how it started

[hayleyjane83]

ok cut long story short it started with tropicals,then bought a juwel rio 400 which had more mean fish then nice ,i decided that was to big and went for a aqua reef 200 which was a peaceful tank also started getting a few corals for me to sell up and now start on this ,,,,,,,

 

[hayleyjane83]

aqua reef 200 i had ​

 

[hayleyjane83]

​my other half decided he wanted a christmas present and this is where this came along!

 

[hayleyjane83]

so he goes to get the tank which we had to hire a van for ,he told me it wasnt very big was the size of my small sofa! gets a phone call a hr after he left the house to say he doesnt think he will get the tank in the van! he did! so a huge tank was coming through my patio doors and a huge tank in my eyes coming through my front door at the same time!then doors and wood etc i was mortified!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Nice! What size is the tank?

 

[hayleyjane83]

Nice! What size is the tank?

4ft x 3ft x 2ft

 

[hayleyjane83]

and then it gets put toghther with a little added extra!

 

[hayleyjane83]

she didnt want to get out she wanted to be a mermaid!

 

[hayleyjane83]

next step was led units!

 

[hayleyjane83]

i really hated the cupboard! the wood was horrible!

 

[hayleyjane83]

so off to the hardware we went!

 

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[hayleyjane83]

went to LFS and got some supllies!

 

[hayleyjane83]

view of the cabinet of and the 300=350 sump!

 

[hayleyjane83]

by this time i had like 3 hrs to get everything wrapped up and sorted for my daughter 6th birthday in the morning so i had had enough of my house being trashed!

 

[hayleyjane83]

yay finally have some kind of cabinet so everything stopped for the mayhem of kids running around !

 

[hayleyjane83]

ok all systems resumed on the 11th of january after clearing up all the birthday mess!

 

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[hayleyjane83]

filling up took for ever sump started getting filled on the 18th jan