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Hi all, I'm new to the forum and was asked to share an introduction - so here goes...
When I was growing up my father had aquariums for years - I think we had up to 10 at one point in our apartment. From what I remember there was a reef tank, FW community, cichlid, a tank with oscars/etc..., and then we each had a few salt and freshwater in our bedrooms.
Years later he scaled it back to a large reef tank, community and cichlid. Unfortunately the reef tank sprung a leak one weekend and he had to tear down a years long successful tank that he had even moved years before to Ohio from Kansas. The tank sat empty for years until I snagged it from him.
It's been quite a process. I've power washed the tank. Sanded, stained and polyurethaned the stand. Patched the tank - moved it to my place and found it still leaked - repatched again and working on testing the new patch!
So this has been a few months running, and still working at getting this sucker going!
I'll be setting up at 75g freshwater community tank and I'm a little nervous. I know I already don't have strong enough lights, but I'd like to have plants.
So it's an uphill battle all the way folks! Wish me luck! Hope to have this patch finalized and tested this week and getting this puppy going soon!
Eric
When I was growing up my father had aquariums for years - I think we had up to 10 at one point in our apartment. From what I remember there was a reef tank, FW community, cichlid, a tank with oscars/etc..., and then we each had a few salt and freshwater in our bedrooms.
Years later he scaled it back to a large reef tank, community and cichlid. Unfortunately the reef tank sprung a leak one weekend and he had to tear down a years long successful tank that he had even moved years before to Ohio from Kansas. The tank sat empty for years until I snagged it from him.
It's been quite a process. I've power washed the tank. Sanded, stained and polyurethaned the stand. Patched the tank - moved it to my place and found it still leaked - repatched again and working on testing the new patch!
So this has been a few months running, and still working at getting this sucker going!
I'll be setting up at 75g freshwater community tank and I'm a little nervous. I know I already don't have strong enough lights, but I'd like to have plants.
So it's an uphill battle all the way folks! Wish me luck! Hope to have this patch finalized and tested this week and getting this puppy going soon!
Eric
