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been forever since i've been around do to lots of things...the main one being lack of tanks other than my little 2.5 or 5 (don't remember) minibow that houses Luna the crazy female betta...

Anyways about a month or so ago Kitten found a 10 gallon tank outside her apartment with an overflow box and all the goodies (well most of them) needed for setup. It had been used as a saltwater tank...I am in no mind to go into starting out with sw...I want to go back to my fw fish...so what do i need to do to clean the tank up and make it fw? I've washed it out with water and wiped it out with elbow grease, what else is there?

How do I go to use the overflow box? I've never had one and never learned to use it or set it up...would like to try and get this tank going soon...sick of seeing it sit here and take up room for no reason...thanks Houston

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Washing it out clean should be enough. If the tank looks clean then there's nothing else you need to do to clean it further.

I'm having a hard time figuring out why you have an overflow box and not a sump that it would connect to, unless the 10 gallon itself was the sump...

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Hello Heidi

Long time no hear or see around.
Say hello to Kitten for me please

Keith

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no idea why the overflow and not a sump...I know nada about sw...there was another 10 gallon but it was busted up...all in all there were 2 10 gallons, 1 overflow, UGF, the gravely stuff for salt, sponges, and all sorts of pipes, and a hood...

What I have is all sorts of pipes, overflow, 1-10 gallon, the UGF...what do I need to do to set up the overflow? I've never used one before...yes I'm an idiot...Better yet who wants to just set the dang thing up for me? lol

And yes Keith I'll say hi to Kitten when I see her tonight

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle