a new tank sorda

[hummer]

my sister in law gave this old tank and stand it need some work a good cleaning and a reseal on the corners

i told the wife if she wants too she can set it up as hers .. fish only thou


any ideas how too clean this 40 gal up :eek:

[melev]

Vinegar and water works best.

[jojo22]

What Marc said!! You could do some cool stuff with that tank.

[Sweetpea]

Agreed- vinegar, hot water, and elbow grease!

[bobert]

As for cool stuff i say lion fish or humu trigger but its not my tank

[jojo22]

I have both in my 72 gal. Both great fish!! I would watch as that tank is kind of small for them.

[hummer]

ok thanks you alland a gas mask for the viniger...lol

[iVgOnMaD]

Single Lion Fish, black everything, maybe some live rock to get some more color in there.

[dakar]

I little sanding on the iron stand and reshoot it with some good spray paint, and then maybe some clear to help prevent future rusting...

[hummer]

im going to see how much it will be to get it powdercoated

[jojo22]

PURPLE?????LOL

I have always liked white powder coating.

[hummer]

ya how did you guess purple is wife fav

[jojo22]

I have ESPN!!!!!

[hummer]

lol lol

[RWalston]

was any copper treatments used i the tank that yo know?

[carpenterwrasse]

would the seams harbor the copper?

[hummer]

the tank is realy old a guess about 15 years stored in a basment
the whole thing needs to be resealed im going to scrape out all the old sillicone and put new down

this should be good as new then right ?????

[RWalston]

Usually the silicone will retain some copper in it. If you are going to replace all of the silicone you should be fine. If you want to make sure you can wash the glass in a diluted HCl bath. I work in the environmental field. We do field testing for metals being emitted form stationary sources, ie smoke stacks. We do an EPA test method 29 for this sampling. All of our glassware needs to be clean from all contaminants. We will clean it in a 0.1N HNO3 solution, letting in soak for a couple of hours, As a hobbyist you probably do not have access to Nitric acid so Hydrochloric (pool acid) will work. The solution does not need to be that strong, I can look up the exact formula to make a 0.1N HCl solution but it is not important, Just wash the glass with a diluted HCl bath and then re-silicone you will be fine.

Rich

[hummer]

thank you very much for all the info...will do..:):):)