Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > Regional Forums > British Columbia > Vancouver Island

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 03-25-2012, 01:29 AM
t-rex t-rex is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: victoria
Posts: 36
t-rex is on a distinguished road
Default 60 gal acrylic

So the other day I pickeud up a free 60 gal acryllic tank with sump. It cam with a lot of **** I threw out but kept a pump and the sump. I cleaned the tank today
Now being acryllic there are scratches. I've never had an acryllic tank, is there any way I can reduce these?

The overflow and drain that cam in it is a single 1.5". I was thinking of putting a couple plates on this and redrilling for either a herbie or modded bean animal, any opinions?

Lastly the sump. I want the skimmer to go in here however I'm not sure where to put it. I'm almost considering building a new sump.

Input is appretiated! I'm new to marine. I currently have mts hah and have a few other tanks on the go aswell!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997R using Tapatalk
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 03-25-2012, 01:54 AM
freezetyle's Avatar
freezetyle freezetyle is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Victoria
Posts: 802
freezetyle is on a distinguished road
Default

with acrylic you can get some of the fine scratches out with a really fine grit wet sand paper and some elbow grease. pretty time consuming but shouldn't be an issue, I think there are some you tube videos of it being done
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 03-25-2012, 07:48 PM
t-rex t-rex is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: victoria
Posts: 36
t-rex is on a distinguished road
Default

Ok so ivot er shining like new with the wet sand paper. Measuree the tank and its actually a 75 gal. For now I'm going to start FOWLR, and hopefully move towards reef in a year or so..

Af far as a return pump I was debating between the mag 9.5 and the sedra 900. Any opinions on experience? My tank is approx 4 ft higher..

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997R using Tapatalk
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 03-25-2012, 08:46 PM
t-rex t-rex is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: victoria
Posts: 36
t-rex is on a distinguished road
Default

Any opinions on that sump. I have aanother 30 gal long I can use as a sump.
I've never seen one like this before
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997R using Tapatalk
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-18-2012, 11:02 PM
t-rex t-rex is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: victoria
Posts: 36
t-rex is on a distinguished road
Default

Bump

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997R using Tapatalk 2
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:14 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.