My brother-in-law dropped off a 130 gallon tank over the holiday. My father-in-law had traded it for a 55 gallon decades ago. He gave it to my brother-in-law who had it for years. Apparently, a top seam had come undone some time ago. It was repaired and ran safely for years before sitting in storage for quite some time. I, of course, will test fill it before making anything permanent.Otherwise, I'm pretty excited about it. The 10 gallon is on the floor to put perspective on how large this tank is. My next largest tank is the 120 gallon, but it's a tall, so doesn't take up as much floor space. I hope to keep a school of Clowns in the 130, and maybe Discus in the 120.
In other news, we took the tub fish out of the rain bucket in Gentry. The water was so cold it hurt my hand to fish him out. After a really slow warm up, he's in the 5 gallon tank my brother traded me for a 30 gallon sometime ago.
3 comments:
Uhh... do they get any bigger?
I'm excited for you.
Nice score on the tank. About a year and a half ago I bought a 29g. I had to buy the stand separately so I bought a used wrought iron one. It was looking about like yours. I scrubbed it down with a wire brush (no heavy effort) and washed it really well. Then I hit it with a few coats of flat black Krylon. It has held up very well and looks like a new stand.
Hurriken
Awesome. The tank is so heavy, like three or four guys to budge it heavy, that I'm thinking of sanding and brush painting the visible stand surfaces.
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