Mark3
Active Member
My story is similar to others....couple of small fresh water tanks growing up. Then in 1979 I got married to my wife and we bought a combo stand that had a 40 gallon and a 60 gallon in one stand. One of our first purchase together to furnish our apartment. Kept fresh water until about late 80's when I jumped into saltwater,...tried to go with the under-gravel filter for awhile, but very soon went into sump and protein skimmer. Then about 1990 put in a giant (75 gal.) display tank in my studio waiting room....best part here was suddenly everything for the display tank was tax deduction = Ya who ! Had the chance to try many different items in that display over the years...moved it to another location, (same waiting room tank) ...Then in 2010 moved to Florida....
Tried to move the tank from Utah to Florida....ran heater and air pump in the move, but nothing survived the move....complete start-over, only the rock, tank, pumps, etc. ... no livestock survived the move, but set up the tank and had a fresh start. Then in 2015 got a new 125 gal with 40 gal sump...another change-over, but still the same base rock from 1990, continues to run today.
So that is 38 years of continual Tank Operation with about 28 of those years as Salt Water.
With that many years, I should know better.
And still married too!
the wife is getting on me about the right offs though
