Diane- I wont need it for the 90 cause I drilled it, but I dont know if I am instantly going to sell it, its big for anything I would consider using as a QT, so I dont know yet. If I do a QT right now it will be a 20 gallon long cause I had one and one came with the tank, but I would like to find something bigger as the sump for the new tank, like a 30 where 20 gallons of it could be a fuge with mangroves and chaeto! Im currently looking for a cheap tank locally that fits that description....
Alright, well I promised pictures and we all know I keep my promises! The first picture is the coral holding tank right now, with 2 HK 1's in it, its a 20 gallon tall tank with a 130 watt PC light.
Next we have the 55 gallon tank thats still a little foggy from getting the rest of the sand out. There is still a little in there for the goby, but about 90% of it was taken out for the new tank.
Here is what my room looks like, the cooler on the bottom is rock and on the top is sand, and then 2 of the buckets are also sand and the other 3 are rock, plus there is what I think it a 20 gallon rubbermade thing on the other side of the room also full of rock. I have rock everywhere:lookaroun
Here is the new tank next to the fireplace, and No, the firetruck isnt mine
Here is what I bet some of you were waiting for. This is all i used to drill the tank minus a cup of water and a roll of duck tape. The plastic thing is a tupperware container that i cut the bottom out of, ducktaped around where the hole would be, and then filled it with water once it was water tight. From there I ran 3 strips of ducktape on the other side of the glass where the hole was to be drilled, and then folded a towel in half and set it on the other side of the tank on the ground to catch the glass if it fell, which it didnt this time. Then I started drilling, slowly, at about a 45 degree angle until there was a small divet made in the tank. That is made to make sure the bit doesnt skate around the tank, and from there you can slowly straighten it out and then SLOWLY drill through. About ever 3 minutes I soaked all the water up and put new cold water in (cold to the point that I had ice in the cup I was using) because this is what helps the but and the glass not heat up and crack the tank. It took about 20 minutes, and came out nice as you can see.
The little glass disk is what I took out, it amused me so I put it in this picture. I sent the overflow away today to have the final length adjustments made and will have it tomorrow, meaning that I can get it siliconed in tomorrow night and then get the rock in the tank once it is decided where it will sit in the living room. The rock will be sitting on eggcrate, and then a 3-4 inch sandbed will be put in the tank to facilitate a jawfish or two plus all the sand sifters I have. As you can tell im trying to set a speed record getting water in this tank
PS- I would also like to note that I drilled it by myself, with no assistance from anyone, in the middle of my living room floor. So for anyone out there thats considering drilling a tank, its REALLY not as big of a deal as anyone makes it out to be