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the stand is what we thought it would be......just a homemade stand that is not all that nice. so we will have to get new stand/canopy for it. However everything else looks amazing.......the reefkeeper has many additions to it, lots of extra plumbing parts, fans, pumps etc.

I assumed we were going to replace the 125g tank that broke, but curt says we are still able to fix that one so this is an extra tank. We still havent decided what type of tank we will be setting up, however with the starphire tank I am thinking clam/sps tank!

 

OK.....first snag. I pulled a muscle in my back last night putting the tank into the rental van with the seller (who I think is a body builder). The van had a rubber protective floormat and that tank did NOT want to slide. We darn near killed ourselves before I used my brain. I found a whole bunch of cardboard and shoved it under the tank to lower the co-efficient of friction. Then I had this idea of leaving most of the weight on the back corner of the van while lowering the other side onto some casters with wood on top of it. The idea worked....we got the one side all the way down onto the wood.....then it happened!!! The casters kinda "spit out" from under the wood. So now, out front, there is a very expensive aquarium sitting at the end of the walk on top of some boards and all of my male friends are still in church. (The plus side is, even if someone wanted to steal it, they would have to have their own truck plus 2 or 3 other friends). Sheesh.....I'm glad no one was videotaping us.

EDIT: This thing weighs a whole lot more than the 125 (Marineland) or the 135 (All Glass Aquarium). I'm in awe that at my old house, I managed to get a 200g Oceanic into the basement by myself. (That was pre-broken back though)

 

Hope you got the Tank inside and all turned out well. Congratz on getting the tank home at least. More congratz when it makes it into the house.

 

It's in the house. An inexpensive furniture mover made it very easy. I will probably try and take some pictures tonight.

 

Awesome, cant wait to see some pictures.

 

For those that don't know what Starphire (or low-Iron) glass is, it is clear Vs. having a green tint to it. When you look at corals or fish through it, the colors really pop!!!

Here's a link that shows the difference. Starphire Glass Sales, Buy Starphire Glass Products from alibaba.com

 

Giving one of the new sponsors a shot. By the time, the tank is plumbed and ready, I will be ready to move them out of quarantine.

Purple Duncanopsis


A. gomezi


Tri-color A. valida


Superman mushroom


Crayola A. plana


A. horrida


Orange Chaos Zoa


Blue Bottlebrush


Eye of Rah War Coral

 

Nice looking forward.

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Nice grabs, hopefully they get some growth before they make it to the new tank.

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