150 gallon progress thread

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:53 pm

I'm gonna keep a picture progress thread as I get this giant put together. Wil be updating as I go!

Pic 1.
Took me 2 days to clean this sucker out. The gravel in there took up 5 garbage bags and I had to scoop it out with a small kids shovel while standing on a ladder. This beast is going to be a lot of work!

singlemomwithcrab · Post by **singlemomwithcrab** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:21 pm

YOU CAN DO IT

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:09 pm

OMG SO COOOOOL I LOVE UPGRADING!!!!

i am extra super turbo ultra mega JELLY! Good luck and haaaaave fun!!!!!!

Crabbers unite!!!

Post by **aussieJJDude** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:10 pm

Wow, that sounds like fun! But imagine there cute little faces once they get in there, they will be in heaven!

Look forward to more pics.

rml6f4 · Post by **rml6f4** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:51 am

Oh my gosh! That tank looks big enough to climb in and hangout with your crabs!

hermieluv1 · Post by **hermieluv1** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:15 am

So jealous! It is awesome!

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:52 pm

On the left hand side you can see a tape mark. That's where I'm planning to have the sand come to... Mostly so that I can actually reach in there and fix stuff when I need to! I already ordered 15 bags of sand, though I know that's not going to come anywhere close to filling it >.>

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 2:49 pm

Good thing playsand is cheap!

Crabbers unite!!!

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:32 pm

Not here

looking at $5/20kg bag

YYWW · Post by **YYWW** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:39 pm

We pay about that price for 50lbs. Cheap enough

EE is way more expensive! And the coverage differs

Crabbers unite!!!

MuseCrazy · Post by **MuseCrazy** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:34 am

grandlinegirl wrote:On the left hand side you can see a tape mark. That's where I'm planning to have the sand come to... Mostly so that I can actually reach in there and fix stuff when I need to! I already ordered 15 bags of sand, though I know that's not going to come anywhere close to filling it >.>

15 bags is perfect, I only used 10 at first for my 150 and I just added 2 more to get 10in.

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:15 pm

Oh awesome!!

grandlinegirl · Post by **grandlinegirl** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:15 pm

Finally started getting the sand in. I've gone 2 40lb bags and I'm dying already! haha. I only own a small bucket and I have to do each bag in 3 batches. Nothing works as good to mix it as my hands and they're killing me already!!

Question - to keep the sand moist, should I saran wrap the top of the tank? It's going to take me a few days to get all 15 bags in between school and work, and I'm doing it all myself.

singlemomwithcrab · Post by **singlemomwithcrab** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:20 pm

Tell your friends you are having a SUB party, pick up some subs and feed them then put them to work

singlemomwithcrab · Post by **singlemomwithcrab** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 8:21 pm

Tell your friends you are having a SUB party, pick up some subs and feed them then put them to work

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