Local Tank

jarvitron · 03-13-2013, 10:44 PM

Saw this ad on CL and went to check it out http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/for/3679094869.html

It's a metaframe 6 foot long tank. Possibly either a restaurant/seafoot display tank or something. Bottom is glass, not slate. Stand is rough as a corn cob. Ridiculously thick glass, is a HUGE project but a mega cool tank that somebody wants, esp at this price.

Jayme · 03-16-2013, 09:11 PM

Oh my word. I desperately wish I had room for that.

I think I just died a little inside.

Fishermike · 03-16-2013, 11:20 PM

Old school! I first got into fish-keeping with tanks like that. Major cool factor.

Ashnic05 · 03-16-2013, 11:37 PM

I'm sooooo tempted right now! Ugh I love the old tanks! So cool!

jarvitron · 03-18-2013, 12:50 AM

I spent another hour today wondering if I could do it. I'd certainly have to build a new stand for it, the metal stand would put all one hundred bajillion pounds of it's weight on four tiny little metal feet, which would punch right through my floor. I mean, it's gotta be 125 gallons minimum, probably more like 150? They'd take $80 to be rid of it for sure.

03-13-2013, 10:44 PM	#1
jarvitron Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 106	Local Tank Saw this ad on CL and went to check it out http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/for/3679094869.html It's a metaframe 6 foot long tank. Possibly either a restaurant/seafoot display tank or something. Bottom is glass, not slate. Stand is rough as a corn cob. Ridiculously thick glass, is a HUGE project but a mega cool tank that somebody wants, esp at this price.

03-16-2013, 11:37 PM	#4
Ashnic05 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 409	I'm sooooo tempted right now! Ugh I love the old tanks! So cool! __________________ Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien ~

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03-16-2013, 09:11 PM	#2
Jayme Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Woodburn, Oregon Posts: 276	Oh my word. I desperately wish I had room for that. I think I just died a little inside.

03-16-2013, 11:20 PM	#3
Fishermike Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: SoCal Posts: 68	Old school! I first got into fish-keeping with tanks like that. Major cool factor.

03-18-2013, 12:50 AM	#5
jarvitron Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 106	I spent another hour today wondering if I could do it. I'd certainly have to build a new stand for it, the metal stand would put all one hundred bajillion pounds of it's weight on four tiny little metal feet, which would punch right through my floor. I mean, it's gotta be 125 gallons minimum, probably more like 150? They'd take $80 to be rid of it for sure.