Posted on Wednesday 2 November 2005
After spending a year learning how to keep fragile saltwater fish and corals alive in a small 30 gallon aquarium, I went out and bought a “real” tank. I went to Kenner about 2 weeks ago and visited George at Coral Connection. I shopped around on the phone before making the trip and figured they’d be the best place to get the whole sha-bang. I spent about 3 hours mulling over choices after giving up with the girl (Nikki) that works there. Everytime I’d ask a question about some equipment, the answer was usually “well it depends on what you prefer.” This translates into “I really don’t know.” I got everything picked, bet George a buck it would all fit in my car, won the bet (I understand this doesn’t happen often… I saw his wall of dollars), and headed home cautiously. I could only see out my driver window and windshield. Got home and went to Lowes, bought all my plumbing supplies and went to gluing it together. I was lucky to be able to have the help of my faithful friend BJ. We’ve been friends since the 4th grade and have worked on numerous “projects” in the past so we got the whole thing setup, plumbed, filled and running in about 4 hours. The tank has cycled and everythign from the 30 has been transfered. So far I’m very impressed with how it is turning out and the LACK of problems I’ve had with the entire setup. I guess the year of education really helped me out.
Here is a picture of the tank right after I got everything transferred and the water cleared up.
