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1boatnut
09-03-2007, 8:01 PM
1st Saltwater tank.
It;s a 29 gal that my wife picked up at a garage sale for $23.00:grinyes: :grinyes:
It came with the stand,heater,light,cover,glass cleaner,substrate and a few decorations.
I have a 75gal drilled tank that will be another Salt tank(soon I hope) so I figured I would get into it with this tank.When I move the fish I will most likely keep a few (Chromis) in it and use it as a quarantine tank
ChangDriX
09-03-2007, 8:11 PM
Great deal!
Congrats on getting your feet wet.
Almondsaz
09-03-2007, 9:07 PM
Incredible deal...might want to consider the location or pull the blinds will impact the temps and algae growth.
FeatherDuster
09-03-2007, 9:14 PM
Nice rock work! Welcome to the marine hobby! Its a bit scary at first isn't it? I was so afraid when I placed my first fish in. I was constantly thinking "What if my hydro meter is off or I didn't read it correctly?"
Is that live rock? Also, are you going to be supporting corals in the future?
1boatnut
09-03-2007, 10:12 PM
Nice rock work! Welcome to the marine hobby! Its a bit scary at first isn't it? I was so afraid when I placed my first fish in. I was constantly thinking "What if my hydro meter is off or I didn't read it correctly?"
Is that live rock? Also, are you going to be supporting corals in the future?
Yea,was a little scarey
Yes its live rock. Actually there was about 100lbs or so in the 75gal when I bought it. I still have some in tupperware tubs in the garage with a powerhead for circulation.
Not sure on Corals yet. I really don't want to invest in the lighting right now that most Corals need,although my neighbor has allot of Corals that he is more than willing to frag.
I just got done(not fully completed) with a 125gal Discus tank,and that burned up some cash....
Discus Tank
Reefscape
09-04-2007, 10:01 AM
Lovely Discus tank you have there...
The new 29 looks great, a really great deal...I would be tempted to upgrade sooner rather than later with having that regal tang in there, as it looks to be getting large already...unless that shot is from another tank than the 29..
Just an opinion of course..
Niko
1boatnut
09-04-2007, 1:05 PM
Lovely Discus tank you have there...
The new 29 looks great, a really great deal...I would be tempted to upgrade sooner rather than later with having that regal tang in there, as it looks to be getting large already...unless that shot is from another tank than the 29..
Just an opinion of course..
Niko
Thank you.
Nope,that fish is from the 29
I would say that it is about 4-5" head to tail.
It's a Hippo Blue Tang Yellowbelly (another good deal:) )
They will be moving to the 75 gal
Here is a pic of the 75 I purchased.
The reason for the wait is the tank was kinda nasty.
I want to re-finish the stand.
As you can see from the pic,the rock was all nasty and I found out the tank was re-sealed. Although it does not leak,it looked like a 3 year old sealed it,so I am in the process of re-doing that now. Maybe done in a couple of days,then on to refinishing the stand
1boatnut
09-04-2007, 1:08 PM
Incredible deal...might want to consider the location or pull the blinds will impact the temps and algae growth.
Agree !
Unfortunately now I need to go get some blinds:)
Kodiak
09-04-2007, 2:45 PM
tank needs alot of work, but sweet deal.
ChangDriX
09-04-2007, 3:52 PM
Nasty looking tank in that one pic.
1boatnut
09-04-2007, 6:22 PM
Nasty looking tank in that one pic.
I know.
I thought it was a steal off of Ebay,and it was local.
After purchasing the tank I seen what a mess it really was,but I paid less than 1/2 of what it would cost just for the live rock (around here it's about 5-$6.00 per pound).
There was at least 100lbs of rock,so I think of the tank as almost being free:)
Also came with a Cyclone wet/dry filter with heater,protein skimmer, &uv sterolizer.
But daaaaaaaaaaaummmm it was nasty.Had crushed coral substrate that I threw out