- Location
- Staten Island
All of the I want this and hmm maybe that is done, I always wanted a deep rectangular rimless tank. I nearly went with the Deep Blue rimless75, which is a beautiful tank, but smaller than I wanted. Then I found a good deal on a Marineland 93 rimless cube. Yet another really nice tank but still not grabbing my attention to the point where I had to have it. I started poking around pretty hard calling all local pet stores to see who was a dealer for DSA and so many would be like uh nope we are listed but we dont sell them. FINALLY I found a place in Rockland, a bit over an hours drive and I actually used to live there many moons ago, so I was like ok they have the tank I want the price is good and it's not that bad of a drive to go pick it up. So after a a great discussion with my better half she says go for it you have wanted it for so long, do it!!. well needless to say I was on the phone placing an order for the tank, stand and plumbing kit. I was told it would be be roughly 7-10 days for deliver to the store after the order was placed with DSA. Well I place the order Tuesday, I get a call the following Friday that the tank was delivered and people are staring it placing orders for that same tank. LOL I should have asked for a huge discount from that pet store for letting them advertise on my tank. LOL.. So, yesterday (Saturday) was the big day we went to pick up the tank and stand, let me tell you that the construction of them bot I feel was really impressive. I the stand is solid and really well made. Its not like the cheap stands of days of old .The doors are removable, it has a built in overflow tray in it, and its like a nice piece of furniture, not a fishtank stand. The quality of the tank spoke for itself as well, nice seams, smooth edges and nice trim work on it. Im happy with it. It was worth the wait and the extra money spent on it. After all it is in the living room and I wanted a show piece. So... My Jourrney begins. The tank is home, and the plan is starting to come together.
I am still in the process of planning it all but ,so far I think I will be using the AI Hydra 52 lights (x2) E shopps ADV 200 sump/fuge. The eshopps iv dosing pumps, . As far as skimmer im still at a loss. not sure which to go with as there seem to be so many out there and all have so many pros and cons. I guess I will be doing a lot more research on that. I think for circulation I will be going with a maxspect gyre.
Anyway, this is still the beginning, so any thoughts, suggestions, experiences etc you would like to share I'm all ears. I look forward to sharing my journey and as always reading and learning from you all. I will be posting some pics also.
I am still in the process of planning it all but ,so far I think I will be using the AI Hydra 52 lights (x2) E shopps ADV 200 sump/fuge. The eshopps iv dosing pumps, . As far as skimmer im still at a loss. not sure which to go with as there seem to be so many out there and all have so many pros and cons. I guess I will be doing a lot more research on that. I think for circulation I will be going with a maxspect gyre.
Anyway, this is still the beginning, so any thoughts, suggestions, experiences etc you would like to share I'm all ears. I look forward to sharing my journey and as always reading and learning from you all. I will be posting some pics also.
but looks like that stand and tank are top quality so I don't forsee any problems. Looking forward to the build.
