sfsuphysics
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So my 200 gallon tank leaked from a bottom seam, I'm not even going to attempt to repair it either just not worth my time to attempt to do so, just hoping Spectrum will through a few c-notes my way as compensation for it, but the reality is that's not even what really upset me, if I just tossed it on a stand and then it leaked I'd be mildly irritated but the amount of work I put into making a space for this tank. Basically redid the entire room, which was going to be done tank or not, but I pulled dedicated breakers just to the tank, pulled plumbing through the walls so that I had both salt and ro/di water from a simple twist of a hose right at the tank, build a sink including all the plumbing, running of drains and vents, put in ventilation to deal with pulling out humid air, picked a wonderfully awesome paint for the wall, oh yeah and I build a stand specifically to fit this tank, with overhang surround as a "bar type" and while I didn't put all the lipstick and mascara on it quite yet, the heavy lifting (pun intended) work a LOT of god damn work. All of this can be chronicled in the thread "Mike's Last Build" and right now, there is serious emphasis on the ending 2 words.
So I did what any crazy reefer would do, instead of hucking a sledgehammer through the tank and screaming at the sky, I decided to try and save everything whether or not I decided to keep it is still up in the air, but this whole shelter-in-place bit is giving me time to think about options, even though others have offered to hold, or even buy some of my livestock, thank you for the offer btw (the former of course
). But ultimately when I'm upset and scrambling and things continue to go wrong that really puts you on the edge, two temporary tanks had leaks too (so much for acrylic being better ), which eventually got me to pull out something I did not want to do... my 300 gallon Rubbermaid tub, THE LAGOON IS BACK! Now I wish I set this up as the first option, as it would have allowed me to move rock structures and keep them mostly intact restacking in the tub, the reality is I thought the leaking came from the holes on the bottom of the tank so thought this was a fixable solution, but it wasn't there, which meant the seams.
So my first run with the tub came from breaking down another tank, but that other tank had aiptasia and bubble algae issues which had me give up on it, it would have been a nice tank to keep otherwise, it was big 5' wide and 6' long. but it was acrylic... trust me I know I spend weeks buffing it out before hand. But enough of memory lane, out came the tub, things got moved over. And the other day I made the call to empty even my 40 gallon tank and toss that all in one tank, really didn't want to try and keep two tanks going, hopefully I don't regret it.
So I took some pictures, but unfortunately the reflection of the lights off the surface really limits what I can do unless I shoot underwater, and I don't really want to do that now. Now I'm used to going on and on and on typing a paragraph for every bulkhead I install, I mean just look at this thread so far. So I'll let the pictures speak for themselves... I reduced the overall size by 35% of the original photo, if they're too big, use a computer to view them not your phone
So was that officially Mike's Last Build... only time will tell now. I will reexamine after a while, I don't want to settle for a tank again, which is kind of what I did with the 200g tank as it was glass and a "I can't pass it up" price, but after having a local store trying to charge me $500 more than the price a tank was advertised at, and it had a big old chip in the corner, and another tank builder quoting me a price nearly twice what another local paid for the same size but a few months earlier I think getting what I want might be harder than I think.
Special thanks to Mario and Mike for helping me out in my time of need, even though I didnt make physical contact with them, having stuff left out to get a bulkhead piece, or get some salt mix, helped greatly.
So I did what any crazy reefer would do, instead of hucking a sledgehammer through the tank and screaming at the sky, I decided to try and save everything whether or not I decided to keep it is still up in the air, but this whole shelter-in-place bit is giving me time to think about options, even though others have offered to hold, or even buy some of my livestock, thank you for the offer btw (the former of course
). But ultimately when I'm upset and scrambling and things continue to go wrong that really puts you on the edge, two temporary tanks had leaks too (so much for acrylic being better ), which eventually got me to pull out something I did not want to do... my 300 gallon Rubbermaid tub, THE LAGOON IS BACK! Now I wish I set this up as the first option, as it would have allowed me to move rock structures and keep them mostly intact restacking in the tub, the reality is I thought the leaking came from the holes on the bottom of the tank so thought this was a fixable solution, but it wasn't there, which meant the seams.So my first run with the tub came from breaking down another tank, but that other tank had aiptasia and bubble algae issues which had me give up on it, it would have been a nice tank to keep otherwise, it was big 5' wide and 6' long. but it was acrylic... trust me I know I spend weeks buffing it out before hand. But enough of memory lane, out came the tub, things got moved over. And the other day I made the call to empty even my 40 gallon tank and toss that all in one tank, really didn't want to try and keep two tanks going, hopefully I don't regret it.
So I took some pictures, but unfortunately the reflection of the lights off the surface really limits what I can do unless I shoot underwater, and I don't really want to do that now. Now I'm used to going on and on and on typing a paragraph for every bulkhead I install, I mean just look at this thread so far. So I'll let the pictures speak for themselves... I reduced the overall size by 35% of the original photo, if they're too big, use a computer to view them not your phone
So was that officially Mike's Last Build... only time will tell now. I will reexamine after a while, I don't want to settle for a tank again, which is kind of what I did with the 200g tank as it was glass and a "I can't pass it up" price, but after having a local store trying to charge me $500 more than the price a tank was advertised at, and it had a big old chip in the corner, and another tank builder quoting me a price nearly twice what another local paid for the same size but a few months earlier I think getting what I want might be harder than I think.
Special thanks to Mario and Mike for helping me out in my time of need, even though I didnt make physical contact with them, having stuff left out to get a bulkhead piece, or get some salt mix, helped greatly.
