chrisp Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I've had a 10 gal tank in my office for about 4 years now. It was on the kitchen counter for about a year before that. It has two fan-tail goldfish and a pleco. I just recently upgraded them to a 29 gal tank. That made me think that I should set up a tank at home again. Years ago, before I had kids. I had a 155 bowfront FOWLR setup. But we moved and it sat in the garage for several years until I sold it. At the new house I did a small tank 30 gal FOWLR built in to the wall in the den downstairs. But that stayed in the house when we moved to Texas. So now I've got the itch to do a new setup. I want to try to keep some corals this time. I'm going to start researching what I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Well I've been hunting the internet and found a 135 gal glass aquarium with a stand for $220. The kids and I drove to Elgin to pick it up tonight after work. I like doing wood work so I plan to build a new stand for it. I still haven't decided where it's going to be placed in the house yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 There is a 3 ply glass brace with some water stains under the laminated pieces. I removed the top 2 pieces to try and clean them up. And found a crack in the main brace. I couldn't get the stains off either. Kind of frustating. I will put the pieces back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 I filled the tank with tap water to see if it has any leaks. So far so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 I bought a 55 gal tank from crendon2003 from here at ARC. I'm probably going to use it as a sump/refugium. I got a powerhead from him as well. I put the powerhead in the tank to test it along with a heater and another powerhead that came with the main tank. No signs of leaking from the tank. The kids were playing in the water and got hand prints all over the front. I put the 55 out on the deck to wash out some of the salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph9123 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I use a 55 gallon in my tank and have about 35 gallon usable water with a in sump skimmer and works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 So after some research I realized that I can't afford to outfit a 135gal tank for corals. So I bought a 40br from Laura here on ARC. I'm going to sell the 135 to pay for lights for the 40. Laura gave me some live rock rubble and sand with the tank. I moved it into a 10 gal tank for now while I clean up the 40 so I can drill some holes for an overflow. I'm probably going to look for a 20Long to use as a sump. Here is the 40br ready for me to get a drill bit. Here is the live sand and rubble I got from Laura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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