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ETS- Empty Tank Syndrome!!!
I have it, and i have it bad.
Here is the scenario. Just yesterday, i picked up a near perfect condition 75 gallon AGA tank w/ oak trim at a garage sale for TEN dollars. It came with a strip light, glass top, and undergravel filter. Only apparent problem is the center brace is cracked, but that can be fixed in about 2 minutes with a piece of glass and some silicone. Silicone seams look great, no hard water stains and the guy said it held water last year when he had a piranha in it.
There is no way i'm selling this thing. I've been lookin for a big tank for a while now, and this is the biggest i have ever owned. I'm not a hoarder..... A collector is a much nicer word!
So what the hell should i do with this beast? I'm making this thread just to brainstorm ideas on what to do with it. My buttress root tree fits inside, so i'm contemplating using that, or possibly making another root structure or fake rocks or something. There is so many things i can do with it i just don't know where to start!!!! All i know is there is a void in my heart that only a large tank can fill
should I-
*just make a huge viv?
*make a big paludarium with waterfall or something?
*take my 30 gallon aquarium and transfer it over into a big planted tank?
*steal GRIMM's idea and make a sweet rooted background, and have a stream/dripwall going through it? hahaha
basically, i have no idea what i'm goig to do with this tank. My parents already hate me enough for buying it, so i have to make it look good to counter-act their anger towards me
ANY and ALL ideas are welcomed and much appreciated. Seeing an empty tank lying on the ground is just a bad feeling. I know you guys have felt it too....
Thanks,
Ryan
I have it, and i have it bad.
Here is the scenario. Just yesterday, i picked up a near perfect condition 75 gallon AGA tank w/ oak trim at a garage sale for TEN dollars. It came with a strip light, glass top, and undergravel filter. Only apparent problem is the center brace is cracked, but that can be fixed in about 2 minutes with a piece of glass and some silicone. Silicone seams look great, no hard water stains and the guy said it held water last year when he had a piranha in it.
There is no way i'm selling this thing. I've been lookin for a big tank for a while now, and this is the biggest i have ever owned. I'm not a hoarder..... A collector is a much nicer word!
So what the hell should i do with this beast? I'm making this thread just to brainstorm ideas on what to do with it. My buttress root tree fits inside, so i'm contemplating using that, or possibly making another root structure or fake rocks or something. There is so many things i can do with it i just don't know where to start!!!! All i know is there is a void in my heart that only a large tank can fill
should I-
*just make a huge viv?
*make a big paludarium with waterfall or something?
*take my 30 gallon aquarium and transfer it over into a big planted tank?
*steal GRIMM's idea and make a sweet rooted background, and have a stream/dripwall going through it? hahaha
basically, i have no idea what i'm goig to do with this tank. My parents already hate me enough for buying it, so i have to make it look good to counter-act their anger towards me
ANY and ALL ideas are welcomed and much appreciated. Seeing an empty tank lying on the ground is just a bad feeling. I know you guys have felt it too....
Thanks,
Ryan