125 Gallon Saltwater Build..

[sunkenmetal]

wouldn't have to buy lights LOL

[johnnymisty]

I would if I did a pond id put it in the living room or bedroom

[cu0ngsayz]

Saltwater fish tank bed.. Comfort? Who needs comfort when you have a saltwater bed hahaha

[aquabee]

Where'd the picture go??

[sunkenmetal]

Where'd the picture go??

No pictures for you

[aquabee]

No pictures for you

Apparently. :(

[myjohnson]

The frame came in yesterday, and I proceeded to remove the old frame. I have been looking online to see whats the best method to do so. Most of the advice online suggest to use a thin blade to slide between the glass and frame to cut the silicone than slowly work the frame out. Those that have done it before said it would take about an hour or so.

Well, I decided an hour was too long, so I resorted to my own methods.
Basically, the old frame will be thrown away so I could care less what happens to it.
What I did was took a pipe wrench and from the top of the frame pried it out so that it would break in small pieces.
After the top pieces broke off, I just pulled the frame apart fron the tank.
The whole process took me less than 10 minutes.

Step 1 - Done. Now to clean off the old silicone and silicone in the new frame.

Why can't I see the picture, yo?

[aquabee]

Why can't I see the picture, yo?

Don't worry. No pics for me either.

[Hangman]

Sorry guys, I had pics up originally, but had to clear up some space. Will post when I have more progress.

[ssrprelude]

Wth...

[sunkenmetal]

Probably pictures of camera equipment lol

[Hangman]

Okay, its been awhile since I got a chance to update. Been too busy traveling, but now I'm back and so its time to start work on this tank.

So to pick up where I left off, I got the 125 tank and fixed it up all good but needed a stand.
Well, I got a stand and canopy. The bad news is that it came with a tank as well, so now I have a spare 125. Oh well.

Back to the stand. My wife is very picky and said whatever I do it has to look nice and in order for it to look nice it has to be a dark or red color wood. So I went and looked at new cherry/mohogony stands and they were expensive.

So I went and bought a used stand, a used oak color stand. So the project now is to convert the oak color stand into a red color wood stand.

So here are the pics so far. I have tested restaining on the inside of one of the doors to see how it turns out. So far so good. Once I give it a few more coats and polished up, hopefully it will look good enough to be used..

I'll update with pics as I progress..


P7030002 by HangTheMan, on Flickr



P7030007 by HangTheMan, on Flickr



P7030006 by HangTheMan, on Flickr

[Hangman]

Here's the refinished stand..


P7030009 by HangTheMan, on Flickr

[SunnyHouTX]

Here's the refinished stand..


P7030009 by HangTheMan, on Flickr

Are you kidding me?!?!?!? That's top notch Hangman

[eklikewhoa]

holy crap that is some nice looking refinishing!