Quarantine Tank

How forward thinking am I (Some would say pessimistic!)
Haven't even got the fish yet and I am planning on nursing them. Forewarned and all that.

Seriously though, I got a notification from Freegle about some new stuff going on and one of them was an aquarium and loads of stuff . It said it would need cleaning up.
Anyway, I contacted the person to ask if they still had it and explained that I was after a small tank to use eventually as a quarantine/medical tank. Said where I was in the area and got an email back saying come and look tonight as she had put the small tank aside for me and somebody was going tomorrow for the big one.  If I went tonight I could have a pick over of the other stuff.
She gave her address and IT WAS ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ME!!

Shot straight over there. Lovely little tank 30x20x20 with an undergravel filter (which I shall probably remove)
I bagged a couple of air pumps and a couple of heaters.
I still have to check most of it as they were minus their plugs but the one that still had a plug works.

She gave me a bag of moss/soil for my plants but I'm not sure if I'll use that.

All of it is grubby. Her husband used to have around 7 tanks but gave it up some time ago and everything was just chucked in bags.

I am going to give it all a good scrub and soak it in Milton and then a good rinsing.

So that's my Wednesday taken care of.

Sandra

Into the greenhouse where it was nice and warm with the sun shining through the bubble wrapped glass. Fish tank scrubbed with rainwater and new wash up pad and brush to get rid of grime . (We're on a water meter and have plenty of rainwater at the moment!). Scrubbed the two lots of feathery plastic weed which came up surprisingly well.

Played around with the working pump and the under gravel tray. Did manage to get water coming out of the top but since I have decided that I won't be putting any substrate in the hospital tank I'm unlikely  to use it.

Put plugs on both heaters and the second pump.  Pump works well but neither heater did, despite the fact that one of them looks in good nick. Ah well, can't complain - it didn't cost anything after all. Have now ordered a small heater.

Into the kitchen and everything then washed in hot  soapy water, rinsed well and then put in a Milton soak for an hour. Everything rinsed very well again. Washed the grime off the outside of the pumps and they look pretty good. Dried the tank and apart from a bit of scratch marking it looks good. The water meter's taken a fair old bashing today !!

Have yet to sort out a filter but will post a question under equipment.

Sandra

Shhhhhh. If you say that too loudly he'll hear you.
I did explain to the other half several days ago about MTS and he looked a bit puzzled but then he saw me looking on ebay (ostensibly at that time for a cheap hospital tank for pennies).

Now I think the penny has dropped because he keeps say NO!

We do discuss it though and we keep saying we don't have anywhere for another tank. We had to change the room around just to fit this little one in.
When I went across to the neighbour last night to pick up the other tank she said her husband used to keep them in the loft??

Maybe when this little 'un is finally (if it ever is - I am so impatient) up and running we'll end up with more.  As it is we keep joking to each other that we are likely to end up with Grandson's identical tank once he takes off into the world.  His mum is hardly likely to want to take on his fish so I can see us being asked to adopt them.

Thanks for that Sue. Yes correct 12 litres it is. ONLY for an emergency.

It was very very well rinsed and will be again before it is used.

I knew it would be small and only suitable for emergencies but it didn't cost me so that's good.