can you plumb them together but put them in separate rooms????
I can't believe I'm going to say this but if they are both going into your
living room or the such she's probably right....sounds like the 170 has a
pretty good looking stand and the 70 isn't quite as nice...(I've never seen
a particle board stand before). That's probably why she's allowing you to
upgrade your tank.
ron
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From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: Used tank...
> She thinks it will look bad. Personally, I am into making the inhabitants
of
> the tanks the center of attention. The stand and surrounding objects are
> secondary (I am not saying I wouldn't want the stand and such to look
good,
> but they are barely noticed when people notice the tank). The stands are
not
> exactly the same, and she thinks having 2 tanks in the room like that is
> going to look funky. Both stands are black, but the 170 is a shiny oak
> finish and my current set up is a flat black particle board set up. I can
> repaint it to a shiny coat, which may help, but I don't think she thinks
the
> two tanks together like that will look good. I think it would be pretty
wild
> looking. I picture a nice 6 foot reef tank with a bunch of SPS and fish
and
> then kitty-corner the cubical 70 with a big fat carpet anemone in it with
> some clownfish doing their thing.
>
> She didn't argue about the 170, which actually threw me because she
already
> hates the 70, but then when I tried to mix both tanks in their, she wasn't
> going for it... I hope I can make it work, but may have to just be happy
> with the 170 (I say that like a 170 is a bad thing!)....
>
> Shane
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Used tank...
>
> Well Shane, I would say find out what it is that is concerning the
> wife
> about it. The room it will take up, the noise, money, then see
> what you
> can do to alleviate her concerns. ( had to just do this with my
> wife to get
> my 220 setup. ) She was worried it was going to be a eyesore but
> once I
> showed her that it would actually look very nice she was all for it.
>
>
> Steve
> ---------- Original Text ----------
>
> From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 2001-06-20 4:13 PM:
>
> Okay everyone.... Heres the real question. Ran the two tank idea by
> the wife
> today. She was not going for it. She was not so against the big
> tank, but
> was not going for the two tank set up. So... the real question is,
> how do I
> convince her that the two tank set up would be cool??? That is the
> real
> question...
>
> Fifty bucks to however can give me the sure fire way!! :-)
>
>
> Shane
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 4:40 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Used tank...
>
> Hi, Shane. Hoping to encourage you to do the deal. 170
> gallons is a
> lot of
> tank, especially connected to your 70 gallon. Seems like a
> very
> interesting
> set-up. If the 170 is rectangular, you can simply build a
> shelf over
> it and
> mount the lights on the underside of the shelf. You can
> place light
> things
> for storage on top and put a nice looking trim around it for
> a more
> professional look. You can do this by buying premachined
> boards at
> Home Depot
> and mounting them on some inexpensive shelf brackets. The
> whole
> project can
> be done really well for under $100. You would need a good
> return
> pump and for
> a system that size an Iwaki WMD40XRLT would work very well.
> These
> are
> available online for around $160 plus shipping and will
> literally
> run
> forever. You can, of course, hard plum the entire system
> easily with
> sched.
> 40 PVC. I have about 500 gallons of systems on the second
> floor of
> our house.
> The weight is not a problem as long as we don't add
> waterbeds! You
> should try
> to put your tanks perpendicular to floor joists. Electrical
> supply
> is more of
> a concern. You can very easily polish out the majority of
> defects in
> the
> plexi by yourself for much less than $200. Go for it! HTH.
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