Well it's been a week since the 265 decided to try to ruin my life by leaking yet again. And I've made the decision now to stick to my guns and not get back into any "huge" tanks anymore. Just too much trouble. I honestly think in the long run not having that big of a tank will work out for the best for me because with the amount of fishing trips I go on during the summers where I am away for sometimes up to 16 days, it would have just been a source of constant stress and worry for me.
With that said though, I do still love keeping fish, and I value the friendships I have made here and the enjoyment I get from interacting with you guys each day here on the site. So I have made the decision to keep my 75g hap tank, 55g peacock tank, and 20g angelfish tank. That way I can still enjoy some fish keeping and being active here, yet they won't be as much stress as the 265g tank was for me.
So with that said, the past few days I've been busy at work on the office build version 2.0
Rather than the jungle wall theme I had with the 265, this time I have decided to stick with the fly fishing/hunting lodge them that the rest of the shop&office already had. I'm continuing the flooring through the rest of the basement as well as the wood plank ceiling, matching the white&hunter green walls to the rest of the room as well as trout border. For my desk I went ahead and turned it sideways and started working on a hand carved stacked river rock front and side for it as well as used the 75h tank to build into it to form an L-shape so I can enjoy that tank while working at the desk.
Still have a lot of work to do, but I think once done this revamp will be a nice stress free set up for me.
