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"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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Note that for the price of a tank (probably less than the structure),
you might store the tank until needed again, and simply buy a new
glass tank.

EEEEEEEEK!!!! You have no idea how expensive they are these days!
:-O But that would be an option.

lol, you forget I worked in fish retail. I know exactly how expensive
they are. You might be thinking of set-ups (with covers, lights, etc).
Just the glass box is relatively cheap. Rarely sold, but available.

The new structure under construction is going into a 30 year old
aquarium (old tanks are test beds for my experiments). If it looks
good, chances are, in a few years I'll be more interested in
preserving the structure than the aquarium!

LOL!!! Gotcha! Right now my oldest tank in use is 18 years old. I
still have two ancient Metaframes out in the outbuilding but the slate
fell out of the bottom of one.... time to either salvage the glass if
possible or take them both to the town Dumpsters.

I remember MetaFrames :o). Right now (that I know of), my youngest tank
is older than your oldest tank. I'm feeling old and will shut-up now.

I remember in the 1960s there were 3D plastic backgrounds that looked
like rock. You taped or glued them to the OUTSIDE back of the
aquariums. They gave the illusion of depth as well as a stone wall.
I loved them but haven't seem anything like them since. I had the
natural slate colored ones for all my tanks back then.

I think they are still around and vastly improved. If you google you can
find a variety of backgrounds for the inside or outside of a tank. Not
as cheap as they could be, but the variety has improved and the price has
gone down considerably in the last few years. Our hobby is getting more
mainstream.

Today I found medicated gel, in a tube dispenser to use as fish food.
They has apiciline, penicillin, neomycine etc. Rather a neat invention.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
NEW PAGE: Aquariums:
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Koi-lo" wrote in message

LOL!!! Gotcha! Right now my oldest tank in use is 18 years old. I
still have two ancient Metaframes out in the outbuilding but the slate
fell out of the bottom of one.... time to either salvage the glass if
possible or take them both to the town Dumpsters.

I remember MetaFrames :o). Right now (that I know of), my youngest tank
is older than your oldest tank. I'm feeling old and will shut-up now.

Uh, you didn't come over on the Mayflower did you? Sometimes I feel like I
did. :-) I sold most of my tanks when I left NY over 25 years ago. No one
wanted the Metaframes, old even then, so I packed (fish) stuff in them and
shipped them here. I didn't get fish again until 1986 or 87. I had a few
fishless years.

I remember in the 1960s there were 3D plastic backgrounds that looked
like rock. You taped or glued them to the OUTSIDE back of the aquariums.
They gave the illusion of depth as well as a stone wall. I loved them but
haven't seem anything like them since. I had the natural slate colored
ones for all my tanks back then.

I think they are still around and vastly improved. If you google you can
find a variety of backgrounds for the inside or outside of a tank. Not as
cheap as they could be, but the variety has improved and the price has
gone down considerably in the last few years. Our hobby is getting more
mainstream.

I will definitely Google them as I want nice backgrounds when I move the two
55s into this room (large dining room). I make the rounds of all the stores
that carry fish here and have seen nothing like those backgrounds that go on
the outside. I don't want anything taking up space inside the tanks. In
desperation I painted the back (experiment) of one 10g but don't care for
that look either. As for prices going down - HUH? I was just telling my
husband today that the aquarium hobby is pricing itself beyond the reach of
many people. I mean, even a 30L or H with all the equipment you need can
run several hundred dollars. :-( The Marine hobby is really out of sight.

Today I found medicated gel, in a tube dispenser to use as fish food. They
has apiciline, penicillin, neomycine etc. Rather a neat invention.

Yeah, I saw that in a fish catalog........
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
NEW PAGE: Aquariums:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

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YEA!!!!

I run across a 3 by 6 foot piece of extruded polystyrene Saturday. It
was funny how it worked out actually. The family was going to throw it
away. I suppose a rock structure is my next project after I finish the
diy w/d filter.