The Mystery Build
- Thread starter Fredk
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If I told you, it wouldn't be a mystery would it?
So far, what I have is a commitment for someone to sell me a tank when it is empty in two or three weeks. Last time I tried this, the tank ended up in someone else's hands because I missed a couple of texts. This time I had the good sense to put down a deposit.
So now I wait...
Shooter000
HomeGrownFrags
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2015
- Location
- Alvinston, Ontario
I see a peninsula...
Lots of helium balloons or did you hire the big guys in the apt building to help? I hated living in a 3 story walkup
Everything is in hand now. Picked up the stand, very nice sump, RO and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff.
Now the work begins. The short list:
1. clean up and repaint the stand. I'm thinking of putting a coat of truck bed liner over the paint as well.
2. build a flood pan for the tank. 3rd floor apt. Floods happen.
3. consider mods to the tank. More on that in another post
4. Build RO cart (and clean out the closet it will go in).
5. work out the plumbing for the tank (related to tank mods.
Now the work begins. The short list:
1. clean up and repaint the stand. I'm thinking of putting a coat of truck bed liner over the paint as well.
2. build a flood pan for the tank. 3rd floor apt. Floods happen.
3. consider mods to the tank. More on that in another post
4. Build RO cart (and clean out the closet it will go in).
5. work out the plumbing for the tank (related to tank mods.
The Stand
Its 2" tube steel construction that was build new 4 years ago for the tank. Over that time its collected a bit of surface rust. I've had two previous metal stands and both accumulated surface rust over 4-6 years of use for salt water.
Since this is my one chance for this stand, I want to clean it up properly. Since salt seems to penetrate most normal metal paints I though I might try a coat of truck bed liner to see if that does a better job of protecting the metal. I've not seen this mentioned on DIY reef forums though, so I have no idea how well it will work.
Its 2" tube steel construction that was build new 4 years ago for the tank. Over that time its collected a bit of surface rust. I've had two previous metal stands and both accumulated surface rust over 4-6 years of use for salt water.
Since this is my one chance for this stand, I want to clean it up properly. Since salt seems to penetrate most normal metal paints I though I might try a coat of truck bed liner to see if that does a better job of protecting the metal. I've not seen this mentioned on DIY reef forums though, so I have no idea how well it will work.