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Offline Steve

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29g project
« on: November 29, 2012, 03:06:08 PM »
Now that both 55g's are done and the 10g is done and cycling 'm starting another tank. Wasn't looking for a 20g but when a friend offered it to me for free how could I say no. It had seen it's better days when it first got here but after spending an hour with a razor blade (actually four razor blades) I was surprised to find the glass under the paint was actually scratch free and in much better shape than I expected.

How I received it....Some sort of crazy 80's krinkle paint job.




And after about an hours worth of scraping with a blade and then washing out...




Still have no idea what direction I am gonna take with this one, or what it will be home too. Will be doing another DIY 3D background though for whatever it is gonna be home too. And plan to cut an opening in the bottom of the wood front I made for the #2 55g and house this tank directly underneath the 55.
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Re: 29g project
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2012, 03:43:07 PM »
WTH!...  I wanna flat panel in my workshop ;)

Looks good, I kinda like the crazy 80s background though

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Re: 29g project
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2012, 03:53:56 PM »
Gotta have a flat panel as well as surround sound and 6 disc changer or how else can ya spend 16 straight hours in the workshop :D

That background just made me think too much of Franks office from Scarface lol
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Re: 29g project
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2012, 04:00:12 PM »
Frank's office?  Even more reason to keep it.... You could've made it a single specimen tank&  when visitors come over you could go "say hello to my little friend " lol

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Re: 29g project
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2012, 05:06:16 PM »
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You could've made it a single specimen tank&  when visitors come over you could go "say hello to my little friend " lol
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Re: 29g project
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2012, 06:49:43 PM »
^ LOL

You could always set it aside in case you need an emergency hospital tank.
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Re: 29g project
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2012, 08:10:02 PM »
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an emergency hospital tank.

Got the hospital tank already cycling for the past week now. If you can't tell, I've been bitten bad ;)
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Re: 29g project
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2012, 10:55:37 PM »
You could put some tang shell dwellers in their.  I have some in a couple of 20H and 36 gallon tanks.  They are pretty cool and have awesome attitudes.
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Re: 29g project
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2012, 12:33:24 AM »
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LMAO!!!

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Re: 29g project
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2012, 05:05:18 PM »
Bad joke deflecting helmet!  Love it.  Ha.

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Re: 29g project
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2012, 11:12:48 AM »
Personally, I thought the "little friend" joke was pretty good. Something I'd come up with.
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