xxBarneyxx
Fish Aficionado
Well I have been talking about getting a 100g plus system for ages now (pretty much since getting my first marine tank). Me and my girlfriend have just got a new house together and she is also getting into the marine fish in a big way so we decided to get a new tank to replace my 4ft 30g one.
We managed to pick up a Jewul Vision 450 drilled with stand and a 3x2x2 sump tank for £150 from a really nice guy on another forum. He lives about 3 hours away from us so we hired a transit for the day and set off to pick it up. Unfortunately we picked the busiest day of the year to do it and was stuck on the M25 for about 2 hours going up and then stuck on it again for about 5 hours coming home (we stopped off at lakeside in the end as we got bored of sitting in traffic ).
Anyway, we picked it up and the tank is in very good condition. The only defect I have seen is a fairly deep scratch on the front with is about 2 inches long (which he did tell me about before). It is however a lot better then my 4ft tank and you dont really notice the scratches until your right up close.
The stand had the 2 center sections taken out so I have screwed in some 2x4 under the top and put some more at the front to support it (hopfully it will be enough). The stand has been painted with a stone effect textured paint which looks very nice but needs to be touched up.
I will hopefully get the tank into the living room tonight so we can start filling it with RO water (going to take about a week to fill it ). Then I need to salt it up and transfer over the contents of my 4ft tank. I need to get it all done by the end of the month as well as my flat has to be empty by then so its all a bit of a rush.
Because we have just moved we are on a seriously tight budget so I'm going to have to make do with what equipment I have at the moment and replace it gradually over time. The only thing I really need to get soon is a good sized return pump for the sump.
Anyway here is the photo of the tank when I was test filling it.
We aren't sure on stocking yet. My current livestock will be going in there but we will decide the rest later. We are going need need about another 30kg of LR too but will just have to make do with what we have for now.
We managed to pick up a Jewul Vision 450 drilled with stand and a 3x2x2 sump tank for £150 from a really nice guy on another forum. He lives about 3 hours away from us so we hired a transit for the day and set off to pick it up. Unfortunately we picked the busiest day of the year to do it and was stuck on the M25 for about 2 hours going up and then stuck on it again for about 5 hours coming home (we stopped off at lakeside in the end as we got bored of sitting in traffic ).
Anyway, we picked it up and the tank is in very good condition. The only defect I have seen is a fairly deep scratch on the front with is about 2 inches long (which he did tell me about before). It is however a lot better then my 4ft tank and you dont really notice the scratches until your right up close.
The stand had the 2 center sections taken out so I have screwed in some 2x4 under the top and put some more at the front to support it (hopfully it will be enough). The stand has been painted with a stone effect textured paint which looks very nice but needs to be touched up.
I will hopefully get the tank into the living room tonight so we can start filling it with RO water (going to take about a week to fill it ). Then I need to salt it up and transfer over the contents of my 4ft tank. I need to get it all done by the end of the month as well as my flat has to be empty by then so its all a bit of a rush.
Because we have just moved we are on a seriously tight budget so I'm going to have to make do with what equipment I have at the moment and replace it gradually over time. The only thing I really need to get soon is a good sized return pump for the sump.
Anyway here is the photo of the tank when I was test filling it.
We aren't sure on stocking yet. My current livestock will be going in there but we will decide the rest later. We are going need need about another 30kg of LR too but will just have to make do with what we have for now.