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Belated Introduction

Discussion in 'Introductions' started by nlandgraf, Jun 16, 2010.

  1. nlandgraf

    nlandgraf

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    Hi everyone, I have been posting a little on the site over the past few months, but never took the time to do an introduction, so here it goes....
    My name is Nick & I am from Storm Lake (NW Iowa).  I got interested in salt water tanks about 3 years ago, when we converted a 125 cichild tank to salt water at my office.  Last year I bought a co-workers 40 gallon salt water setup and sold that when I came into the deal of a lifetime!
    My boss wanted to remodel the area where the fish tank was at work, and he wanted to get rid of the tank completely.  He told me whoever tears it down can take it!  I was involved in this tank from the start, so I knew what kind of $$$ had been dumped into the setup, and couldn't turn down the opportunity.  To make a long story short, I got: 125 gallon (non-RR), 35 gallon homemade sump, chiller, aqua c skimmer, current MH/PC fixture, along the tons of other odds & ends equipment, and about 20 fish, 6 coral, a couple hundred pounds of live rock & sand.  Since it was not a drilled tank, I went and bought a 150 reef ready tank and set up everything for the move.
    I have been accumulating some other equipment when I bought another setup from the Sioux City area to get the guys coral (I couldn't pass up, over 20 different types!), so I also have a 75 gallon reef ready, and a 24 gallon cube I am debating what to do with exactly. [​IMG]
     
  2. xroads Veteran Reefkeeper Vendor

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    Wow that is awesome!!!!

    Welcome
     
  3. xmasia

    xmasia Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    that is great. hard too pass up a smokin good deal. well i would keep them all make the 150 a mixed reek or sps dominate. the 75 you could do an aggressive tank tho it is a little small for that but could be done. cube could be a nem clown pair tank only or seahorses or angler toadfish tank .[​IMG]  just some ideas. wow i read that and think wow what a fish room lol.
     
  4. adampottebaum

    adampottebaum Experienced Reefkeeper GIRS Member

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    O man that is an awesome deal! I live in Cedar Falls, but my parents live in Granville so I make frequent trips by/through Storm Lake every month or two, it would be sweet to check out your tank sometime as I'm passing through! I'm going to send you a PM...
     
  5. Greenonion

    Greenonion

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    welcome nlandgraf, great way to start a big tank!
     
  6. FishBrain Expert Reefkeeper

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    Awesome deal! Welcome to the site.
     
  7. nlandgraf

    nlandgraf

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    Thanks for the greetings everyone.  I am actually debating selling the 75 gallon because I have more than enough to keep me busy with the 150 gallon.  I bought the cube with intentions of raising clownfish in it as my gold-banded maroons have been laying eggs 4 days after the last hatch.  Otherwise a seahorse tank would be really sweet!
     

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