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Sooooooooooo, I always start out expecting an epic failure when doing a new tank, but I feel pretty darn good about this one! Not only because of our decisions on equipment, but mainly because we are actually planning this one out and taking our time (as opposed to our spur of the moment, impulse buys, and erratic decision making with our previous tanks)
PSA: this is hard for me. I'm impatient and buy whatever looks good at the time instead of putting in the effort to research and make educated decisions. I'm an adult, I know. Blows my mind too! ;Hilarious That being said, bare with me through this disastrous/miraculous (unsure of which yet) adventure and pray we can get through it with full heads of hair! LOL!
To start things off, we decided we didn't want to get a brand new tank - where's the fun in that?! This is how we test the strength and boundaries of our love for each other! Haha!
So, we started looking for a used tank. Something for us to bring back to life! We've searched for weeks and weeks! Yesterday, we FINALLY found our tank. It's a 180, it included the stand and canopy. Trashed this canopy though, we're going build a floating one. We picked it up this morning, cleaned the filthy mess up (4 DAGGUM HOURS BTW), and just finished the 3rd coat of black paint on the back. By the grace of God, there's only ONE TINY scratch on the whole tank. WIN! We're going to be sanding and restaining the stand and probably redo the doors on it. Anywho, here are some pictures of before/after my deep cleaning. And, of course, my predictable shenanigans. ;Wacky
Btw, go ahead and note how hubs is a minuscule contributor. Had to notate that in case he tries to take credit for my hardwork and effort.
Love you babe! ;Smuggrin @Omgitsjoe
I'll update as we go along and hopefully we will have some huge progress in the very near future!
Oh, if you have any funny build pics, send them my way! This hobby is a headache majority of the time, so might as well have a little fun with it, right?! Happy reefing everyone!
PSA: this is hard for me. I'm impatient and buy whatever looks good at the time instead of putting in the effort to research and make educated decisions. I'm an adult, I know. Blows my mind too! ;Hilarious That being said, bare with me through this disastrous/miraculous (unsure of which yet) adventure and pray we can get through it with full heads of hair! LOL!
To start things off, we decided we didn't want to get a brand new tank - where's the fun in that?! This is how we test the strength and boundaries of our love for each other! Haha!
So, we started looking for a used tank. Something for us to bring back to life! We've searched for weeks and weeks! Yesterday, we FINALLY found our tank. It's a 180, it included the stand and canopy. Trashed this canopy though, we're going build a floating one. We picked it up this morning, cleaned the filthy mess up (4 DAGGUM HOURS BTW), and just finished the 3rd coat of black paint on the back. By the grace of God, there's only ONE TINY scratch on the whole tank. WIN! We're going to be sanding and restaining the stand and probably redo the doors on it. Anywho, here are some pictures of before/after my deep cleaning. And, of course, my predictable shenanigans. ;Wacky
Btw, go ahead and note how hubs is a minuscule contributor. Had to notate that in case he tries to take credit for my hardwork and effort.
Love you babe! ;Smuggrin @Omgitsjoe
I'll update as we go along and hopefully we will have some huge progress in the very near future!
Oh, if you have any funny build pics, send them my way! This hobby is a headache majority of the time, so might as well have a little fun with it, right?! Happy reefing everyone!