The Age of Aquarium

Gemini Cricket · 06-05-2006, 08:22 AM

When I was a kid, I grew up tending a freshwater aquarium. I used to love creating an environment for the fish and making new scenery for them etc. For the last couple of years I started up my hobby again. I had 2 tanks in Monterey that did pretty well.

Currently, I have a 20 gallon tank that I have guppies in. It is too small, so I decided to upgrade to a larger tank. I scored a 55 gallon tank on Craigslist for $30. But, and I knew this going into it, it leaks. There is a small leak at one of the corners.

My friend Roddy is a marine engineer. He advised me to redo the entire seal on the inside. He's helping me remove the seal and is going to help me reseal it.

We couldn't work on it much this weekend because of the rain. So, I hope to get to it this week.

When it's all done, I'm going to stock livebearers in it. Most likely guppies and maybe a few mollies. I also have some Cory catfish at the bottom which are great at eating up excess food.

I took a look at another board that specializes in home aquariums and found that there are some pretty die hard aquarists out there. Some people have two or three 200 gallon tanks in their houses! I also looked at a photo gallery of one person who built an entire room for his tanks.

Anyway, I thought I'd share. It's a pretty fun project so far. The tank is going to take up some prome real estate in our dining room, but it's going to look so awesome when I'm done.

I hope you won't mind me blogging this process out here on LoT...

06-05-2006, 08:22 AM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The Age of Aquarium When I was a kid, I grew up tending a freshwater aquarium. I used to love creating an environment for the fish and making new scenery for them etc. For the last couple of years I started up my hobby again. I had 2 tanks in Monterey that did pretty well. Currently, I have a 20 gallon tank that I have guppies in. It is too small, so I decided to upgrade to a larger tank. I scored a 55 gallon tank on Craigslist for $30. But, and I knew this going into it, it leaks. There is a small leak at one of the corners. My friend Roddy is a marine engineer. He advised me to redo the entire seal on the inside. He's helping me remove the seal and is going to help me reseal it. We couldn't work on it much this weekend because of the rain. So, I hope to get to it this week. When it's all done, I'm going to stock livebearers in it. Most likely guppies and maybe a few mollies. I also have some Cory catfish at the bottom which are great at eating up excess food. I took a look at another board that specializes in home aquariums and found that there are some pretty die hard aquarists out there. Some people have two or three 200 gallon tanks in their houses! I also looked at a photo gallery of one person who built an entire room for his tanks. Anyway, I thought I'd share. It's a pretty fun project so far. The tank is going to take up some prome real estate in our dining room, but it's going to look so awesome when I'm done. I hope you won't mind me blogging this process out here on LoT...
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