Mike and Terry's 300g Reef

**Bernie** · 10-12-2011, 09:05 AM

Wow, gorgeous build and absolutely amazing livestock!

**soccerbag** · 10-12-2011, 09:12 AM

Richmond, VA in the house! That's what I'm talkin' about. Wish more of the RR club would come on over and post more. Great looking tank. I heard about your ordeal with Marineland from some of the guys here local. What a mess. Tank looks great and love the granite top around the tank. Thanks for sharing it here : )

**Mike&Terry** · 10-12-2011, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by swannyson7

Amazing setup! I give you a lot of credit for diving right back in after a disaster like that... my wife would never let me set up another tank after a mess like that!

Thank you! I'm not gonna lie, there were moments where we both felt like throwing in the towel. Thankfully, they didn't last long as our fish are like our children and we truly love this hobby.

Originally Posted by Electrobes

Holy cow. I am just amazed at not only your patience, perseverance, but still your livestock looks great after such an ordeal! What did Marineland say after all that? I'm not sure I could even contain my anger after all that!

Thank you Electrobes! The majority of the 7 month wait for our replacement tank was not the manufacturer's fault and without going into the "gory" details, suffice it to say that the original stock tank was replaced with our new custom tank at no charge to us. As for the overflow box fiasco, they did reimburse us for the repair, but we are still amazed that they ever thought it would hold in the first place.

Originally Posted by Bernie

Wow, gorgeous build and absolutely amazing livestock!

Thank you Bernie!

Originally Posted by soccerbag

Richmond, VA in the house! That's what I'm talkin' about. Wish more of the RR club would come on over and post more. Great looking tank. I heard about your ordeal with Marineland from some of the guys here local. What a mess. Tank looks great and love the granite top around the tank. Thanks for sharing it here : )

Thanks Craig! I don't know whether you are aware, but we are hosting our Annual Reef Party this Saturday. You should come join us. If you are interested, you can find details on the local RR site.

**m and m** · 10-12-2011, 10:19 AM

first time seeming this thread sorry for the misshap in the start of it but the tank looks amazing now. Very clean looking great job.

**Mike&Terry** · 10-12-2011, 10:36 AM

Thank you m and m!

**m and m** · 10-12-2011, 10:40 AM

I wanna take a VA trip and see this and craig's in person one day, they truely are both amazing.

**LegoZ81** · 10-12-2011, 01:39 PM

Did you ever determine what caused the seam split?

Very nice on the rebuild!

**Reef Pets** · 10-12-2011, 03:30 PM

Beautiful

**Mike&Terry** · 10-12-2011, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by m and m

I wanna take a VA trip and see this and craig's in person one day, they truely are both amazing.

If you are ever in town, feel free to stop in and check out our tank...

Originally Posted by LegoZ81

Did you ever determine what caused the seam split?

Very nice on the rebuild!

Thank you LegoZ81! We know there were some issues with silicon and another tank that failed within a week of ours was replaced under warranty, but we were never given a definitive answer as to the cause.

Originally Posted by reefpets

Beautiful

Thank you reefpets!