This TV was still in great condition, it also has wheels which I will replace with a more heavy duty type to hold the weight of the water. Picked those wheels up at the market for $5
After removing the screen and other electronic crap inside I replaced the wheels and removed the old chipboard from around the bottom of the TV. These old TV's have all chipboard outer shell which has been covered with a wood lookalike adhesive plastic sheets, I just peeled it off the chipboard ready for painting later.
The view below shows how much room there is within the TV shell, the actual tank size is approx the same as the screen area which you can see here below. The area on the lefthand side will be used for the pump position. The tank will sit on the chipboard where you see the wood rails below, I will also strenghten the back between where the tank will sit and the lower board which has the wheels attached. It's all coming together!
Next I cut out the lid using a jigsaw, the hole is required for feeding the fish. The light will be fitted to the lid later. (Sorry about the blurry image)
To hide the wheels I cut skirting board for the 3 sides. My neighbour helped me out here, Hugh had some left overs he didn't need.
I then painted the outside in an undercoat.
The inside of the TV I painted black.
The outside I painted flat black.
We are still to decide whether to get the tank here or when we get to Brissy. But to complete the TV Fishtank the only things to do are buy the tank, pump, some rocks, a sum of fish and its all completed. Total cost all up should be around $100 when completed. These TV tanks look unreal when done.When we lived in Darwin I made a small TV tank, from a more modern type TV and it look really nice. Tanya likes them heaps. I will post the latest when done..
