Strange things are afoot at our house...

[underwaterfirefighter]

My wife has always asked if we could get certain fish for our tank while we would be at our LFS. Of course the fish she wanted generally fell into the "NOT REEF SAFE" category. She has also always loved bowfront style tanks. So not long ago she got a idea that we should get an oceanic 144 half circle set up. I wasn't really too excited about having a bowfront until she suggested that we keep our 120 that we never have set up and make it the reef tank and get a 144 to be set up as a fowlr. That way I can have my reef and she can have the fish she wants! I of course said "what an excellent idea". :bigsmile: So we took down the 90 gallon we were using as our reef tank. I built a quick 2x4 stand for a 50 breeder we had to hold the few fish we have. A quick trip (14 hours) to Southern Jersey to pick up a used 144 half circle, and we are underway. It is going to be a long, hard process, but it will be awesome in the end. Here are a couple pics of the initial progress. more to follow as we proceed.

Thanks for looking.

 

[SaraB]

Very cool, can't wait to see the progress!

 

[akabryanhall]

Awesome, half circles look so cool!

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

One more pic. The 144 on its back for a good cleaning. I need to do a lil work on the stand to make it what we want. Also thinking about running the plumbing into the wall and through the baseplate into the crawl space, then into the garrage and have a sump room in there. Luckily the garage floor is about three feet below the height of the living room floor so it should work out pretty good.

Pic of the 144 in cleaning mode...

 

[RogerWilco357]

that is a nice tank cannot wait to see it up and running and it has dual overflows sweet.

 

[reefsandrotts]

Did you get the tank from Teri and Anthony?

 

[dougers31]

You are one lucky man to have a wife that wants another tank in the house "Happy wife, Happy life"

 

[MimicOcto8]

you are lucky is an under statement! my wife wont even come into the fish store with me

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Reeefsandrotts, we did not. Tank came from just outside of Salem NJ from a fellow reefer who is leaving the hobby. We are very excited about it. I hope to find time tomorrow afternoon to do some more cleaning and work on the stand.

 

[BlazinNano]

Awesome man. I know how you feel the fiance's FOWLR is bigger then my reef....

Actually you are doing better then me. Hers is almost three times the size of mine. I have a 46 gallon bowfront she has 125 gallon.

 

[Alattner]

wow this is going to be a nice little project. very cool. mimic i feel your pain on that one

 

[VelasCorals]

My wife could say she wants a 5 gallon FOWL and I would be ecstatic! Shoot, she could say anything positive about the hobby and I would love it. You are a lucky man!

 

[skinz78]

Nice looking tank! They have one at the Seattle Aquarium and have it set up with fish and corals that are only native to Hawaii and it is really sweet!

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Thanks again everyone. I am very lucky. She still gets mad at me for looking at R2R too much. But at least she is interested in the hobby. :bigsmile:

 

[_Alex_]

Thanks again everyone. I am very lucky. She still gets mad at me for looking at R2R too much. But at least she is interested in the hobby. :bigsmile:

that is mine exactly!! she is the one that got me into all this but yet says i look at stuff on the internet way to much!

very nice tank goign to be some sweet setups!