Alia
Fishaholic
Told hubbie my krib needs a tank for himself and hubbie said "No more tanks! You've got three already!" (That's true, but one is tiny and doesn't count cuz it is temporary). I told him I'd get ten tanks if I wanted to!!! 
I never tell him he can't buy another saw, gosh darn it!
Anyway, we went garage saling today and he spotted this aquarium.
He says "it looks pretty big!" and I thought maybe a 40-gallon but the man said no, a 29 gallon. Good condition, his wife had it up and running two years ago. They wanted $75 for the tank, the hood and light, and this monstrosity of an exterior filter system he said his wife just had to have for water movement or something.
Weeell, I came back a few hours later with $50 and asked if he would sell it for that, because I didn't think I would use that filter and I would need to buy a new one. He said she didn't want to take less than $75, but that she would take $35 for just the tank and the hood. Which is what I wanted, anyway, and I would have paid him $50!!!! Yay! New tank! Hubby carried it to the car.
(He sighs with resignation and asks, "where are you going to put it?")
So Mr. Krib, or Speedy, as my son calls him, will eventually have 30" to zip across instead of a paltry 18". And little Crabby will get her Mangrove Swamp tank, albeit not a big one, 10 gallons.
But first I have to make sure these seals are reliable (should I reapply silicone at all the seams to be safe?) and find something sturdy to put it on, and decide where it is going to "live". Then I can work on setting it up, and cycling it, and finding Speedy a woman . . .
I hope everyone can tough out their less than ideal situations while I get all the details of their futures worked out!!
Happy, happy, happy.
I never tell him he can't buy another saw, gosh darn it!
Anyway, we went garage saling today and he spotted this aquarium.
He says "it looks pretty big!" and I thought maybe a 40-gallon but the man said no, a 29 gallon. Good condition, his wife had it up and running two years ago. They wanted $75 for the tank, the hood and light, and this monstrosity of an exterior filter system he said his wife just had to have for water movement or something.Weeell, I came back a few hours later with $50 and asked if he would sell it for that, because I didn't think I would use that filter and I would need to buy a new one. He said she didn't want to take less than $75, but that she would take $35 for just the tank and the hood. Which is what I wanted, anyway, and I would have paid him $50!!!! Yay! New tank! Hubby carried it to the car.
(He sighs with resignation and asks, "where are you going to put it?")
So Mr. Krib, or Speedy, as my son calls him, will eventually have 30" to zip across instead of a paltry 18". And little Crabby will get her Mangrove Swamp tank, albeit not a big one, 10 gallons.
But first I have to make sure these seals are reliable (should I reapply silicone at all the seams to be safe?) and find something sturdy to put it on, and decide where it is going to "live". Then I can work on setting it up, and cycling it, and finding Speedy a woman . . .
I hope everyone can tough out their less than ideal situations while I get all the details of their futures worked out!!
Happy, happy, happy.
