FREE 220 Gallon

[fishguy1978]

I am now the proud owner of a 220g glass aquarium. 72”x24”x31”. Weighs a ton. I just have to figure out how to move it from the truck to a safe storage location until I can build a stout enough stand.

 

[lloyd378]

Nice score

 

[fishguy1978]

Was designed for a reef but I’m going freshwater. I will leave the shelves in the back that aren’t broken. I will remove the closed loop.

 

[lloyd378]

Going to be an actual tank, right?

What will you have on the shelves? Maybe a second tier of substrate and more plants?

 

[fishguy1978]

Going to be an actual tank, right?

What will you have on the shelves? Maybe a second tier of substrate and more plants?

Yes, to both. I want to do a custom 3D background. The tank build is not pretty so I am thinking about hiding it in a wall so only the viewing pane is visible.

 

[sir_keith]

Yes, to both. I want to do a custom 3D background. The tank build is not pretty so I am thinking about hiding it in a wall so only the viewing pane is visible.

Now that sounds cool!

 

[FishBeast]

Wow nice!

 

[Stingro]

wow for free? I could never have a glass tank larger than 55gallons. I move everything by myself so I stick with acrylic tanks lol

 

[fishguy1978]

So far all my tanks have been free. I have pics on here but don’t remember where. So here’s a link to MFK.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/my-silver-dollar-sps.728530/

 

[sir_keith]

So far all my tanks have been free. I have pics on here but don’t remember where. So here’s a link to MFK.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/my-silver-dollar-sps.728530/

I don't know how you do it!!!

 

[fishguy1978]

I had some guys from Church help unload from the truck when I originally brought it home last year. When I brought it into the house my wife, my 16yr old son, and 2 of his buddies and me. Once in the house I used a motorcycle lift table to raise it up to slide onto the stand. With the lift I could move the tank by myself and did several times.
I do get help moving the 55s and the 90 too.

 

[fishguy1978]

wow for free? I could never have a glass tank larger than 55gallons. I move everything by myself so I stick with acrylic tanks lol

I would love to have bigger but am happy with my biggest tank ever. I maintained big tanks when I was in NYC, so even 55g are small to me. When I started with NYAS our largest was 7000g. One of my regular clients had a 500g. We helped install and maintain a 1000g+ in a penthouse at Aster Place that was owned by the owner of the Intrepid.

 

[Stingro]

I would love to have bigger but am happy with my biggest tank ever. I maintained big tanks when I was in NYC, so even 55g are small to me. When I started with NYAS our largest was 7000g. One of my regular clients had a 500g. We helped install and maintain a 1000g+ in a penthouse at Aster Place that was owned by the owner of the Intrepid.

That is awesome. I am curious to have a job taking care of big aquariums. I would probably enjoy that job more than my job now lol i would probably enjoy working at the seattle aquarium too.