flboyinohio
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I decided to move the images of my new tank to there own thread so i can start fresh and forget the memories of my craptastic 20 gallon long.
After countless hours of wasted time searching for bigger tanks on craigslist this 29 gallon beauty was under my nose the whole time. A friend of mine works in the IT department at my school and told me his buddy had just graduated, taken a job in Florida and needed to dump his old tank, SOO...... for only $100 I was able to pick up:
1.) A Corallife 30" fixture, "Double Linear Strip with 50/50 Compact Fluorescent Lamps, 2 on/off switches, 2 - 8 foot power cords for separate timers, 2 cooling fans, built-in ballasts, sleek aluminum housing, highly-polished reflector and acrylic lens cover"
2.) Two Maxi-Jet 1200 Power heads which have an output of 295gph (590gph total)
3.) A whisper 60 Power filter to run carbon (330gph). I might take on side of the filter and make a fuge out of it like I planned to do with my old Emperor 400
4.) JEBO Protein Skimmer 180. I know what everyone is going to say and yes as soon as I put fish in there (3 months from now) I will upgrade to a better piece of equipment.
5.) And finally, 4 inch bed of LS as well as probably 35lbs of honestly the nicest LR I have ever seen, which, unknown had the time has a large Xenia tree on it and a bunch of small colonies of Zoo's. Because the lights have been off in the tank for probally 2-3 weeks the Zoos have "turtled" back into their shafts but I am confident they will be fine.
Sorry if the pictures aren't great quality I had to use my Blackberry since my girl friend misplaced my digital.
After countless hours of wasted time searching for bigger tanks on craigslist this 29 gallon beauty was under my nose the whole time. A friend of mine works in the IT department at my school and told me his buddy had just graduated, taken a job in Florida and needed to dump his old tank, SOO...... for only $100 I was able to pick up:
1.) A Corallife 30" fixture, "Double Linear Strip with 50/50 Compact Fluorescent Lamps, 2 on/off switches, 2 - 8 foot power cords for separate timers, 2 cooling fans, built-in ballasts, sleek aluminum housing, highly-polished reflector and acrylic lens cover"
2.) Two Maxi-Jet 1200 Power heads which have an output of 295gph (590gph total)
3.) A whisper 60 Power filter to run carbon (330gph). I might take on side of the filter and make a fuge out of it like I planned to do with my old Emperor 400
4.) JEBO Protein Skimmer 180. I know what everyone is going to say and yes as soon as I put fish in there (3 months from now) I will upgrade to a better piece of equipment.
5.) And finally, 4 inch bed of LS as well as probably 35lbs of honestly the nicest LR I have ever seen, which, unknown had the time has a large Xenia tree on it and a bunch of small colonies of Zoo's. Because the lights have been off in the tank for probally 2-3 weeks the Zoos have "turtled" back into their shafts but I am confident they will be fine.
Sorry if the pictures aren't great quality I had to use my Blackberry since my girl friend misplaced my digital.
lame.....
