So last week I picked up this Waterbox 130.4. I currently have a 65g tank, but it's currently too full with the fish and coral I keep buying.
Came with everything in picture (including the Kessil AP700, Reef Octopus 160 Classic, DC Return Pump, Jebao Pumps, etc) other than fish (I didn't want them). Some may have seen it on FB... and I got it a fair amount cheaper than the ask.
After I got it home, I immediately began the "sterilization" process. I have the rocks all in bleach. All the other components went into a vinegar bath for 48 hours and are now air drying. The rocks will come out of the bleach this Thursday and I will begin rinsing them, and running different chlorine removers and then air drying for 2 weeks.
The tank after I got it home:
Unfortunately after I got it back I noticed there were a ton of scratches. I think with water in the tank they were not noticeable, but without the water they are very noticeable.
Scratches are mostly on the front face, a few on the sides:
I have to imagine sand got in the magnet cleaner...
Now since I have a few weeks prior to needing it I figured I should reach out and try and get the scratches removed. Pretty much everyone I talked to said you can't do that. Online a lot of places said you can, just you have to sand it down. I tried removing scratches from a tank many years ago and it didn't do anything, but I only used cerium oxide, I didn't sand it down at all.
Nervous about this... I figured the best plan was to take one of the 10g quarantine tanked I have and just scratch that up:
Went online and bought a GP-WIZ scratch removal kit. Ran it through multiple sanding pads:
Then I finished it off with the Cerium Oxide polishing:
Scratches aren't 100% gone, but they are about 95% gone and when I hit it with more cerium oxide I was able to get even more out. Not bad for about 30 minutes of work total. I know if I continued I'd get even more out.
So at this point I've ordered more polishing pads and need to get a neighbor to help me move the aquarium where I can do this in the garage. Should have that done completely before the rocks are ready to go back in.
So at this point:
I have a long ways to go, but it'll be worth it in the end to know for a fact there are no diseases in the aquarium and have a bigger more roomy aquarium.
Came with everything in picture (including the Kessil AP700, Reef Octopus 160 Classic, DC Return Pump, Jebao Pumps, etc) other than fish (I didn't want them). Some may have seen it on FB... and I got it a fair amount cheaper than the ask.
After I got it home, I immediately began the "sterilization" process. I have the rocks all in bleach. All the other components went into a vinegar bath for 48 hours and are now air drying. The rocks will come out of the bleach this Thursday and I will begin rinsing them, and running different chlorine removers and then air drying for 2 weeks.
The tank after I got it home:
Unfortunately after I got it back I noticed there were a ton of scratches. I think with water in the tank they were not noticeable, but without the water they are very noticeable.
Scratches are mostly on the front face, a few on the sides:
I have to imagine sand got in the magnet cleaner...
Now since I have a few weeks prior to needing it I figured I should reach out and try and get the scratches removed. Pretty much everyone I talked to said you can't do that. Online a lot of places said you can, just you have to sand it down. I tried removing scratches from a tank many years ago and it didn't do anything, but I only used cerium oxide, I didn't sand it down at all.
Nervous about this... I figured the best plan was to take one of the 10g quarantine tanked I have and just scratch that up:
Went online and bought a GP-WIZ scratch removal kit. Ran it through multiple sanding pads:
Then I finished it off with the Cerium Oxide polishing:
Scratches aren't 100% gone, but they are about 95% gone and when I hit it with more cerium oxide I was able to get even more out. Not bad for about 30 minutes of work total. I know if I continued I'd get even more out.
So at this point I've ordered more polishing pads and need to get a neighbor to help me move the aquarium where I can do this in the garage. Should have that done completely before the rocks are ready to go back in.
So at this point:
- Tank
- Currently: Waiting on polishing supplies
- Next Step: Remove scratches.
- Rocks
- Currently: Soaking in Bleach
- Next Step: Rinse / Dechlorinate
- Livestock:
- Currently: In old tank
- Next Step: Move them all into QT for CP treatment
- Corals
- Currently: In old tank
- Next Step: Remove fish, wait 76 days for rocks with corals. Rocks without corals bleach.
I have a long ways to go, but it'll be worth it in the end to know for a fact there are no diseases in the aquarium and have a bigger more roomy aquarium.