jrlg
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TL;DR
So just a heads up don't judge me on the novel I just wrote, it needs to be told! Follow ups will be short and sweet with pics and less words.
So my first post of my build thread.... I have learned so much and have seen so many great ideas on here since joining a few weeks back and now I am here to start the journey officially. First the back story, why I got back in, not what you think either. I work for Costco and one evening during a monsoon in late July a member called and asked if he could come over and get a power inverter even though we were closing soon, well he made it about 10 minutes after we closed but we still let him get the inverter, as I was ringing him up for the $500 emergency purchase we asked what it was for and he said the power was out in his neighborhood and would be for a few hours and his salt water tank needed power. I felt bad for him remembering my 55 gallon tank I had back in the day, we talked for a few about a LFS that I used to purchase livestock from, then he was on his way to save his fish and corals. That night I told a co-worker that the tank I had was fun but expensive at times. A week later my daughter needed four teeth pulled some-what on the fly, the dentist appointment was originally made to fix her spacers (dealing with a kid who needs braces, not helping the fish fund one bit) so I called out sick to stay home with her after her ordeal. While at home I was looking on the site offerup and randomly searched "salt water tank" and this showed up
so when my wife came home I just jokingly told her I wanted to get it, as you figured she agreed with my craziness.
So I messaged the seller, (wife selling her husbands tank, (he was out of town)) and said I would like to know the dimensions of the tank. She didn't know them but I figured 72 inches long, it looked like a good sized tank for sure and it was only 200 gallons..... First time I even looked on offerup and its costing me $1300, good grief. So I call the husband and he tells me he has been building the tank for a while and has had FWLRO tanks in the past but they are moving due to his work and the new house doesn't have room for it. So I know I'm picking up a tank, custom made stand and a custom made glass sump. The day arrives to get the tank, 8/3/18 not really knowing how heavy the stand is I rent the smallest U-Haul box truck with a ramp, because the stand is always heavier than the tank right? Then I call my brother to help me get it. We get to the pick-up location and I discover the dimensions I had wanted 84x24x24.5 Long story short I don't know how the two of us lifted the tank in the first place but we got it loaded, all the while glad I got the box truck and really glad I got the ramp
then we moved it in by carrying the stand by hand through the back yard, couldn't roll had grass and rock to deal with because the short route thru the front door was too tight for the length of the stand
our front room is now the fish room. And I owe a lot to my brother, heaven help me next time he moves...…….. more to come
So just a heads up don't judge me on the novel I just wrote, it needs to be told! Follow ups will be short and sweet with pics and less words.
So my first post of my build thread.... I have learned so much and have seen so many great ideas on here since joining a few weeks back and now I am here to start the journey officially. First the back story, why I got back in, not what you think either. I work for Costco and one evening during a monsoon in late July a member called and asked if he could come over and get a power inverter even though we were closing soon, well he made it about 10 minutes after we closed but we still let him get the inverter, as I was ringing him up for the $500 emergency purchase we asked what it was for and he said the power was out in his neighborhood and would be for a few hours and his salt water tank needed power. I felt bad for him remembering my 55 gallon tank I had back in the day, we talked for a few about a LFS that I used to purchase livestock from, then he was on his way to save his fish and corals. That night I told a co-worker that the tank I had was fun but expensive at times. A week later my daughter needed four teeth pulled some-what on the fly, the dentist appointment was originally made to fix her spacers (dealing with a kid who needs braces, not helping the fish fund one bit) so I called out sick to stay home with her after her ordeal. While at home I was looking on the site offerup and randomly searched "salt water tank" and this showed up
so when my wife came home I just jokingly told her I wanted to get it, as you figured she agreed with my craziness.
So I messaged the seller, (wife selling her husbands tank, (he was out of town)) and said I would like to know the dimensions of the tank. She didn't know them but I figured 72 inches long, it looked like a good sized tank for sure and it was only 200 gallons..... First time I even looked on offerup and its costing me $1300, good grief. So I call the husband and he tells me he has been building the tank for a while and has had FWLRO tanks in the past but they are moving due to his work and the new house doesn't have room for it. So I know I'm picking up a tank, custom made stand and a custom made glass sump. The day arrives to get the tank, 8/3/18 not really knowing how heavy the stand is I rent the smallest U-Haul box truck with a ramp, because the stand is always heavier than the tank right? Then I call my brother to help me get it. We get to the pick-up location and I discover the dimensions I had wanted 84x24x24.5 Long story short I don't know how the two of us lifted the tank in the first place but we got it loaded, all the while glad I got the box truck and really glad I got the ramp
then we moved it in by carrying the stand by hand through the back yard, couldn't roll had grass and rock to deal with because the short route thru the front door was too tight for the length of the stand
our front room is now the fish room. And I owe a lot to my brother, heaven help me next time he moves...…….. more to come
