So I’ve decided to drop my laziness, and start a proper thread on our tank. It all started out as a dream of one day maybe investing in a marine tank (I’ve kept tropical and fresh water fish for approximately 8 years)
So about 6 months ago I walked into a LFS and my eye caught their marine DT at the entrance. I was awestruck, and just couldn’t get away. I stood there for 3 hours, and couldn’t move. I was right there and then that I decided the time was right. I went home and for 3 weeks of persuasion, manipulation and sweet talk I convinced my husband (Kevin) that I NEEDED and wanted a marine tank. And so our quest started…….
We realized that it was going to be a challenge and that’s when I started surfing the net and stumbled upon MASA. I’m now so addicted to MASA, it’s my homepage and spent at least a few hours a day reading through the threads.
Main Display Tank
We got the tank custom build by a glass shop in Lichtenburg. (at this stage my knowledge was still very limited). One of our first mistakes was not to drill a hole for the outlet pipes. So after a few nights of racking our brains, we siliconed a piece of glass in the corner to act as the "overflow". Our idea was to use a pump to get the water from the display tank to the sump.... We could not think of anything else, and I was still to shy to ask the question on MASA. (To date it is still working, but I have since bought an overflow box, just still need to install it)
Main display dimensions: 1600mm (L) X450mm (W) X700mm (H) = 500 liters
We used 10mm glass
The tank was delivered on a Friday, and I could not contain my excitement. We had friends over for a braai, so filling her up was postponed until Saturday morning. And so we did…..
All filled up, we relaxed with our drinks for the rugby game… and the next moment a waterfall…..The silicon could not hold the pressure (the glass shop forgot the metal strip at the bottom of the tank – and with our excitement we missed it too)
500 liters of water was all over our wooden floors in 2 minutes (luckily the insurance paid out for the floors and the glass didn’t crack) So back to the glass shop it was again.
MISHAP # 1!!
So about 6 months ago I walked into a LFS and my eye caught their marine DT at the entrance. I was awestruck, and just couldn’t get away. I stood there for 3 hours, and couldn’t move. I was right there and then that I decided the time was right. I went home and for 3 weeks of persuasion, manipulation and sweet talk I convinced my husband (Kevin) that I NEEDED and wanted a marine tank. And so our quest started…….
We realized that it was going to be a challenge and that’s when I started surfing the net and stumbled upon MASA. I’m now so addicted to MASA, it’s my homepage and spent at least a few hours a day reading through the threads.
Main Display Tank
We got the tank custom build by a glass shop in Lichtenburg. (at this stage my knowledge was still very limited). One of our first mistakes was not to drill a hole for the outlet pipes. So after a few nights of racking our brains, we siliconed a piece of glass in the corner to act as the "overflow". Our idea was to use a pump to get the water from the display tank to the sump.... We could not think of anything else, and I was still to shy to ask the question on MASA. (To date it is still working, but I have since bought an overflow box, just still need to install it)
Main display dimensions: 1600mm (L) X450mm (W) X700mm (H) = 500 liters
We used 10mm glass
The tank was delivered on a Friday, and I could not contain my excitement. We had friends over for a braai, so filling her up was postponed until Saturday morning. And so we did…..
All filled up, we relaxed with our drinks for the rugby game… and the next moment a waterfall…..The silicon could not hold the pressure (the glass shop forgot the metal strip at the bottom of the tank – and with our excitement we missed it too)
500 liters of water was all over our wooden floors in 2 minutes (luckily the insurance paid out for the floors and the glass didn’t crack) So back to the glass shop it was again.
MISHAP # 1!!
