Pat’s 75 Gallon Upgrade
I have been wanting to upgrade my 46 bowfront to a 75 gallon and I did it this weekend. Found a decent tank on craigslist with a pine stand and brought it home Sat and spend the afternoon cleaning up the tank and stand. The tank is RR and in good shape. The stand while structurely sound has seen better days. Both were rather nasty and required several hours of cleaning.
I spend the entire day Sunday breaking down the 46 bowfront tank and moving the livestock in buckets or large trashcans. We moved the 46 to the front porch and put the 75 in it’s place. By this time I’m pooped but still needed to move the livestock into the 75. After moving the rock in, acclimating the fish etc and pulling in all the water from the old tank plus about 20 gallons of new water, I’m about a half inch below the RR opening. Darn it, need about 20 or so gallons for the sump. I added a couple of power heads and called it a night.
Yesterday I collected RO water and mixed hopefully enough water and will be getting the sump operational tonight. What a job but love the larger size of the 75.
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Pat’s 75 Gallon Upgrade