Oh Darn...Need More Discus.

[Melissa]

WHOO HOOO!!! Great find lady!!!!

[Second Hand Pat]

Nice tank! Good luck. My tank is 30" tall and I love it.

Thanks YSS, I will love it too once I figure a great method for cleaning it and yup, need a step stool. But then I need one for my 100 which has a 24 inch height.

Rock n roll!I would love something that large but just can't give up the wall space.I have a 150 in the family room that is 48x24x31.The extra 2ft would mean the couch would have to go.that 31" height is a b1tch.Need a step stool to clean.

Tough choice Bill, tank or couch....aw tank. LOL.

Nice!

Thanks Evelyn

[mmorris]

I am soooo jealous!

[Second Hand Pat]

Very nice Pat!! Way to go,

Thanks Larry, looking for this baby for 6 months. Good thing I am patient.

Very very nice! Will look forward to watching this develop and becoming jealous. Looks like it was originally built as a peninsula style tank, 3 side viewable....that'd be cool if you had the space!

Hey Matt, not sure what the other side of the stand looks like but cool idea. I currently can't do that with my current room configuration.

Time to fill them up with wilds, if I had a chance I would go for blue faced Heckel. Would be wonderful!

Kevin, in time and when I win the lottery lol.

[Second Hand Pat]

Wow - fantastic looking tank, Pat !
That will look absolutely superb when you get it set up the way you want it to look !
Can't wait to see the finished product !
But what with/how are you going to stock it ? Discus ? Would you now deign to consider some domestics ?
My God, this is going to be some super readable journal.
Best of luck,
Paul

Thanks Paul, there is one domestic I would consider. Dan's German RT. Still drooling over those. My current plan is to stock with Alenquers.

I want a big acrylic tank too.....over 180 gallons display tank.....my birthday is coming up lah.

Francis, my first acrylic tank was a 180. It is a fantastic size with lots of room to play with. Love the 24 in width. Makes an awesome reef which my old 180 is now.

Can't wait to see it setup as a bio type its going to be awesome pat.

Thanks Jarret

[Second Hand Pat]

WOW pls send me that tiger Datnoid! I love those!

That beast was about 14 inches. A bass with stripes.

Awesome! My only complaint is the overflow on one end, kinda takes away from the aesthetics of the tank. The height isn't too bad. My old tank was 6x3x3 and I loved the height! You need a step stool, but it's not harder than a 2ft tank

Jose, that was the only negative I found with this tank. Once the wood is in I am hoping it will not be too noticeable. With this tank I will need a step latter. lol.

Yeah, if you have that side hug a wall, it's not even noticeable? Maybe you can modify it out too... hard to tell by pic. I don't think it takes too much away from the tank though, it looks awesome.

My wife gave me the go-ahead to but 150-180G the other day AND told me she wanted the 75G stand (actually an old solid wood desk) for our daughter's room. Of course, she tells me this after I saw a 125G on sale for $200 with EVERYTHING on sale on CL. <sigh> Obviously, the tank was sold quickly.

Pat, not only do you need more fish, you need more worms

That datnoid is awesome! Were the fish extra?

Eric, the tank will go against the wall and the overflow will be in the corner so not too bad. The worms are starting to make lots of babies. No worries there. The fish were included in the price and the seller listed the datnoid as worth $500. Make for a nice starting point on the price.

[Second Hand Pat]

Build it into a wall or build a wall around it! that would look awesome!

I built my old 180 into the wall with a room and a sink. It was awesome. No place in this house for that.

WHOO HOOO!!! Great find lady!!!!

Thanks Melissa, how is your's coming?

I am soooo jealous!

Thanks Martha

[ericatdallas]

Eric, the tank will go against the wall and the overflow will be in the corner so not too bad. The worms are starting to make lots of babies. No worries there. The fish were included in the price and the seller listed the datnoid as worth $500. Make for a nice starting point on the price.

Yeah, it's probably hard selling a giant and expensive fish. The customer base for that must be very small. I would imagine it's hard getting rid of a large size fish no matter how much you mark it down.

It would be a good fish to eat discus culls though. Not the most humane, but at least it's natural and not wasteful

[Keith Perkins]

Great find Pat, enjoy.

[Second Hand Pat]

Yeah, it's probably hard selling a giant and expensive fish. The customer base for that must be very small. I would imagine it's hard getting rid of a large size fish no matter how much you mark it down.

It would be a good fish to eat discus culls though. Not the most humane, but at least it's natural and not wasteful

Eric, I could see where these larger fish are a niche item.

Great find Pat, enjoy.

Thanks Keith.

[jcardona1]

The fish were included in the price and the seller listed the datnoid as worth $500.

$500?????? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I've dealt with big fish for a long time. I'll tell you right now, that's an Indonesian Datnoid that's worth $80-120 at best. He'd get laughed at trying to sell that thing for $500. They're a dime a dozen. I've bought them at $5-10 when small. Check this monster out. He's about 5x bigger than the one pictured, and I picked him up for $200

[Second Hand Pat]

Jose, pretty but a beast of a fish. So the price he listed worked against him since I started bartering on the tank $500 below his asking. The above pic is one of your tanks? Nice.

[jcardona1]

Thanks Pat! Yeah, that was my old 400g. Not into the big tanks and big fish anymore, too much work! Here's another one I had, close to the size of the one with the 180g. I couldn't even sell this guy for $150, had to lower the price. Just hate to see somebody get ripped off, that's all

[Second Hand Pat]

Jose, people need to do their homework but I also believe in being honest in my dealings with people. But can only speak for myself. Ok, off to the bat cave (lab at work).

[ericatdallas]

Jose, I have to know, how many tanks do you have? It seems like you're ALWAYS buying more fish. They all look awesome. I'm jealous (not in the bad way, more in the admiring way) of all your fish. I'm going to start doing that in 12 years (when I retire and start my 'next' career).