LPS_Blasto
Member
Hi!!
I had to get rid of my reef tanks and frag tank during the recession. Life has changed an awful lot since then. Got divorced in 2014. Met a nice gal. Got re-married in 2017.
I moved to Florida in April 2018 with my wife. She got a massive promotion (3 levels up the ladder in one step) and a huge pay raise. The company paid for us to move from Colorado to Florida.
I started looking on facebook marketplace and craigslist for tanks. I bought a gently used Aquaeon 90g RR with factory stand, Reef Octopus 150 classic skimmer, LED lights, 30L sump, BRS media reactor with a MaxJett 1200, an Eheim 700-800gpm return pump. It was only 2yrs old. I got a great deal on it. $240
My wife and I started talking and she said maybe we should build a custom stand. That led to her saying, "Well if you're going to spend this kind of money on a fish tank -- are you sure this one is big enough?"
(never ask a reefer if the current tank is big enough)
I sold the 90g tank and stand. Kept the other equipment. I kept looking for a couple more weeks, but people are such flakes -- it was really frustrating to get people to communicate and make arrangements to go see their tanks for sale. I'd show up and a 150g tank turned out to actually be a 50g tank. A 220g tank turned out to be a 650lb behemoth that was "custom made" about 20 years ago. There's no way my wife was going to let me put that in the living room. She was worried about seals on such an old tank. One guy had a brand new 125g RR Aqueon for a nice price but I never could get him nailed down to a time to actually take my money and sell me the tank. You know how it is......
So last weekend I went down to the LFS and ordered a brand new Marineland 180g RR with all black sealent and trim. I can go pick it up this coming Friday.
I had to get rid of my reef tanks and frag tank during the recession. Life has changed an awful lot since then. Got divorced in 2014. Met a nice gal. Got re-married in 2017.
I moved to Florida in April 2018 with my wife. She got a massive promotion (3 levels up the ladder in one step) and a huge pay raise. The company paid for us to move from Colorado to Florida.
I started looking on facebook marketplace and craigslist for tanks. I bought a gently used Aquaeon 90g RR with factory stand, Reef Octopus 150 classic skimmer, LED lights, 30L sump, BRS media reactor with a MaxJett 1200, an Eheim 700-800gpm return pump. It was only 2yrs old. I got a great deal on it. $240
My wife and I started talking and she said maybe we should build a custom stand. That led to her saying, "Well if you're going to spend this kind of money on a fish tank -- are you sure this one is big enough?"
(never ask a reefer if the current tank is big enough)
I sold the 90g tank and stand. Kept the other equipment. I kept looking for a couple more weeks, but people are such flakes -- it was really frustrating to get people to communicate and make arrangements to go see their tanks for sale. I'd show up and a 150g tank turned out to actually be a 50g tank. A 220g tank turned out to be a 650lb behemoth that was "custom made" about 20 years ago. There's no way my wife was going to let me put that in the living room. She was worried about seals on such an old tank. One guy had a brand new 125g RR Aqueon for a nice price but I never could get him nailed down to a time to actually take my money and sell me the tank. You know how it is......
So last weekend I went down to the LFS and ordered a brand new Marineland 180g RR with all black sealent and trim. I can go pick it up this coming Friday.
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