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jammerz

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so yeah just click on the pic the stands are in the background of the bottom picture. Probably gonna just keep 1/2 of the tank and plug the tubes up.Also those tubes are where the tank originally were connected this thing had water and fish in it 2 days ago.
 

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Lubbinloaches said:
Get rid of it man....that's a pool!! Go on e-bay and sell it to some sucker, then buy something you can afford to fill and maintain. Bigger isn't always better....at least that's what my girlfriend keeps telling me :eek:
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ha ha ha ha... I didn't see your post right after this :p

You guys are funny, thanks for the laugh..

The tank is pretty dirty from what it shows in the pictures, I would say being able to keep a "clean" tank is more important than size.
 

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jammerz

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yeah in case you missed the first part of the post i got it for FREE and i need to clean it out and remove some scratches. im not really trying to keep a "clean" tank when its in the driveway...

Anyway i think the idiot at the LFSwas way off on his gallons dimensions are 59x22x33(one part) and 24x23x33(second part)- it is L shaped- andthere is 2 sections of these dimensions, so i get a total of 528 gallons total volume.So if i keep only half the tank by my calculations i will have a 264 gallon tank. Dude must've been smoking tough when he told me 800-1000g, and i must've been smoking tougher when i believed him. Anyway im stoked its smaller.

Is my math right?

Now any ideas?
 

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Fishfreak

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Fishfreak said:
Upload the pictures to a site like wwwphotobucket.com
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Woops a little to late.
My LFS has a 1000 gallon tank and it is fricking huge! I could use it as a pool. or go snorkling. No fish in it yet but they are going to start adding water soon.
 

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I was lookin at the picture and was about to say that looks like a 400 gallon tank. Still pretty big. Whats with those two tubes stickin out of it.
 

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wayne

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Looking at those pieces it doesn't even look like half would be more than about 175 to 200 gallons to me, but it's hard to say.
On this size tank a 55 sump is possible, on a 1000 it's obviously no good. Also it means your circulation pumps become more usefully large.
What lighting did they give you?
 

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jammerz

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They gave me one ballast with 8 T5's in it. I will def need more lights but i got the hook on that as well!!!

I will start today, gonna pressure wash the tank and sxtart removing some gnarly scratches. I found this stuff called novus anyone ever used it?
 

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dude--clean this bad boy up and sell it
i know you are psyched you found a great deal, but it is going to be impossible to maintain a big tank unless you have a great job or rob a bank every other day
use the money to buy a bigger tank than the one you currently have fish in--and then you can buy all kinds of killer equipment and livestock
 

MrParker

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dbacksrat - not to be rude.....but you gotta read the posts man, he said he's a high roller, dough aint no thang hahah.

Haha no i think you should go for it, keep both halves. i like the tubes idea thats cool.
 

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