I am almost afraid to start this thread as its been a few yeas in the making now...what a journey
first i little back story. I'll make it quick skip all the details as I dont want to boar you all, lets face it your hear for the pics not an essay on my life the last couple of years..lol
it all started nov. 14th 2018 where I order a red sea 750XXL I was between the 750 and a same size Water box I ended up going with the red sea as WB was on back order for a few months.
got lot of gear the black Friday. thinga are starting to look good for this build.
the tank arrived very quickly from RS here are some pics:
this was not fun getting it in to the house. a little man power for the win:
but we managed to get in in safe and sound
here is what I was planning. note the TV would swing out of the way when not in use.
well after all that the GF and I bought fixer upper. it was suposed to be a investment property about 30 min. from where I live. but my land lord said he was not sure what we wanted to do with the gust house that we where staying in. so into reefing limbo I went not wanting to set up that big tank stock and and get it going nice only to move all the life.
so stayed there for 4 months then we decided to move to the other side of the Tetons the Idaho side where we bought the house. the good news was there is a perfect place for a peninsula tank! something i always loved and wanted.
I put up the 750xxl for sale of course that is when all the treads of the stands not supporting the tank where going on so on. so no takers.
then a few weels later I get a call from a not so local fish store about 8 hours away saying that he has a client down in Dever area that needs a tank ASAP as he busted a seem and has thousands in top end corals. so cant wait for one to be shipped.
so we make a deal the new 750xxl for a new 650 peninsula.yeah I lost a little there but it was a win win.
so he and a buddy drive the 8 hours in the middle of winter get here at 2Am and the 3 of us...yes only 3 load the 750 in the middle of the night in a wyoming blizzard.
talk about a tease having such a nice tank to only let it go...
first i little back story. I'll make it quick skip all the details as I dont want to boar you all, lets face it your hear for the pics not an essay on my life the last couple of years..lol
it all started nov. 14th 2018 where I order a red sea 750XXL I was between the 750 and a same size Water box I ended up going with the red sea as WB was on back order for a few months.
got lot of gear the black Friday. thinga are starting to look good for this build.
the tank arrived very quickly from RS here are some pics:
this was not fun getting it in to the house. a little man power for the win:
but we managed to get in in safe and sound
here is what I was planning. note the TV would swing out of the way when not in use.
well after all that the GF and I bought fixer upper. it was suposed to be a investment property about 30 min. from where I live. but my land lord said he was not sure what we wanted to do with the gust house that we where staying in. so into reefing limbo I went not wanting to set up that big tank stock and and get it going nice only to move all the life.
so stayed there for 4 months then we decided to move to the other side of the Tetons the Idaho side where we bought the house. the good news was there is a perfect place for a peninsula tank! something i always loved and wanted.
I put up the 750xxl for sale of course that is when all the treads of the stands not supporting the tank where going on so on. so no takers.
then a few weels later I get a call from a not so local fish store about 8 hours away saying that he has a client down in Dever area that needs a tank ASAP as he busted a seem and has thousands in top end corals. so cant wait for one to be shipped.
so we make a deal the new 750xxl for a new 650 peninsula.yeah I lost a little there but it was a win win.
so he and a buddy drive the 8 hours in the middle of winter get here at 2Am and the 3 of us...yes only 3 load the 750 in the middle of the night in a wyoming blizzard.
talk about a tease having such a nice tank to only let it go...