About 40 years ago I had a large fresh water tank and some smaller breeder tanks. I would breed fish and sell or trade them to the LFS's around town. I lived in San Francisco so they were lots of stores. (did I just date myself?) I guess that was before all this fancy eeelectronic stuff … Life goes on and i gave that up. Many years later………. I decided that it was time to settle down and think about a retirement home. Wimberley seemed like a nice place and who could forget that Twilight Zone episode "A Stop at Willoughby". I always want to try a salt water tank and I thought it might look good in my new home. While the house was being built I decided some research was in order. I found a 125 gal acrylic tank cheap. It was a mess. The kid had drilled holes in the bottom, siliconed in 2 over flow boxes and had very short drain pipes. Well he managed to flood his bedroom and half the house. His parents were pissed. With lot of plugging of holes and polishing out scratches, I had a good tank to play with. Built a external overflow to try the bean animal thing. Did a closed loop for fun. The tank did come with an extra 55 gal glass tank I used to build a 3 chamber sump. Got to try cheato, deep sand beds and all that fun stuff. Found out what worked and what did not. Cheap LED lights will not grow corals, expensive ones will. Cheap pumps break, expensive ones last longer. Live rock and free corals come with a lot of unwanted things that are hard to get rid of. I even ended up with a spiny urchin that came with some live rock. I knew my tang was not that diligent at keeping the rock clean. I break out in stinging welts if I handle those cabbage leathers with my bare hands. After about 3 years the house was done. Gave the tank and livestock away to the needy. So like the Douglases on Green Acres, we packed up and moved from the big city to the country. Now its the chores not the stores. : )))