After doing a lot of reading and asking a lot of questions, I'm ready to start my build. I bought an All Glass Aquarium 75 gallon tank and stand off of Craigslist. It had been sitting in a garage for a while, half full, so was full of algae and cobwebs. Some of my employees decided to help.
Dirty stand:
Blowing out the cobwebs:
Sanded the stand to prep for new paint:
Paint booth:
New coat of paint:
Installed felt bumpers and door handles:
Sterilizing the tank with bleach water:
Cleaned the hard water stains with Muriatic Acid, and rinsed multiple times.
Nice clean tank:
I'm going to have a waterfall, a drain under the false bottom, and a drain for the pond area.
Marked the tank for drilling:
Dirty stand:

Blowing out the cobwebs:

Sanded the stand to prep for new paint:

Paint booth:


New coat of paint:

Installed felt bumpers and door handles:


Sterilizing the tank with bleach water:

Cleaned the hard water stains with Muriatic Acid, and rinsed multiple times.
Nice clean tank:

I'm going to have a waterfall, a drain under the false bottom, and a drain for the pond area.
Marked the tank for drilling:


