90G Tank For $50?

[RyanG]

Was just a thought, Im the same way but only with my plants. I keep the fish for my kids to look at.

[Piggy]

Great buy. Keep us updated on when or what you decide.

[yote]

The only about light scratches.Is that even if you can see them when the tanks filled,is the scratches will be the first places that algae will attach.
But for that price,I think I could live with a few small scratches.

[Rcpilot]

I'm going to order some of that cerium oxide and use my power drill to see if I can polish the scratches out. It's only about $20 for the cerium oxide and I have the buffing wheel already. I'll start in a low corner in the back and see how it works. It it makes the scratches worse--no real loss.

A guy at work told me that last weekend some woman down the street from him GAVE him a 160g tank with corals in it. He has NO IDEA how to care for the corals. I offered to come over and help him out, but he didn't seam interested. I hope the corals die and he gets frustrated and gives that tank to me.

[Bifferwine]

Great buy, RC. Congrats! My 240 was scratched to hell when I bought it. Adding water makes the scratches even more noticeable. I didn't find anything feasible that would work to get the scratches out. Like Yote said, the scratches are the first places to fill up with algae, and it's impossible to get the algae out. But I couldn't turn down a 240 plus stand for $100 no matter how bad it was scratched up, and you got an excellent deal too.

If all else fails, that would make one helluva sump.

[Rcpilot]

After reading that link that I put up in post #9 of this thread, I'm confident the cerium oxide will do the job. It's what everyone uses for polishing glass. From fish tanks to lenses on telescopes. It should work, I just think it's probably gonna take a helluva lotta elbow grease.

I will get around to it. I'm in no hurry to polish the tank and set it up right now. The more I shop--the more expensive it gets.

I don't know if I should drill it or use overflows. I know that I don't care for the look of overflows. It sure would be cool to box out both rear corners with black glass and drill it for duel drains.

Then there is the issue of water movement. I don't care for the look of power heads in the tank. It would be nice to have a powerful sump pump and use that for my water movement. But, that velocity of water would be impossible for a refugium. Sandstorm 24/7. So, what do ya do?

[UnderwaterWorld]

Good luck, I would get it drilled IMO

[RyanG]

Drill it, closed loop too

[Rcpilot]

What's closed loop?

I've heard the term, but never seen a pic or diagram of it.

[RyanG]

Umm its an intake(or two) plumbed to a dedicated external circulation pump and back to the return(or MANY) helps to lower or eliminate the use of powerheads and get circulation WAY up