Schuyler Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 I got this tank about a month ago from a club auction for $5. The plan was to ungrade the multis from they 10 gallon tank. It's acrylic and needs a good polishing. I'm also not a huge fan of the blue background but that's literally just the back panel so I'm going to create a background for it because it will be in a highly visible spot. I'm also thinking about making a lid to cover that opening so that stuff from the cabinet doesn't accidentally fall in. The scape and stocking are pretty simple since this will be a Shelly tank. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Cruiser Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Hard to beat that for 5 bucks! Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Nice! Can’t wait to see 2t it looks like in the end! @Schuyler, hope it turns out great! Best of luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 Here is a video of how I'm going to do the background: The tricky part will be that I can't do it all as one piece because it had to fit into that hole in the top. My plan is to make rounded rocks that fit together like a sort of cobblestone. That way the seems will hopefully look more natural. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 Here is a video of their natural habitat: Here is a picture of the shore of Lake Tanganyika from this website: https://tanganyika.si/Locations/slides/Izinga Island.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamS Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Good luck on the background! They can look pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricksonAquatics Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 I’m so jealous! You couldn’t buy the acrylic to make that tank for $5! And multis… what a great use for that tank. I’m sure they’ll enjoy the upgrade 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 On 5/14/2024 at 2:43 PM, EricksonAquatics said: I’m so jealous! You couldn’t buy the acrylic to make that tank for $5! And multis… what a great use for that tank. I’m sure they’ll enjoy the upgrade 🙂 Yeah it was the last item in a six hour auction. By that point miss people were gone and we were staying to clean up. Here it is all cleaned up. There were some big scratches on the front that removed with polish and a sander. I replaced the sand paper with a rag at it essentially worked like a buffer. That went much faster than when I tried doing it by hand. The inside still has quite a few scratches but those go away under water. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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