So before I go into reading the rest of this thread I have to say thank you! Thank you for bringing back some awesome memories from our 300 deep dimension years and years ago! When we finally got it into the house our daughter begged to get in it just like this!The Deal was too good to pass up.
$500 for a 200g Deep Dimension Tank 48x36x27, the stand, and a 50g acrylic sump from my trusted LFS owner, And my first large tank!
My wife and I have been talking about getting a 120g tank in the house. She's a planner and likes to have specific direction weeks or months in advanced so I built a mockup of our living room in Blender to work on rearranging the living room to accommodate the aquarium. No sooner did we finally settled on a layout when the 200g tank went on sale I told her that it was only another 12 Inches in depth she ok'd the purchase! She has been a little skeptical about having an aquarium in the house but after almost 6 months of having a smaller tank in my art studio and slowly falling in love with it, she has bought into the hobby! She would go out to the studio just to look at the tank and the idea of relaxing at night next to one in the evening and having giving our son something to watch all day won her over.
Early yesterday I went to the LFS owner's house where he was keeping the tank to inspect it and everything looked great. No bubbles in the seams but the tank and stand could certainly use a little TLC. The LFS owner said he was selling it low just to get it out of his house as it was taking up room. I've known the LFS owner for over a decade and trust him to be honest selling me a quality tank.
After Paying him for the tank and checking out his personal at home tanks I got home and cleared some space in the garage and made plans to pick up the tank later in the day. My father and I went to pick it up with two trucks. The drive home was nerve-wracking but it made the 15-mile drive safe!
When my wife first saw it she said: "wow that's a lot bigger then I thought it was going to be!" (TWSS) She was a bit apprehensive at first but later that day she was actually getting excited about working on getting the stand refurbished and then when I brought up aquascaping she got super pumped! Today she started working on getting the space prepped to move the tank in and really wants to get the ball rolling! My wife is a rockstar and Its so exciting that she's enjoying this hobby with me.
The current checklist is
-Brace the Floor
-Scrape, Sand and Stain the Sand
-Cut out the corner overflows
-Drill back glass and install ghost overflow
-Aquascape
-Plumbing
-Figuring out Lighting
When I first got into this hobby I dreamed of being able to put my kid in a large tank and I finally got the opportunity!
So Pumped for this adventure!
@PirateMonkeyReefer kinda sorry kinda not but I felt since I found this photo I had to share! Here is that picture I was talking about that you so kindly brought back soooo many fond memories of! Our daughter in and my husband next to our old 300DD. Again thank you for that!!!
