First, I thought I would start off with a little story of how it all started... just enough to add some substance to this build thread.
About 2 years ago, I was able to get the green light from my GF to start a fragtank. The conditions were as long as it can fit perfectly in the space i was given (about 25 x 25 inches). I immediately scoured the internet night and day, for weeks after weeks until out of pure luck I stumbled upon the perfect tank. I found someone selling a fragtank bundle which included a barely used shallow tank measuring 24 X 24 X 12, a matching wooden stand, some plumbing accessories, and an acrylic frag rack for a ridiculously great bargain. The issue was that the seller is located all the way at Sorel De Tracy QC, which was 6.5 hours away from me.
By some sort of weird coincidence, my work was also looking for employees to send to QC for a physical count audit in one of our plants which also happens to be near where the seller lives. Obviously I volunteered thinking this would be the perfect opportunity to go pick up my aquarium with all expenses paid by the company...pretty much kill two birds with one stone. I ended up renting a car, drove down to QC for work and on my day off, I headed to over to meet the seller at his house. Unfortunately I had to find out, a little too late, that the car I had rented wasn't big enough to fit the tank AND the stand together. The seller (an amazingly good hearted human being) even went as far as attempting to disassemble it for me but because 95% of it is glued together, he couldn't break it down. In the end, I just had no other option but to drive back to my hotel and leave the perfectly matched cabinet behind. Although, the very nice seller was kind enough to adjust the already great price on the bundle to accommodate the fact that I couldn't take the stand with me.
About 2 years ago, I was able to get the green light from my GF to start a fragtank. The conditions were as long as it can fit perfectly in the space i was given (about 25 x 25 inches). I immediately scoured the internet night and day, for weeks after weeks until out of pure luck I stumbled upon the perfect tank. I found someone selling a fragtank bundle which included a barely used shallow tank measuring 24 X 24 X 12, a matching wooden stand, some plumbing accessories, and an acrylic frag rack for a ridiculously great bargain. The issue was that the seller is located all the way at Sorel De Tracy QC, which was 6.5 hours away from me.
By some sort of weird coincidence, my work was also looking for employees to send to QC for a physical count audit in one of our plants which also happens to be near where the seller lives. Obviously I volunteered thinking this would be the perfect opportunity to go pick up my aquarium with all expenses paid by the company...pretty much kill two birds with one stone. I ended up renting a car, drove down to QC for work and on my day off, I headed to over to meet the seller at his house. Unfortunately I had to find out, a little too late, that the car I had rented wasn't big enough to fit the tank AND the stand together. The seller (an amazingly good hearted human being) even went as far as attempting to disassemble it for me but because 95% of it is glued together, he couldn't break it down. In the end, I just had no other option but to drive back to my hotel and leave the perfectly matched cabinet behind. Although, the very nice seller was kind enough to adjust the already great price on the bundle to accommodate the fact that I couldn't take the stand with me.