155 gallon restore and build

[jimdjohn]

So picked all this up yesterday for 500 bucks. I think it was a pretty good deal. A large sump tank that needs repaired, 2 small sumps one was used for refugium only, a big filter, roughly 80lbs of rock, bunch of old school bulb lights and replacement bulbs, 2 pumps, a wave deal inside tank, 155 gallon tank, stand and canopy. Yeah I needs a cleaning and some scratches fixed. Then let the build begin. Currently have a 29 gallon fowler tank so this one should be fun doing full reef with this one.

 

[LucasRe]

This will be cool! Best of luck getting everything cleaned and repaired.

 

[SaltyWalty]

Will definitely be following along

 

[anything prints]

following

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Following along!

 

[jimdjohn]

Well the tanks almost all the way clean. Now for endless sanding and polishing till it looks new lol

 

[Monad]

Nice! I just rehabbed and restored a tank myself.

One piece of advice. If you use vinegar to clean the system, only leave it in there for a few hours or you’ll get a massive bacterial bloom and cover everything in a nasty biofilm.

Looking forward to seeing your progress. Following.

 

[jimdjohn]

Nice! I just rehabbed and restored a tank myself.

One piece of advice. If you use vinegar to clean the system, only leave it in there for a few hours or you’ll get a massive bacterial bloom and cover everything in a nasty biofilm.

Looking forward to seeing your progress. Following.

Yeah so far only using warm water and a nonscorring blade for build up haven't got into cleaning the equipment yet just the tank so far. Guy had a top fin magnetic cleaner deal but didn't have the pad on the inside so it was all velcro on the acrylic SMH. O well let the sanding begin lol