jrlmsla
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- What state or country do you live in
- Nebraska
So I’ve been away from the hobby for a while. I had several tanks before from a pico to a Huge Redsea. They were all located at my office.
Sadly I sustained an accident and retired from my work at 43. Sold my practice and moved back to the city where I did my professional education and got a job teaching full time from my Alma Mater!
Long story short I have an island where a wet bar was located between our kitchen and living room. We don’t drink so I tore out all of the cabinetry and thus it has sat for a while.
We have gone back and forth trying to decide if we should rip out the island or leave it. Finally my wife said she thought a reef tank would look good there.
HOOK
So Monday I said “I want to go to the fish store and look around for a minute”. She responded with “well can I come?”
LINE
So we walk in and they say “Hello, what can we help you with?”
“just browsing” I say.
“This one is perfect”. My wife says pointing to a Deep Blue 80 gallon frag tank.
“That one is actually on close out because the company has changed hands blah blah blah so if you did want it you might want to jump on it before we sell it.”
“We’ll take it!” SHE SAYS.
SINKER.
So now I have a much bigger tank than I was planning for but hey. When she speaks I listen. And of course I’m not complaining.
Lots of talk no pictures yet. They will come.
but I do have a question.
the return is in the corner of the tank and has two holes drilled in the base. Deep Blue drills holes then tempers so not able to drill another to set up a Herbie style overflow as opposed to the Durso it appears the manufacturer planned.
for an 80 gallon tank such as this that will be sitting in a central location of the house (so sound is an issue) will a Durso be ok? Or should I use both holes for a Herbie drain and then run a return pipe up and over from outside?
Sadly I sustained an accident and retired from my work at 43. Sold my practice and moved back to the city where I did my professional education and got a job teaching full time from my Alma Mater!
Long story short I have an island where a wet bar was located between our kitchen and living room. We don’t drink so I tore out all of the cabinetry and thus it has sat for a while.
We have gone back and forth trying to decide if we should rip out the island or leave it. Finally my wife said she thought a reef tank would look good there.
HOOK
So Monday I said “I want to go to the fish store and look around for a minute”. She responded with “well can I come?”
LINE
So we walk in and they say “Hello, what can we help you with?”
“just browsing” I say.
“This one is perfect”. My wife says pointing to a Deep Blue 80 gallon frag tank.
“That one is actually on close out because the company has changed hands blah blah blah so if you did want it you might want to jump on it before we sell it.”
“We’ll take it!” SHE SAYS.
SINKER.
So now I have a much bigger tank than I was planning for but hey. When she speaks I listen. And of course I’m not complaining.
Lots of talk no pictures yet. They will come.
but I do have a question.
the return is in the corner of the tank and has two holes drilled in the base. Deep Blue drills holes then tempers so not able to drill another to set up a Herbie style overflow as opposed to the Durso it appears the manufacturer planned.
for an 80 gallon tank such as this that will be sitting in a central location of the house (so sound is an issue) will a Durso be ok? Or should I use both holes for a Herbie drain and then run a return pipe up and over from outside?
