Water change system 90% complete!
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, 08-12-2010 at 09:09 AM (2044 Views)
I just finished placing my order for the second to last piece of our automatic water change system; a HDPE Heavy Duty Horizontal Leg tank. Last purchases are actual plumbing parts, but I've learned my lesson about pre-ordering before I've figured out 100% what I'm trying to accomplish.
I have to say though the 55g garbage containers we've been using since 2004/2005 have done us very well. I want to re-purpose them but can't figure out how. I may just offer them up for sale at a really cheap price to another hobbiest thats starting out. They're equiped with float valves that have made life immeasurably easy for water changes, and top ups. After next weekend we'll have the space to start assembling anything we need, and I'll be able to start cooking my rock.
We've decided we'll definitely assemble our sump ourselves, and the big question now is do we want to assemble the display tank ourselves. I'm not sure if just the two of us can physically assemble the tank, or if we'd have to call in some help. The price difference between unassembled and assembled is about 50%. I'm not trying to save money for the sake of saving money, but I do have to be reasonable. Why should I pay someone who won't warrenty their work? We've assembled tanks in the past, the largest we've done is our 180g tank that is currently housing my fish and about 1/2 of my rock. I'm very much so on the fence on this one.