Score!

[Bremmon]

I got a nearly brand new Marineland 100g tank, stand, glass tops and aquaclear 110 for $25 yesterday... along with other misc stuff.  Now what to do with it?

[jcunningham0295]

very cool...   wow...   what a steal....

[Regalblue]

I got a nearly brand new Marineland 100g tank, stand, glass tops and aquaclear 110 for $25 yesterday... along with other misc stuff.  Now what to do with it?

umm,  what to do with it?!?  Bring it down to my dungeon. 

[Ron]

So just how fast did you load it up and get out of there before the seller could have regrets on selling all of that for only $25?!

Congrats and post a picture once you've got it setup!

[Bremmon]

It was kind of awkward. The tank belonged to a Lady who's son died of leukemia the week before, he was 9yrs old..  She was having a really hard time with it, but she just wanted it gone. Apparently the tank was her sons favorite thing. By the time I left she was pretty much a emotional train wreck.  I think we are going to make a donation to St. Judes in his name, just because.

[jcunningham0295]

It was kind of awkward. The tank belonged to a Lady who's son died of leukemia the week before, he was 9yrs old..  She was having a really hard time with it, but she just wanted it gone. Apparently the tank was her sons favorite thing. By the time I left she was pretty much a emotional train wreck.  I think we are going to make a donation to St. Judes in his name, just because.

Very sad thing, I couldn't imagine losing one of my kids.    That would be a very kind and awesome gesture.

[Bremmon]

I decided to go "Steam Punk" for this tank.. I carved some gears out of Pink foam and painted the PVC to look like old copper... I'm working on the back wall right now, i will post some more picks tomorrow when I get it finished up.

[Steven A Measel]

Very cool idea

[djlamonica]

Hope you let her know the tank and things were worth a lot more.  The donation sounds like a solid idea.  Tank looks super nice, super realistic wish I had an ounce of artistic talent in my body and could do something neat like that.  Interested to see the finished product what's the stocking plans?

[Ron]

The PVC "copper" - damn that looks like copper.

Now, had you gone with real copper, you'd never have a MTS invasion (or any other invertebrate for that matter. 

[Regalblue]

Looks great! 

[mibwb]

Just curious. ..what paint did you use and how are you weighting everything now?

[Somethingsfishy]

Amazing!  Be sure to post pics again when you have fish in there.   

[Bremmon]

The paint is Krylon brown and plain old dick blick acrylic to add the accents. Everything is either weighted down or siliconed to pieces of floor tile for extra weight. PVC sinks anyway so It does need much.. most of it is sliconed to the glass too. The background is finished and painted, I should have some more pics tomorrow when the rest of the silicone has had time to set up.

[Saulosi77]

Looks awesome!  Great idea for a tank.  Can't wait to see it stocked.