So I decided I wanted a tank next to my PC. Wife jokingly said I could; under one condition... That I don't spend any money.... Me being me; said... Challenge accepted....
Well, I wasn't able to do it completely for free... Ran into a bulk head supply issue ROFL... But I got this baby up and running for under $40....
-I got the 38 in trade a couple years back, so it was just laying around.
-I some how ended up with this bum 25g tank, just laying around.
-I won the Blowhole in a raffle.
-I had all the PVC around from prior builds.
-The light(not shown) was given to me.
-I purchased the Remora from it's previous owner who dropped it on it's side and it busted for $15 bucks, I grabbed a tube of weldon for $5 and glued the pieces all back together. Watertested and works just fine.
-Had the wood laying around for the stand.
The 38 had a hole already drilled in it, the original owner said he got it that way, i think someone drilled way too large of a hole for this tank but ehh, it was basically free, and looks brand new... So I installed a 1.5" bulk head, As you can see I used a 90deg elbow as the drain, I then had 2 planter trays that I had picked up a long time ago from the local hydroponics store. one being a 3" planter the other a 5" I cut a hole in the bottom of the 3 inch so that it would fit snugly around the 1.5" pipe then cut the top so that it'd fit under the center brace. The 5" bottom fit perfectly over the top of the 3" basket, So I cut it off to make a lid for my make shift over flow. To keep the fish from being sucked in... I think it works great for only costing me $.20... I am still kicking around adding a second drain as an "emergency"... the tank has been up for 2 days and the water level has remained constant(it's low just because I am testing, it will be full when I run for sure), I am just lazy and dont want to fiddle with it.
I have about 15# of dry rock that I am acid dipping tomorrow and some sand left over from my bio cube build. So I will be using it.. I'll prolly get another 10-15# of rock
I'll have more updates as I go...
The stand sheathing will be magnetic so that I can take it completely off so that I have total access to the sump if needed.
here are some vids of the hose water test, sorry for the shake, I didn't realize I had ramped the fps up to 60 instead of 30 on the record, so it makes it look more jittery than normal.