220 superbuild

[tims]

any updates?

[mtfatwork]

none as of yet, we are a bit of a hold off. We are taking a week or two to consider building a tank in place of the 220 out of acrylic. Spazz of Aquatic Acrylics is a good friend of ours and put this bug in our heads this week about building a new 220, only with more accomodating dimensions. The one I have now is aprx 72Lx25Wx31T He is proposing we build one that is 31Wx25Tx72L. He knows I hate the fact that I cannot reach the bottom of my tank without snorkeling...lol. So we are feeling around to see if anyone is interested in buying a 220 gallon tank, stand, and canopy. The ball will be rolling on this within the next 2 weeks regardless because We are hosting a meeting in May, so the tank needs to be back up by then. . Only update is that I have sold all the old rock, and am planning on replacing it all with one type of rock. My original plan was Pukani dead rock, but my source fell through, so now I am ordering new live rock. Trying to decide between Kaelini, Unava, or Vanuatu. Cost will be what tips the scales I think. I need around 250# so it should be interesting.

Oh, I set up a tank fund by selling tank related stuff I would no longer be using, and rock and such.
Total in tank fund at the moment: $970. This will help make the build as painless as possible. Also, we are getting one of the new volcano skimmers from aquatic acrylics, and Dustin has been working for the owner, so we are getting a deal on the skimmer as well . DC8 for the aquacontroller comes in this week also (which has already been paid for by the tank fund). So I guess yes and no. No actual progress on the moving of the tank, but yes the wheels have still been turning, and planning and ordering has been done

[smeese]

Sounds good Mary and Dustin! Keep us up to date.

[tims]

heheh spazz is a good guy...
well sounds like you have a good deal of things going on.

[mtfatwork]

that is for sure. I think I have the 220 sold, if so I can order the new tank next week .

[tims]

hope it goes smoothly for ya

[mtfatwork]

Well, buyer backed out on the 220... so back up for sale it goes. Just kinda a bummer because I was all ready to order the new tank

[tims]

mary if i was close by......
sorry to hear they backed out.

[mtfatwork]

yeah, well, I figure I will give it a week and if no takers, I will just continue the rebuild progress. Just kinda bumming because I was so close to having a tank with the perfect dimensions

[wesley]

Hey! I recognize some of that LR in the pics back there... It looks a bit bigger in my tank, though... Can't wait to see more progress. I'll cross my fingers that someone still gets in on your 220....

[mtfatwork]

Thanks Wes, I am really hoping to move the tank. Still hoping to have it up by the meeting, but as it creeps up closer and closer, that is looking very doubtfull at this point...

[mtfatwork]

Update: I sold the tank last night, yay! Now for the fun. The tank will be custom acrylic, 3/4 inch in diameter, built by aquatic acrylics. It will have exterior overflows, and within the week I will have some final dimensions for you spec junkies out there . Now that the tank is out of the way we have decided we are going to look into pulling up the carpet where the tank will sit, and having it tiled in that area instead. I am soooo excited!

[mtfatwork]

I am also going to get ahold of a new rock source this week, to see about ordering the rock

[YLChik]

Originally Posted by mtfatwork

Now that the tank is out of the way we have decided we are going to look into pulling up the carpet where the tank will sit, and having it tiled in that area instead. I am soooo excited!

that sounds like a dream!!!! WOOT!

[tims]

congrats for selling the tank!