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    Happy New Year to you too Julian. How exciting you will soon be back in Fl and the process begins. Of course you and Mary may stop by.
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    Crossing fingers, the tank should be here Wednesday
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    Any updates on the tank? Eagerly waiting for the updates

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    Well, long story short...The tank and sump arrived three weeks ago and everything looked perfect from the outside. Removed the top of the crate for the tank and there were two cracks in corners in one of the openings (remember that this is an acrylic tank). One of the cracks went clear through the acrylic and started down the front of the tank for about an inch and a half.

    The tank is insured so I am waiting for the shipping company to pick it up and the new tank should ship the end of next week. Best guess on the cause of the damage is something heavy was stacked on top of the crate as the "Do Not Stack" cone was missing from the top of the crate. I was bummed.
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    It is a bummer. Now I'll have to wait longer to see what you do with this thing. Glad to hear it was insured.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ericNH View Post
    It is a bummer. Now I'll have to wait longer to see what you do with this thing. Glad to hear it was insured.
    Thanks Eric, the build is mostly planned out and have everything except the tank but the waiting continues...
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    Insurance works Will come back soon.

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    Finally the replacement tank was delivered today and was very pleased to remove the lid off the crate and find everything in good order. The background should arrival tomorrow and I will install it this weekend. Finally moving forward on this.
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    Awesome! Can't wait for pics.

    Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread

    Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread


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    I can hardly wait. I like your last piece of DW the best, its curlier and creates more individual caves. I may have looked over it but do you plan any other fish besides discus in this Pat??
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    Quote Originally Posted by rickztahone View Post
    Awesome! Can't wait for pics.
    Hopefully this weekend Ricardo after the background install. The tank is on the front porch on it's back drying out from the rinse today.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jmf3460 View Post
    I can hardly wait. I like your last piece of DW the best, its curlier and creates more individual caves. I may have looked over it but do you plan any other fish besides discus in this Pat??
    Not sure Jacklyn, some sort of cories and maybe some small cichlids.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Second Hand Pat View Post
    Hopefully this weekend Ricardo after the background install. The tank is on the front porch on it's back drying out from the rinse today.
    Pat
    I forgot, where are you getting your background from?

    Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread

    Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread


    http://i3.cpcache.com/product/162117...ht=75&width=75
    Want to look like Al did at his ACA talk with his white Simply Polo shirt?(You can catch Al's awesome Discus talk HERE)
    You can get this and many more items such as T-shirts/Polos/hoodies/cups from our merchandise shop:
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    Universal Rock Ricardo. I am getting two 48x24 backgrounds and cutting to fit. That way I do not need a custom background.
    Last edited by Second Hand Pat; 03-19-2015 at 06:14 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Second Hand Pat View Post
    Universal Rock Ricardo. I am getting two 48x24 backgrounds and cutting to fit. That way I do not need a custom background.
    Nice. I'm looking at them to get a background for my 75g as well. I want the really slim line one they have though so that it covers up the overflow I plan to put in place that spans almost the whole tank on the top of the tank.

    Similar to this:
    https://www.universalrocks.com/aquar...ustom-size.htm

    Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread

    Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread


    http://i3.cpcache.com/product/162117...ht=75&width=75
    Want to look like Al did at his ACA talk with his white Simply Polo shirt?(You can catch Al's awesome Discus talk HERE)
    You can get this and many more items such as T-shirts/Polos/hoodies/cups from our merchandise shop:
    Cafepress.com

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