heres my 240g 8x2x2 tank with special side filter
some might not know the story so here it is.......
my grandpa made this take about 30 years ago for one of his best friends
think the friend said he paid 500 bucks "30 years ago"
my gramps made him the
stand,
tank with side filter
2nd w/d plumbed outside his friends house
3ft diy uv filter
lights and so on
it was always saltwater
he said he was growing coral in it "coral the friend collected from exotic places"
i believe it he had so much light on the tank i removed 2 light housings and it would still cloud the tank in less then a day
bought a smaller uv and with less light its fine now
so back on track
30 years later my gramps hears his friend is getting out of the hobby and thinking of selling his tank
my gramps asks me,would you be interested,i said,uh,ya,of course
"at that exact time is the space continuum
i had a 18" silver aro in a 90g long"
was just so perfect of timing
so i say i cant pay much
his friend tells him to tell me to come get it,free
so after getting 6 guys we went and got it
my gramps built this tank in his friends house
it was never moved till we moved it
we moved it on the stand cus i didnt want to tweak the tank at all
so after i got it i began putting the midnight twist on it
i cleaned for a week or 2 "sw stains are tuff to remove"
i ripped all the thin wood off and put peg board on the back and still have to finish the new plywood
also the stand didnt have shelves cus the w/d was outside,so i added those
then had to cut down the bio box so the w/d would fit under the tank instead of outside
added a new background and fish and decor and thats it
sorry that was so long
lol
