M&T's Shallow Rimless Nano Reef

Mike&Terry · May 17, 2012

We have a small update... Construction of the stand has begun :hammer::

Hahah, yes it is way larger than it needs to be (L48"xW26"xH36") and will be over-engineered, but I wanted to have a lot of room under the stand for the equipment and topoff, plus we could potentially upgrade the tank size later. :bigsmile:

-Terry

revhtree · May 17, 2012

Heck yea looking BEAST! Love it.

Mike&Terry · May 17, 2012

The freight company delivered the tank this morning and it looked great - EXCEPT it was the WRONG tank! :squigglemouth:

Grrrrrrhhhhh... :flame:

btkrausen · May 17, 2012

Mike&Terry said:
The freight company delivered the tank this morning and it looked great - EXCEPT it was the WRONG tank! :squigglemouth:

Grrrrrrhhhhh... :flame:

Oh nooo...what did you get?

Mike&Terry · May 17, 2012

It looked like a 50g NON reef ready as it was 3 ft long and looked to be about 16" tall.

It was at least the correct manufacturer, LOL.

btkrausen · May 17, 2012

Mike&Terry said:
It looked like a 50g NON reef ready as it was 3 ft long and looked to be about 16" tall.

It was at least the correct manufacturer, LOL.

Just fill it up a third of the way and call it a nano

Mike&Terry · May 17, 2012

Hahah, it's too narrow front to back for my stand and is NOT reef ready, lol.

The good news is I am now off the hook with the company that sold it. One of the semi local LFS' here said they can get the tank for me for $150 less. I can put the savings towards a skimmer.

But, MAN, was I bummed when I saw that tank this morning...

-Terry

btkrausen · May 17, 2012

Yeah, that really stinks man. Now you have me worried about my tank coming in tomorrow, haha

revhtree · May 17, 2012

Dang that stinks! So have you contacted the company?

Mike&Terry · May 17, 2012

revhtree said:
Dang that stinks! So have you contacted the company?

Yes. They said that they shipped out a 30g and a 50g the same day and they believe it was a Fedex mixup. Thankfully, they are refunding my money.

I'm sure the folks that ordered the 50g are going to be unhappy when the 30g shows up at their doorstep, lol.

Mike&Terry · May 22, 2012

A small update...

I will be picking up our new 30g rimless from the LFS tomorrow - WOOT!

sirevans reef · May 22, 2012

Sound like you have had a time of things. I can't wait to see the new tank!

revhtree · May 22, 2012

Ah yea!

BarbH · May 23, 2012

Look foward to seeing the new tank, at least the mixup worked out in your favor and will save you some money to be used towards other things

Mike&Terry · May 24, 2012

sirevans reef said:
Sound like you have had a time of things. I can't wait to see the new tank!

revhtree said:
Ah yea!

BarbH said:
Look foward to seeing the new tank, at least the mixup worked out in your favor and will save you some money to be used towards other things

I sent an email to the LFS this morning to verify the tank was there before driving up (it's about a 1.5 hour drive one way). At 12:30, I called the shop because I hadn't received a response and talked w/the owner who happened to mention that two local reefers were there picking up a 75g tank. She then asks them if they would mind dropping my tank off for me. Well, long story short they were kind enough to deliver my tank early this evening and here it is:

We've now decided to turn the stand into a bar since it's going to sit in the breakfast nook in our kitchen, so back to the drawing board, LOL. Hoping it will be ready next weekend.

revhtree · May 25, 2012

That is a beuaty of a tank.

BarbH · May 25, 2012

Beautiful looking tank, looking foward to seeing stand deuce

btkrausen · May 25, 2012

Woohoo....glad you got it in guys. Looking forward to seeing it come to life

Aquaph8 · May 25, 2012

Thats a cool looking little tank, can't wait to see what you put in there.

Mike&Terry · Jun 6, 2012

revhtree said:
That is a beuaty of a tank.

BarbH said:
Beautiful looking tank, looking foward to seeing stand deuce

btkrausen said:
Woohoo....glad you got it in guys. Looking forward to seeing it come to life

Aquaph8 said:
Thats a cool looking little tank, can't wait to see what you put in there.

Thanks everyone! Sorry we haven't updated in a while. We've been pre-occupied w/new, sick fish in our QT. We decided to have a cabinet maker build the stand since it is going to be sitting in our breakfast nook and we are planning to add a quartz counter top bar to match our existing counters in the kitchen. So for now, we're in "hurry up and wait" mode, lol.

In the meantime, a couple of new toys have arrived:

nt 2506 by terryl93, on Flickr

Still waiting on the SRO neck cleaner.

-M&T