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Friday, February 12, 2010

Resealing my first 6 foot tank for the 3rd time


I first saw this tank at the cichlid hobbyist's house who sold me my first african cichlids when I was 14. The tank had a colony of brundy frontosa. We caught a dozen fry from the tank and I was on my way. After high school he took up gold mining so I bought the tank and put my frontosa in it. It's been in every one of my fishrooms.This is the third time I've resealed it. It is a 1979 all glass 100 gallon (72x18x18) with 5/8 inch glass. It is plumbed to the central goldfish system through a 1" bulkhead and to drain with a second bulkhead. It has a very primitive frame, well trim actually so I'm going to put in eurobracing around the top so I can put better lids on it.
Here is one of the hockey pucks from the bulkhead holes. A great tank resealing article.