Looking For My Monster

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I'm back.
Yes, I may need ventilation fans in the garage. Time will tell. The DDR machine came from a church group in Wilmington NC. Now back to posting!

 

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We had big Dan come for a visit to tell us what could be done to the inside wall. We liked what he had to say and told him to start building. He left and will return with what he builds soon.

 

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Well the first thing we need is a door know & a new lock on our door.

 

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The free water I told you about here in Wilmington is high in Phosphate. The first thing I wanted to get running on the tank is a Phosphate reactor. We found a nice one at "Foster & Smith" that will work for about 500 gallons. I think it's all that we will need to get the job done.

 

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We think it's time to make a hole in the wall so we can see the tank from the living room. We moved the entrainment center to the middle of the room knowing it will be in the way for a while. We really want to see the tank now!

 

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YES!!! We can finely see the thing. We're happy so far. Nobody wants to look at an empty tank so Mike put some rock into it to get things started

 

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It’s now time to add a couple of fish to be sure things in the tank are going OK. We knew the was no way to catch one from the old 125 gallon tank, so we got two new ones from the LFS.

 

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One thing that has always bothered me since acquiring this aquarium is that it is very unattractive on the inside. After some discussion it was decided to build rock walls to cover the complete inside of the tank. It would mean a lot of work but would turn this eyesore into something very pleasant. We set out to find a few hundred pounds of suitable rock. We went to LRS (local rock store) that is very near my home to see what we could find.

 

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Oh nice ! Congrats man your almost there. Cant wait to see that happy mandarin

 

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We found a type of rock that would work well for us. The problem was that it was a small piece we found on the ground. We could not find any more. We asked the owner who told us that it was not selling and she dumped it on the side of her lot a while ago. It was probably over grown but we could have all there was free for the taking. Tom & I started looking for usable pieces.