Look what made it into my house today....

[Thai]

Finished and Test filled my sump, works beautifully!
Tank will be up and running tmr without media as it arrives next week.

 

[Thai]

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[Thai]

I can cry right now... My sump is 2" too wide to fit in the side of my stand without modification...I will need to take a saw to my beautiful new stand....

 

[Localzoo]

I can cry right now... My sump is 2" too wide to fit in the side of my stand without modification...I will need to take a saw to my beautiful new stand....

In through the side or inside?


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[Thai]

In through the side or inside?


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Through the side, there's plenty of room inside the stand just the opening designed for sump travel is not wide enough..

Whose local and has a saw and the cutting skills to take a nice neat chunk out of this thing for me!?!?

 

[Siklid]

I think I have every saw known to man.

When are you planning to wreck this thing?

Text me with details.

I bet we could figure out how to do it w/o the saw.

 

[Localzoo]

I bet there is a way to turn it into a trap door post pics of the end your trying to slide it in through.


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[frankoq]

Where are u? I'm going to Eric's today


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[Thai]

Frank I'm 10 mins from eric

This mat is as wide as my 75, as you can see it ain't going through that opening on the side...

 

[AquaStudent]

That looks EPIC!

 

[frankoq]

Frank I'm 10 mins from eric

This mat is as wide as my 75, as you can see it ain't going through that opening on the side...

Thai, about to send you a PM with my cell.
I'm about to leave to go to Eric's and get me you know what.

My thoughts...
That is the side of the tank and cutting there will no look good.
I have a saw to do the job but is there something that will cover the hole after?
what about going thru the back? easier to cut one of those 3-4 inch pieces is the back and squeeze thru there. But I guess that means moving the whole thing.

I'll pack the saw and head to Eric's now. call me and I can stop by and we can see what can be done.

 

[Thai]

Thanks to frank for stopping by and helping me get my sump into the stand! Boy was it guy wrenching having your dream tank and stand cut into! Once the cut was done we got the sump in and then I glued, patched and painted it should look close to original when it dries!

Before


The puzzle after the cut...


My first attempt at glueing and patching wood


Than sanded down and painted


The end result is I got my sump in, plumbing delayed til tomorrow waiting on a coupler

 

[Localzoo]

Sweet good job guys


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[frankoq]

Glad that it worked out and you restored my cutting nicely.
I went saw happy knowing you had that panel covering the entire side.

But I felt bad cutting that nice tank. Gorgeous tank BTW. seeing it in person was great. take care and please keep the progress pics coming.

 

[cichlidaddicted]

Can you tell me what kind of sand that is and where you got it?

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[Thai]

Estes spectraquartz, got it locally at a flooring company

 

[cichlidaddicted]

What is its purpose? Why does a flooring store have it?

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[frankoq]

Estes spectraquartz, got it locally at a flooring company

Course or fine grade?
How many bags did you put in the tank?


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[frankoq]

What is its purpose? Why does a flooring store have it?

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It's blasting sand.


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[Thai]

Not blasting sand, too soft for that it's used as a flooring aggregate 3 50lb bags was enough for my 300.
Google ram quartz glen Burnie