Kerber13's 120 gal upgrade
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kerber13
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I feel we are gonna have one hell of a friendship...found a tank http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/fuo/3044634974.html and found lights 
Mr.Ghostly
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I'd gladly help you out with anything you need. I have a summer with nothing to do, a tank build in someone else's house? Okay.First we need to find you a tank.
Exactly lol
Mr.Ghostly
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I feel we are gonna have one hell of a friendship...found a tank http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/fuo/3044634974.html and found lights
Email the guy asking if its tempered glass or not
kerber13
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I just did cause she emailed me back and the tank is still available.
Mr.Ghostly
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Good that be the most important thing to know first
Mr.Ghostly
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Nope not bad at all
Funlad3
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I feel we are gonna have one hell of a friendship...found a tank http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/fuo/3044634974.html and found lights
Conditionally; Cubs or Sox fan?
Even if the bottom glass is tempered, as it usually is on larger tanks, we can work around that.
Mr.Ghostly
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Conditionally; Cubs or Sox fan?
Even if the bottom glass is tempered, as it usually is on larger tanks, we can work around that.
Yea you would just have to make drains on the back....Funlad have you drilled a tank before?
Mr.Ghostly
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Nope, we'd need another member here to do so. I also have a glass shop that might be willing too.
You own a glass shop or know someone there?
Funlad3
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Moreso know of a friendly glass shop that would gladly drill the hole for free (I hope) if we also bought the glass for an overflow and or baffels for an appropriately sized sump.
In the meantime, I hope Erik's already told the seller he'll but the tank; I bought my 90 gallon TANK ONLY for $100. the larger tank + the stand for only $25 more is a steal.
In the meantime, I hope Erik's already told the seller he'll but the tank; I bought my 90 gallon TANK ONLY for $100. the larger tank + the stand for only $25 more is a steal.
Mr.Ghostly
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Moreso know of a friendly glass shop that would gladly drill the hole for free (I hope) if we also bought the glass for an overflow and or baffels for an appropriately sized sump.
In the meantime, I hope Erik's already told the seller he'll but the tank; I bought my 90 gallon TANK ONLY for $100. the larger tank + the stand for only $25 more is a steal.
I might be in the need also for my 150...got it for 260 not minus the 2 things i'm trading to him. Will they be able to tell me if the tank is tempered or not?
Funlad3
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Great.......
The simplest way to tell if a tank is tempered or not is to hold a LCD surface (phone, laptop, etc.) on one side of a panel of glass and to then look at it with polarized glasses. If you see all sorts of stress marks, it's tempered. Otherwise, you're good to go.
Funlad3
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You're upgrading from a 55 gallon, what are you talking about?
We can toss everything into a rubbermaid for a few days and just silicone in $30 of baffels. Done.