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Nina51
01/13/2014, 05:55 AM
a little over 1 year ago, i started with a 14g biocube. two months later, because i wanted some corals, i got a 29g hqi biocube.

last night, i had a terrible nighmare that i bought a 75g tank.

i woke up this morning, flipped on the light to make coffee and guess what i saw in my living room. :eek:

Rybren
01/13/2014, 06:28 AM
Rybren's new 75G that you so thoughtfully bought for him?

Nina51
01/13/2014, 06:36 AM
nice try! :p

Rybren
01/13/2014, 06:37 AM
I thought so. Ma'am!

billdogg
01/13/2014, 07:32 AM
Sure would make a dandy sump for my 120! Heck. You don't even have to deliver. I'll pick it up if you'll pay for gas!��

Nina51
01/13/2014, 07:36 AM
Ma'am!

don't push it.

I'll pick it up if you'll pay for gas!

sorry billy boy. i can't pay for anything. i just bought a big tank.

billdogg
01/13/2014, 07:51 AM
And I feel your pain.

Nina51
01/13/2014, 08:19 AM
johnike is gonna be feelin' some srs pain very shortly.

Vinny Kreyling
01/13/2014, 09:46 AM
Pics or it didn't happen!

reeferstace
01/13/2014, 10:02 AM
Congratulations! :D

Nina51
01/13/2014, 11:27 AM
Pics or it didn't happen!

<a href="http://s6.photobucket.com/user/Ninapearl/media/75g_zps5041e615.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Ninapearl/75g_zps5041e615.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 75g_zps5041e615.jpg"/></a>

and no, that snot an outside window, it's a picture window that looks into a new room i just had built on. i would *like* to be able to view the tank from either room.

Sugar Magnolia
01/13/2014, 11:32 AM
That's awesome Nina! Looking forward to following your progress.

billdogg
01/13/2014, 11:32 AM
This is kinda weird, all these loungers posting " out here".

Looks like a great spot to me. What do your little tiny dogs think of it so far?

Nina51
01/13/2014, 01:53 PM
That's awesome Nina! Looking forward to following johnike's progress.

ftfy ;) john is gonna come down sometime and help me get a sump going, etc. etc. hoping charlie and laura (mr./ms. floatingfish) will be able to join us. it'll be a mini MA party. :)

What do your little tiny dogs think of it so far?

my little tiny boy dog didn't give a rat's patoot 'cause i only hadda move his chair over a couple of feet. my little tiny girl dog was not happy because i hadda move her big honkin' dog bed to the other side of the room. she paced and boofed at me till i moved it back. neener don't wanna tick off the little tiny dogs!

Vinny Kreyling
01/13/2014, 05:03 PM
Lookin Good!

tkeracer619
01/13/2014, 05:49 PM
Somebody should probably let beerguy know that the lounge gate was left unlocked again...

Nina51
01/13/2014, 06:36 PM
i have a permanent hall pass from the lounge. it's all good. ;)

tkeracer619
01/13/2014, 07:01 PM
Is that like the elevator pass in middle school? ;)

FloatingFish
01/13/2014, 07:07 PM
ftfy ;) john is gonna come down sometime and help me get a sump going, etc. etc. hoping charlie and laura (mr./ms. floatingfish) will be able to join us. it'll be a mini MA party. :)



Just let us know when! As long as its not this weekend. Is it RR? What are you using for a sump?

Nina51
01/14/2014, 07:47 AM
Is that like the elevator pass in middle school? ;)

more or less. ;)

Just let us know when! As long as its not this weekend. Is it RR? What are you using for a sump?

hopefully, some time in the next few weeks. i still need to get a skimmer, heaters, lights...pretty much everything to get it RR. as for the sump, to fit anything bigger than a 20g, i'm gonna have to pop the top center brace out, put a 30g in through the top, then put the brace back on. it's just stapled so it shouldn't be a big deal. i'll let you know! plan an overnighter for sure, it's gonna be a 2-day job getting everything set up and my critters moved over.

not sure about cycling. i probably only have about 40# of live rock between my 2 little tanks. gonna have to get more, i know. wondering if i will be able to move livestock over right away or if i will have to let the new tank cycle first.

much to ponder! still trying to figure out which lights i want. lots of different opinions/advice! johnike talked me into doing this so i'm leaving it up to him to do my shopping and spend my son's inheritance. ;)

aandfsoccr04
01/14/2014, 09:23 AM
Wow I love that grandfather the clock. Those things are so cool! oh, cool tank.

JB63
01/14/2014, 09:29 AM
Congratulations on the large tank ... though, as my LFS owner said when I got my 210 ... "You know what you did, right? ... You just bought yourself a big shopping cart" :(

KafudaFish
01/14/2014, 09:33 AM
Please come with me. It is past jello 30.

Nina51
01/14/2014, 11:41 AM
Wow I love that grandfather the clock. Those things are so cool! oh, cool tank.

LOL, thanks! had to have the mechanism worked on a few months ago so i was without it for a few days. amazing how you can get used to certain sounds and when they aren't there, drives ya crazy!

Congratulations on the large tank ... though, as my LFS owner said when I got my 210 ... "You know what you did, right? ... You just bought yourself a big shopping cart" :(

TDameritrade has been good to me lately. ;) i know it's gonna be expensive to get it going but it's something i have wanted to do for a very long time.

Please come with me. It is past jello 30.

since when is dr. kafuda in charge of meds? is nurse aliie on vacation?

KafudaFish
01/14/2014, 12:29 PM
She gave me a key.

Nina51
01/14/2014, 01:40 PM
lucky you!

i'm looking at this light...
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=24725&prodid=50780&catid=3

and this skimmer...
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=20033&prodid=40186&catid=3

Zacktosterone
01/14/2014, 02:19 PM
i have a feeling that the lights are not all that good in anyway, if you want to grow coral i would steer clear, the skimmer doesn't look too bad. just make sur it's double the gallon rating of your tank