideas. if not i would say try some angles or rams or apistos. very attractive fish.

 

[severum mama]

Wow, what a steal for 40 bucks! I would have gotten it for sure. I like your idea for an angel tank. It would be beautiful. A school of pretty tetras like glowlights, black phantoms, or green fires would look awesome, and then I'd add a few sterbai corys for bottom feeders to finish it off. That's what I would do anyway, I'm sure you'll come up with something great on your own though. Any pics? I'd like to see that custom canopy.

 

[shayfish]

Here is my super awesome canopy. I think am in love with it. I don't know yet but I might construct some kind of acrylic cover to minimize evaporation from the lights, since it is very dry where I live. Don't know about that yet though. The tank got stuffed in a corner that required some severe furniture movement so I just whipped off the top and snapped a few. The kitties were quite interested...

By the way, the big spot on the middle of this one is a result of my wickedly awesome camera, its not actually on the wood...

 

[7Enigma]

So wait, you put a glass top on the tank and then this canopy correct?

And that is a steal of a deal.

 

[shayfish]

The tank has a ledge on it for this canopy to sit on, so it doesn't have to sit on a glass top. But I thought I should have something between the lights and the water, so I was thinking of a sheet of acrylic. Although I bet its not any cheaper... I dunno. For the time being its making a very nice end table to my desk and serving as storage for all the junk I've had lying around setting up my 55 to cycling.

 

[Elmware2000]

Acrylic sheets are very cheap and easy to cut with basic wood cutting powertools using some soap and water for a lubricant and keeping the blade low.

The only problem you might have is the edges may be rough unless you have a buffer to smooth it out. In highschool when I was in a plastics shop, we used a Tripoli polish on a soft wheel for the courser buffering and no polish on the other soft wheel for the polishing.

 

[55gallons]

go to homedepot in the windows and doors section where they cut glass- they have pcs of plastic (plexi) you can even get cool colored plexi to make a dramatic glow . And if you take your measurements with you you can even get them to cut it to the size you want - 2 cuts free- and like a dollar and change or so a cut there after ( i think) been acouple years sense i worked at home depot lol .. Nice canopy - And i like your kitty- Lil fur ball hehehe. Cute.